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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse 1:
C Am G
He is risen! He is risen!
C Am F G C
Tell it out with joyful voice.
C Am G
He has burst his three days’ prison;
C Am F G C
Let the whole wide earth re-joice.
C G Am E
Death is conquered; man is free.
Am C F G C
Christ has won the vic-to-ry.
Verse 2:
C Am G
Come with high and holy hymning;
C Am F G C
Chant our Lord’s triumphant lay.
C Am G
Not one darksome cloud is dimming
C Am F G C
Yonder glorious morning ray,
C G Am E
Breaking o’er the purple east,
Am C F G C
Symbol of our Easter feast.
Verse 3:
C Am G
He is risen! He is risen!
C Am F G C
He hath opened heaven’s gate.
C Am G
We are free from sin’s dark prison,
C Am F G C
Risen to a holier state.
C G Am E
And a brighter Easter beam
Am C F G C
On our longing eyes shall stream.
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025