EADGBe, Capo 1st fret Intro: C(add2), F(add2) [4 beats per chord] C5 F5 Every year at Christmas, all I can see C5 F5 Are pictures of the things I want around the tree D5 C5 But this year's a little different F5 A5 I'm not thinking of myself F5 So my prayer for this Christmas C5 G5 Is for somebody else G5 G5 So I pray C5 G5 Joy To the World A5 F5 Peace for every boy and girl C5 F5 God I know you're listening and you can hear C5 F5 The need of every broken heart and all their tears D5 C5 I don't have a lot to offer F5 A5 Just this one simple prayer F5 That this Christmas everyone would know C5 G5 Somebody cares... G5 G5 So I pray C5 G5 Joy to the world A5 F5 Peace for every boy and girl C5 G5 Hope when life is hard A5 F5 Light when everything seems dark D5 C5 I pray that every hungry soul F5 C5 Will be fed and will be warm D5 C5 That not a single solitary child F5 Would suffer harm D5 C5 And wars would find their ending F5 C5 As we take another view D5 C5 My hope is that this Christmas prayer F5 G5 G5 [ G5 , G5 : 1 beat per chord] Would somehow come tru--e Bb5 C5 I pray F5 Bb5 C5 Humanity would rise G5 A5 And join with me G5 A5 And togeth-er we'll sing Woah, woah D5 A5 Joy [To the World] To all the world B5 G5 Peace for every boy and girl D5 A5 Talking ?bout hope when life is hard B5 G5 Light when everything seems dark E5 D5 I pray that every hungry soul G5 D5 Will be fed and will be warm E5 D5 That not a single solitary child G5 B5 Would suffer harm E5 D5 And Lord, we find their ending G5 D5 As we take another view E5 D5 So now my hope is that this Christmas prayer G5 A5 Would somehow come true D5 A5 Joy To the World Bb5 G5 Peace for every boy and girl