Jingle Bell Rock

Words & Music:

Joseph Beal & James Boothe

 

D            DM7          D

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock.

D           D#o7      Em7         A7

Jingle bell swing and jingle bell ring.

Em7         A7         Em7        A7   Em7                 A7

Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun; now, the jingle hop has begun!

 

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell  rock

Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time

Em7         A7          Em7         A7     Em7     A7     D

Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square in the frosty air!

 

BRIDGE:

G                      G#o7                D

What a bright time, it's the right time to rock the  night away!

E                                A [stop chord]

Jingle bell time is a swell time to go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh!

D        DM7          D                                     B7

Giddyup jingle horse, pick up your feet - jingle around the clock.

G                     Gm              Em         A7          D

Mix and a-mingle in a-jinglin' beat - that's the jingle bell rock!

 

REPEAT ENTIRE SONG [last line is:]

Em7        A7           Em7        A7

That's the jingle bell, that's the jingle bell,

Em7        A7          D

That's the jingle bell rock!

 

SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERINGS    

  D     DM7   D#o7    Em7    A7      G    G#o7     E     B7     Gm

|-5-|  |-5-|  |-5-|  |-7-|  |-5-|  |-3-|  |---|  |-7-|  |-7-|  |-3-|

|-7-|  |-7-|  |-7-|  |-8-|  |-5-|  |-3-|  |-3-|  |-9-|  |-7-|  |-3-|

|-7-|  |-6-|  |-5-|  |-7-|  |-6-|  |-4-|  |-4-|  |-9-|  |-8-|  |-3-|

|-7-|  |-7-|  |-7-|  |-9-|  |-5-|  |-5-|  |-3-|  |-9-|  |-7-|  |-5-|

|-5-|  |-5-|  |-6-|  |-7-|  |-7-|  |-5-|  |---|  |-7-|  |-9-|  |-5-|

|---|  |---|  |---|  |---|  |-5-|  |-3-|  |-4-|  |---|  |-7-|  |-3-|

 

Tab as performed by Bobby Helms (1957)  

 

INTRO       _____              _____              _____    _____    _____     _____

  |     |   |        |     |   |        |     |   |     |  |     |   |      |

|14----14-14-------14----14-14------|14----17-10----12-13----12-10------|

|15----15-15-------14----14-14------|15-------10----12-13----12-10----12|

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------12|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

  

                                        _____   

  |         |         |         |        |     |   |         |         |

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|10---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|11---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-------7--5--------4---------------|

|-----------------------------------|----------------------------7------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|       RIFF 1 (Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell  rock...)     D6

   _____

   |     |  |         |         |

|------10---------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|------12---------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|------11---------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|       RIFF 2 (Jingle bells swing and jingle bells  ring...)     A9

   _____

   |     |  |         |         |

|------17-17------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|------14-14------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|------16-16------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|       RIFF 3 (Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of  fun...)     A9

   _____

   |     |  |         |         |

|------17-17-------17---------------|-----------------------------------|

|------14-14-------14---------------|-----------------------------------|

|------16-16-------16---------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|       RIFF 4 (Jingle around the clock...)      B7                                   G

             _____    _____     _____                       _____

  |        |  |   |  |  |  |  |  |  |   |         |        |     |   |  

|-------------------5--5--5--7--7--7|-7-------10-------12----12-10------|

|----------7--7--7--7--7--7-10-10-10|-8--------8--------8-----8--8------|

|----------8--8--8------------------|-9--------9--------9-----9--9------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

   Gm                                   Em7               A7

                      _____

  |         |        |     |   |         |         |         |         |

|---------10-------12----12-10------|-7-----------------5---------------|

|11-------11-------11----11-11------|-8-----------------5---------------|

|12-------12-------12----12-12------|-7-----------------6---------------|

|-----------------------------------|-9-----------------5---------------|

|-----------------------------------|-7-----------------7---------------|

|-----------------------------------|-------------------5---------------|

RIFF 5 (That's the jingle bell rock...)      D

             _____    _____    _____

   |        |     |   |     |  |     |   |         |         |         |

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|---------12----12-10----10--8-----8|-7---------------------------------|

|---------12----12-11----11--9-----9|-7---------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

RIFF 6 (In the frosty air...)      D7                                   G

             _____    _____    _____

   |        |  |  |  |   |  |  |  |  |   |         |         |        |  

|-------------------8--8--8-10-10-10|10---------------------------------|

|---------10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-13|12---------------------------------|

|---------11-11-11------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|       CODA

    _____              _____    _____    _____     _____

  |     |   |        |     |   |     |  |     |   |     |  |         |  

|14----14-14-------14----14-14----17|13----10-12----10----------10------|

|15----15-15-------15----15-15------|13----10-12----10----------10------|

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------11------|

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------12------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

 

 




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