The Lord Shall Laugh — Nashville Number Chart
Key: A minor   |   132 BPM   |   4/4
b3=C  4m=Dm  5m=Em  5=E  b6=F  b7=G  1m=Am   (minor-tonic numbering)
Public domain (CC0). Transcribed from the audio — verify by ear.
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[Intro (bright combo organ + twangy surf guitar; female voices, close harmony)]
  5 1m    (Yet a little while)
  1m 1m    (Yet a little while)
  5m 5m 4m 1m    (Yet a little while — and he will not be)

[Verse 1 (deadpan arch half-spoken male lead; female voices answer)]
  5m 1m 1m    (He makes a plan. (He makes a plan.))
  b3 5m 4m    (He grinds his teeth. (He grinds his teeth.))
  4m 1m 5m    (He moves against the just —)
  5m 1m b7 b6    (He thinks the ground he stands on will hold.)
  5m 1m    (It will not hold.)

[Pre-Chorus (male lead pushes, female voices whoop and climb underneath)]
  b7 5m 1m    (Go and look for his place —)
  1m 1m    (Look hard. Consider it.)
  5m 5m 1m    (Go and look for his place —)
  5m 4m    (It will not be there.)

[Chorus (everyone — soaring female harmonies lead the hook, big and joyful)]
  b6 b3 5m    (The Lord shall laugh! (The Lord shall laugh!))
  5m 1m 1m    (He sees his day is coming.)
  1m 1m 5    (The Lord shall laugh! (The Lord shall laugh!))
  b6 4m 4m    (He is not worried. He is not worried.)
  5m 5m 4m    (And the meek shall have the earth,)
  b6 b7    (And peace in full abundance.)

[Verse 2 (back to the deadpan male lead over bouncy surf-guitar groove)]
  b6 5m 1m 1m    (He gnashes in the dark. (He gnashes in the dark.))
  1m 4m 1m    (He plots. He plots. He plots.)
  5m 5m 4m    (A little while. A little while.)
  1m b7 4m    (And no one finds the spot.)

[Pre-Chorus]
  b6 1m 5m    (Go and look for his place —)
  5m 1m    (Look hard. Consider it.)
  1m 4m b7    (Go and look for his place —)
  5m 1m    (It will not be there.)

[Chorus]
  b6 b6 5m    (The Lord shall laugh! (The Lord shall laugh!))
  5m 1m 1m    (He sees his day is coming.)
  1m 5m b7    (The Lord shall laugh! (The Lord shall laugh!))
  1m b7 4m    (He is not worried. He is not worried.)
  b6 1m 5m    (And the meek shall have the earth,)
  b3 1m    (And peace in full abundance.)

[Bridge (the worship turn — female voices carry it, warm and unhurried)]
  1m 5m    (Not a little peace —)
  5m 4m    (an abundance of peace.)
  4m 5m    (Delight yourself, delight yourself,)
  5m 1m    (in the abundance of peace.)

[Final Chorus (fullest — congregation carries it, whoops and yelps over the top)]
  b6 4m 4m    (The Lord shall laugh! (The Lord shall laugh!))
  5 1m 1m    (He sees his day is coming.)
  1m 5m 5m    (The Lord shall laugh! (The Lord shall laugh!))
  4m 1m 5m    (He is not worried. He is not worried.)
  1m 1m b3    (And the meek shall have the earth,)
  5m 4m    (And peace in full abundance.)

[Outro (organ and surf guitar wind down, voices trailing)]
  4m 1m    (Yet a little while...)
  5m 5m    (Yet a little while...)
  1m b7    (He is not worried.)