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The Joy chords by
Kanye West
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Key: D minor•
Verse 1
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Add a little sugar,
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honeysuckle and
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A great big expression of happiness
Gm
Gm
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Boy, you couldn't miss
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Em
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with a dozen roses

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Such would astound you
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The joy of children laughing around you
Gm
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These are the makings of you
Verse 2
Dm
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I do it for the fore- fathers

and the street authors
Em
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That are not A&R's in
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the cheap office

Rappers that never got signed

but they keep offers
Am
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Girls that's way too fine for us
Dm
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to keep off us

Gave her a handshake only

for my man's sake

She in her birthday suit
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cause of the damn cake
Dm
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Now there's crumbs all

over the damn place

And she want me to cum all
Gm
Gm
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over her damn face
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I never understood planned

parenthood

'Cause I never met nobody planned
Eb
Eb
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to be a parent in the hood
Dm
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Taking refills of that plan B pill

Another shorty that won't make
Em
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it to the family will
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If I don't make it, can't take

it, hope the family will

They ain't crazy they don't know
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how in sanity feel
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Don C just had a shorty

so it's not that bad

But I still hear the ghosts of the
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kids I never had
Verse 3
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Add a little sugar,
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honeysuckle and
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A great big expression of happiness
Gm
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Boy, you couldn't miss
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Em
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with a dozen roses

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Such would astound you
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The joy of children laughing around you
Gm
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These are the makings of you
Verse 4

No Electro, no metro,
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a little retro, ahh perfecto
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You know the demo, ya boy act wild

You ain't get the memo?
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Yeezy's back in style
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Now one room got Gidget, the other

got Bridget

What's more tripped out
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dawg is they sisters
Dm
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Nah, you ain't listen, they black,

they sisters

They momma,
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named them after white bitches
Dm
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So next time you see me

on your fallopian

Though the jewelry's Egyptian,
Am
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know the hunger's Ethiopian
Dm
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Stupid questions like,

"Is he gon' be dope again?
Em
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Have you seen him? Has anybody
Am
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spoke to him?"

This beat deserves Hennessy,
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A bad bitch and a bag of weed,

the Holy Trinity
Dm
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In the mirror where I see

my only enemy

Your life's cursed,
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well mine's an obscenity
Verse 5
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Add a little sugar, honeysuckle and
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A great big expression of happiness
Gm
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Boy, you couldn't miss
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Em
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with a dozen roses

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Such would astound you
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The joy of children laughing around you
Gm
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These are the makings of you
Verse 6
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This is my momma shit

I used to hear this through
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the walls in the hood
Dm
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When I was back in my pajama shit

Afro's and marijuana sticks,
Am
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seeds and the ganja had
Dm
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It popping like the sample

that I'm rhyming with

Pete Rock, let the needle drop
Am
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I seen so much as a kid they sur
Dm
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prised I don't needle pop

Taking sips of pop's six-

pack of Miller nips
Em
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Pink Champale, Ballantine Ale

Ballys on my feet help

me balance out well
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That and the shit I used to
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balance on the scale

I got it honest from the parties

from my momma's
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Virgin Mary's try to judge her, I'm
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like, "Where the Madonna's now?"

Give all glory to Gloria, they said,
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Am
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"You raised that boy too fast"
Dm
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But you was raising a warrior

We victorious,
Em
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they'll never take the joy from us, uh
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Keep you
Verse 7
Dm
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hands up,

get 'em high now
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Don't let them take your fire
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Keep you hands up, get 'em high now
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Don't let them take your fire
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Keep you hands up, get 'em high now
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Don't let them take your fire
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Keep you hands up,

get 'em high now
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Verse 8

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It's Pete Rock, Kanye, one,
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two, okay
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It's Pete Rock, Kanye, one,
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two, okay
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It's Pete Rock,

Kanye, one,
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two, okay
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It's Pete Rock, Kanye, one,
Outro 1

two, okay
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • Am

  • Dm

  • F

  • Gm

    3

  • C

  • Eb

    6

  • G

Capo: 5

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Joy by Kanye West is D minor.

The primary chords used in The Joy are Am, Dm, Gm, Bb, Cm, F.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Am, Dm, Gm, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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