jingle bells Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays445

jingle bells by The Raveonettes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C/G, F, G, C, C7, D7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 1 
 
C/G                                           F  
Dashing through the snow, on a one-horse open sleigh.  
                   G                   C/G  
O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way.   
C/G                     C          C7  F  
Bells on bob-tail ring, making spirits bright.  
F                 G                                 C/G  
What fun it is to ride and sing, a sleighing song tonight.  
  
  
G   C  
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.   
F              C                D7             G  
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh   
C                                    
jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.   
F          C                G         G7   C  
Oh, what fun it is to ride, in a one-horse open sleigh.  
  
Verse 2  
C/G                                    F  
A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride,  
                    G                        C/G                      
And soon Miss Fanny Bright was seated by my side.  
C/G                          C          C7         F  
The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot.  
F             G                                C/G  
We ran into a drifted bank, and there we got upsot.  
  
(Chorus)  

  
Verse3  
C/G                                F  
A day or two ago, the story I must tell.  
                  G                      C/G                      
I went out on the snow, and on my back I fell.  
C/G                        C         C7   F   
A gent was riding by, in a one-horse open sleigh.  
F                   G                                        C/G  
He laughed at me as I there sprawling laid, but quickly drove away.  
  
(Chorus)  

  
Verse 4  
C/G                      F  
Now the ground is white, go it while you're young.  
                G                             C/G                      
Take the girls tonight, and sing this sleighing song.  
C/G                        C         C7     F  
Just bet a bob-tailed nag, two-forty as his speed,  
F               G                                       C/G  
Hitch him to an open sleigh, and crack! you'll take the lead.  
  
(Chorus) 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante