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The Cother day I Gmet a girl named CJoy
She said come here, I'm gonna Gmake you my Cjoy boyC7  
                    F         Fmaj7    C/ B/  Bb  A  
Things went good and things went bad
D7Now every time I think of Joy It makes me sad, aaaaGah
GJoy to the Cworld was a beautiful girl but to me Joy meant only sorrow
GNow if you haven't got an answer theCn you haven't got a question
GAnd if you never had a question then Cyou'd C7never have a problem
But if you never had a problem, everyone would be Fhappy
But if everyone was Ghappy there'd never be a love Csong
Joy to the world was a beautiful girl but to me Joy meant only sorrow
Oh, Joy to the world was a beautiful girl but to me Joy meant only sorrow
Note: based on the version from the BBC concert, not the Son of Schmilsson version

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Joy

by Harry Nilsson

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Fmaj7

C G C

The other day I met a girl named Joy

G C C7

She said come here, I'm gonna make you my joy boy

F Fmaj7 C B Bb A

/ /

Things went good and things went bad

D7 G

Now every time I think of Joy It makes me sad, aaaaah

G C

Joy to the world was a beautiful girl but to me Joy meant only sorrow

G C

Now if you haven't got an answer then you haven't got a question

G C C7

And if you never had a question then you'd never have a problem

But if you never had a problem, everyone would be happy

G C

But if everyone was happy there'd never be a love song

Joy to the world was a beautiful girl but to me Joy meant only sorrow

Oh, Joy to the world was a beautiful girl but to me Joy meant only sorrow

Note: based on the version from the BBC concert, not the Son of Schmilsson version

About Joy Chords by Harry Nilsson

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