Words by Isaac Watts
Music by Robert Lowry
[Verse 1]
D A7 D A7 A
Come, we that love the Lord, And let our joys be known;
D G A7 G
Join in a song with sweet ac - cord,
A7 E7 A7
Join in a song with sweet ac - cord,
D A D Em
And thus sur - round the throne,
D A7 D
And thus sur - round the throne.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 2]
D A7 D A7 A
Let those re - fuse to sing Who never knew our God;
D G A7 G
But children of the heav’nly King,
A7 E7 A7
But children of the heavenly King
D A D Em
May speak their joys a - broad,
D A7 D
May speak their joys a - broad.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 3]
D A7 D A7 A
The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets
D G A7 G
Be - fore we reach the heav’nly fields,
A7 E7 A7
Be - fore we reach the heavn’ly fields
D A D Em
Or walk the gold - en streets,
D A7 D
Or walk the gold - en streets.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.
[Verse 4]
D A7 D A7 A
Then let our songs a - bound, And ev’ry tear be dry;
D G A7 G
We're marching through Im - manuel's ground,
A7 E7 A7
We're marching through Immanuel's ground
D A D Em
To fair - er worlds on high,
D A7 D
To fairer worlds on high.
[Chorus]
G
We're marching to Zion,
A A7
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
D G
We're marching upward to Zion,
D A7 D
The beautiful city of God.