Dont Take Your Joy Away By Kirk Franklin and The Family Chords

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[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] [A] Don't _
[Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ take _ _
_ [Gm] your [B] [C] joy [A] _ _ [Dm] _
away.
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_ [Gm] [F] Oh, [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ [F] don't take [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ [D] [Gm] your [G] [Db] joy _ _ [Dm] _ [C] away.
_ [Bb] I [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
[Bb] know _ [Dm] that I've _ [D]
[Em] done wrong, [Am] _ _ [Db] _ [Dm] but [Am] I'm asking you,
_ [Bb] _ [B] as I sing [Bbm] this [F] [Bbm] song,
_ [F] don't take _ [Bb] _
_ [C] your joy _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ [Eb] away.
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ [Em] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [Dm] Oh, don't [Gm] _ [D] take [Dm] _ your _ [Gm] _ joy [D] _
[Gm] _ [C] away.
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] Oh, don't take your joy away.
[F] But I _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gb] ask you, [B] Lord, as we sing this [Gm] [F] song,
[Bbm] [F] don't take _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Gm] your joy _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Ab] away.
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_ [C] [F] Don't [Gm] take your joy, [Dm] Lord.
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] Lord, I've searched all over.
[Dm] I can't find a love like yours.
[C] Lord, don't take your [F] joy from [Dm] me.
I'm asking [Gm] you, Lord, [D] don't take.
[Dm] _ We need the heart, so don't take [Gm] our joy away.
[C] Lord, become me, trade our love.
_ [Dm] [Am] Right now, Jesus, we [F] need your love.
_ [Cm] Yes, we [F] do.
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[D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [G] But I'm _ [Dm] asking you, Lord,
[Am] you [Ebm] _ [B] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[F] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ see, I've taken [Ab] _
[E] _ _ _ [Db] _ [C] _ [Dm] my pride.
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ [Dm] I've cried.
I've done it again. _
[G] _ [F] _ Don't take it away.
Lord, don't take your joy from me.
Lord, [C] don't [G] take it away.
I need [F] you to clean me up, make me strong.
[Dm] I've tried.
Lord, I've tried [C] it.
_ _ [B] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bbm] [C] Restore me to joy of my [E] salvation.
[Em] Make me peace with your [C] creation.
Make me [Dm] _ _
[F] _ holy, [C] holy, [D] holy.
Truth [Ab] in you.
[G]
[F] Don't [Bbm] [F] take me away.
[N] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] Make me peace with your [A] creation.
_ [G] Make [C] me make _ _ [B] truth in you.
[Bb] Don't _ _ [F] _ take _ _ [Dm] _
[C] _ _ it [F] away.
[G] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [F]
[Eb] Don't [F] take it away.
Lord, _ [Fm] create in me a clean heart.
[F] _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ [Ebm] _ _ [N] _ _ [F] _
_ Don't [Bb] take it away.
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ I [Fm] need to God [G] to [Dbm] direct me.
[Eb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [C] Lord, [D] _
_ _ [Bb] don't take it [Abm] away.
_ _ [F] _ _ Make me make peace _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] with _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ your _ [Fm] creation.