Chords for Vocals Demo for Rejoice with Exceeding Great Joy

_ Okay, exceeding, rejoice with exceeding great joy.
I think this is the way [Dm] I want to do it.
The soprano, which is Katie and me, the lead,
has the top note, as you see on your music.
When they saw the star, they [A] rejoiced with great joy.
[G] When they saw the star, [A] they rejoiced.
[Dm] When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great [G] joy.
They rejoiced with [Dm] exceeding great joy.
You get the idea?
That's the melody.
Now here's the alto _ [F] right below that.
So it's gonna be something like this.
When [C] they [Dm] saw the star, they _ [Em]
[Dm] rejoiced with great joy.
_ [Gm] When they saw the star, they [Am] _ _ [A] rejoiced.
_ [Dm] When [Em] they [Dm] saw the star, they [Dm] rejoiced with great joy.
They [G] rejoiced with [F] exceeding great joy.
I couldn't put any harmony there,
so if you can sing that melody line with us,
that'd be good.
[G] They rejoiced with [Dm] exceeding great joy.
And you could go to harmony there if you wanted to, Becca.
They rejoiced [Gm] with [Dm] exceeding [Dm] great _ joy.
_ _ Whatever, okay?
Then as we [Em] modulate, _ the same thing's just gonna move up
a whole step here.
_ _ _ When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
[Am] When they saw the star, they [B] _ rejoiced.
_ [Em] _ When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
They [Am] rejoiced with [B]
[Em] exceeding great joy.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
[Bbm] When they saw the star, they [C] re _ _ [Gm]-joyed When [Fm] they saw the star, they re-joyed
With re-joy, re-joyed With exceeding joy
Than [Gm] G Minor _
When they saw the star, they re-joyed Re _ [Cm]-joyed
When they saw the star, [G] they re _ [D] _
-joyed [G] When they saw the star, they re-joyed
It's easier for me to play it than sing it, I promise you.
So you get that three-part [Dm] harmony.
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ So the [D] idea now is to put the tenor on the bottom.
So that would be Brian and Davis if you want to jump in there. _
When, yeah, I'm giving them the blue sound.
When [F] they saw [Dm] the star, they [C] rejoiced [Dm] with great joy.
[Gm] When they saw the star, they [D] _ [A] _ rejoiced.
[Dm] You get that suspension down.
_ Joy, when they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
They [Gm] rejoiced with [A] exceeding [Dm] great joy.
Try it again in that key.
_ Here we go, three, four.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
[Gm] When they saw the star, they [A] _ _
rejoiced.
[Dm] When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
They rejoiced with [Gm] [A] exceeding [Dm] great joy.
_ _ [Em] Still working on the tenor now.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
[Am] When they saw the star, they [B] _ _ rejoiced.
[Em] When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
They rejoice with [Am] [B] exceeding [Em] great joy.
_ _ [Fm] Going up again.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great [Bbm] joy.
When they saw the star, [C] they _ [F] rejoiced.
_ [E] Sorry, I've got [Fm] to practice.
When [Cm] they saw [Fm] the star, they rejoiced with great joy.
They rejoiced [Bb] with [C] exceeding [Fm] great joy.
Now, I know it's going to get high here, but you can do it. _
[G] Here [Gm] we go.
Here it is.
When they saw the star, they [Gm] rejoiced with great joy.
_ [Cm] Sorry, I've got it lost.
_ When they saw the star, they [G] _ [D]
rejoiced.
_ [Gm] [Dm] When they [Gm] saw the star, they rejoiced with great [Dm] joy.
[Gm] They rejoiced [Cm] with [D] exceeding great [G] _
joy.
Now, if that's too high, because it is for me right now, full voice, and I've been sick,
but really, you're not singing above a G. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ You've sung it in many other songs that high before, so you two guys can really do it on that.
_ But if it is too high, on that verse, we might could switch and let Katie or [Ab] Becca [Gm] take another note
_ and then sing an octave lower, of course.
[Gm] _ But it's going to be nice with three-part harmony.
So that's the idea.
And we finish that song, we'll finish in G.
[G] I'll cut it off.
[Dm] And then, Becca, I'm going to do an instrument on just a little bit of _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] G.
Okay, [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ so I'm going to give you an instrument like that to get you started.
And we're going to keep it real simple, a piano, some strings, and voices.
Band, just play really soft.
Don't come in really band until the chorus.
And we're only going to do verse 1 and 2, or 1 and 3, whatever it is.
So she'll sing.
Watch out.