ORDER: I V1 V2 V3 V4 E 

INTRO: G 

VERSE 1:
G                   C     G     G      C  D  G
Christ the Lord is risen today, Al - - le lu ia.
C               Am      D   G      C  D  G
Sons of men and angels say: Al - - le lu ia.
D                    C  D     G    C      C  D A D
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Al - - le lu  ia.
D       G             C       G   G      C  Am D G
Sing ye heav'ns, and earth reply, Al - - le lu   ia.


VERSE 2: 
G                   C     G     G      C  D  G
Lives again our glorious king: Alleluia.
C               Am      D   G      C  D  G
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia.
D                    C  D     G    C      C  D A D
Dying once, He all doth save: Alleluia.
D       G             C       G   G      C  Am D G
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia.


VERSE 3: 
G                   C     G     G      C  D  G
Love's redeeming work is done, Alleluia.
C               Am      D   G      C  D  G
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia.
D                    C  D     G    C      C  D A D
Death in vain forbids Him rise, Alleluia.
D       G             C       G   G      C  Am D G
Christ has opened Paradise.  Alleluia.


VERSE 4:
G                   C     G     G      C  D  G
Soar we now, where Christ has led, Alleluia.
C               Am      D   G      C  D  G
Foll'wing our exalted Head; Alleluia.
D                    C  D     G    C      C  D A D
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia.
D       G             C       G   G      C  Am D G
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.  Alleluia.


ENDING: G 


©1976, Paragon Associates, Inc.
Words and Music by Charles Wesley