Key: E
Introduction: A E B7 E
E A B E
Today will bring another change, in this old troubled world
E A B E
In the field of life old man time, will plow another furrow
E A B7 E
Around us things will happen, they once said never could be
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But time and fate could never take, this joy away from me
A E
For nothing can erase or take away this joy I have is mine
E B7
Though the battle rages long and hard, I'll stand and mark by time
E E7 A E
Though his fiery darts may pierce me, I'll not once admit defeat
A E B7 E
To hold the banner high til the day I die and make this joy of mine complete
E A B E
Selfish hands reach out to grab, the things that I possess
E A B E
Like blind man's hands they're reaching past, the key to real success
E A B7 E
For only when a man is tired of this world its sin and its strife
E A B7 E
Can he share with me this joy I have, and know eternal life
A E
For nothing can erase or take away this joy I have is mine
E B7
Though the battle rages long and hard, I'll stand and mark by time
E E7 A E
Though his fiery darts may pierce me, I'll not once admit defeat
A E B7 E
To hold the banner high til the day I die and make this joy of mine complete