Misc Christmas - Jingle Bells

| jingle bells |
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it’s an easy christmas song , but you sometimes have to play 2 chords in one bar .

verse 1 :
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D G
dashing through the ’ snow , in A ’ one – horse open sleigh ,
A A7 D
o’er the fields we go , laughing all the way ,
D G
bells on bobtails ring , making spirits bright ,
A A7 D
what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song to – night , oh

chorus :
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D D7
jingle bells , jingle bells , jingle all the way ,
G D ( Em E7 ) A A7
oh what fun it is to ride in a one – horse open sleigh , hey ,
D D7
jingle bells , jingle bells , jingle all the way ,
G D ( A A7 ) D
oh what fun it is to ride in a one – horse open sleigh .

verse 2 : [ play the same chords as in verse 1 )
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a day or two ago , i thought i’d take a ride
and soon miss fanny bright was seated by my side
the horse was lean and lank , misfortune seemed his lot
we ran into a drifted bank and there we got upsot . oh!

chorus
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verse 3 :
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 lay but quickly drove away . oh!

chorus
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verse 4 :
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now the ground is white , go it while you’re young
take the girls along and sing this sleighing song
just bet a bobtailed bay , two forty as his speed
hitch him to an open sleigh and crack! you’ll take the lead . oh!

chorus
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[ last line : ] G D A A7 D
oh what fun it is to ride in a one . . . . horse o . . . . pen sleigh . . .