“JINGLE BELLS” (first arrangement)

Remember
emember what I said earlier about muting open strings that are not supposed to ring into the
next chord or bar. You may, however, allow the alternating bass notes within a given chord to ring
together, although your accompaniment will sound tighter and crisper if you apply some pick-hand
palm muting to the bottom three strings while allowing the top three to ring freely.

strum accompaniment in E
E A B7 F#7

231 234 213 4 131211

Verse
Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh O’er the fields we
E A
1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 0 0 0
0 0 0 0

go laughing all the way Bells on bobtails ring making spirits

B7 E
6
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

✴
2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 0 0 0 0

62 bright What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight Oh

A B7 E

B7

12
0 0
2 2
2 2
0 0
0 0
2 2
2 2
0 0
00
2 2 2 2 0 2
0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 1 2
1 1 1 1 2 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
0

Chorus
Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride in a
E A E A E
17
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 0 2 0 0 2
0 0 0 0 0

one horse open sleigh Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way

F#7
23
2 2
2 2
3 3
2 2
2
4 !
0
B7 E A E
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
2

Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh



0
A E B7 E
29
0 0 0 0 2 2 0
2 2 0 0 0 0 0

0
2 2 1 1 2 2 1
2 2 1 1 2 2
0 0 2 2 2 2
0 2 0 0

62 GU I TA R WOR L D • JA N UA RY 2018