Jingle Bells
John Pierpont, 1859

Play Midi 1(C109)     Midi 2(Eb130)
Midi 3(G170) Midi 4(Eb120)
Midi 5(G120)
Play at 110 - 130 BPM
Charlie McCoy uses G, Bb, D and G Keys
Tabbed by Mark Purintun
 

 
 
  6  8     -8    7    6   6 6  6    8   -8 7   -6
Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh.
   -6    -9   8    -8 -7    9  9   -9  -8  8
Through the fields we go laughing all the way.

  6    8  -8   7    6   6  8   -8  8    -6
Bells on bob-tail ring making spirits bright.
 -6   -6 -9  8 -8   9   9    9  9  -10   9  -9 -8 7  9
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.

Chorus: 
 8  8    8      8 8    8  
  8 9   7   -8  8
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way,  
-9  -9   -9 -9 -9  8   8  
8 8  8    -8  -8 8   -8    9
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh, O

  8 8    8      8 8    8  
  8  9   7   -8  8
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
Jingle all the way,  
-9  -9   -9 -9 -9  8   8 
 8 8  9    9   -9-8   7
Oh what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh.
 
Additional Verses:

A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright w
as seated by my side;

The horse was lean and lank misfortune seemed his lot,  
We ran into a drifted bank
and there we got upset.

A day or two ago the story I must tell  
I went out on the snow
and on my back I fell;

A gent was riding by in a one-horse open sleigh  
He laughed at me as
I there sprawling laid but quickly drove away.

Now the ground is white, go it while you're young,  
Take the girls along
and sing this sleighing song.

Just bet a bob-tailed bay, two-forty as his speed,  
Hitch him to an open sleigh
and crack! You'll take the lead.

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