Barenaked Ladies – Jingle Bells (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
C                   G
Dashing through the snow

     C         Am     F
On a one-horse open sleigh

 Dm        C       G
Over the fields we go

                 C     G
Laughing all the way;

 C                 Em
Bells on bob-tail ring

 G       Dm     F
Making spirits bright

   Am      Dm     C        Am
What fun it is to ride and sing

  F
A sleighing song tonight
[Chorus]
 C            E
Jingle bells, jingle bells

 C
Jingle all the way!

Dm             C     Am
O what fun it is to ride

F                 G
One-horse open sleigh

 C              C
Jingle bells, jingle bells

F         C
Jingle all the way!

Dm           C      Am
O what fun it is to ride

  G              C
One-horse open sleigh
[Solo] (Piano Riff Transition to speed up Chords can be used) Dm, F, Am, G [Chorus]
 C              C
Jingle bells, jingle bells

C
Jingle all the way!

F
O what fun it is to ride

     D               G
In a one-horse open sleigh

C              C
Jingle bells, jingle bells

C
Jingle all the way!

F
O what fun it is to ride

G                C
In a one-horse open sleigh
[Verse 2]
 C                  G
Dashing through the snow

      C           Am
On a one-horse open sleigh

 Dm       C        G
Over the fields we go

                 C    G
Laughing all the way;

 C                Em
Bells on bob-tail ring

 G        Dm     F
Making spirits bright

Am        Dm      C         Am
What fun it is to ride and sing

   F
A sleighing song tonight
[Chorus]
C              C
Jingle bells, jingle bells

C
Jingle all the way!

F             C
O what fun it is to ride

     D              G
In a one-horse open sleigh

C              C
Jingle bells, Batman smells

C
Robin laid an egg

F
Batmobile lost its wheel

      G        C
And Joker got away
[Verse 3]
   C          G
A day or two ago

                       F
I thought I'd take a ride

     Dm              G
And soon Miss Fanny Bright

     F           C
Was seated by my side;

     C                  G
The horse was lean and lank;

 G                   F
Misfortune seemed his lot;

  F             G
He got into a drifted bank

      F           C
And there we got upsot
[Chorus]
C              C
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

C
Jingle all the way!

F
O what fun it is to ride

      D              G
In a one-horse open sleigh

 C
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells
Jingle all the way!
F            C
O what fun it is to ride

      G              C
In a one-horse open sleigh
[Verse 4] (quiet down and build up to chorus)
 F                G
Now the ground is white

 G                 F
Go it while you're young

    Dm           G
Take the girls tonight

    F                   C
And sing this sleighing song

     C               G
Just get a bob-tailed bay

     G          F
Two-forty as his speed

    F               G
Hitch him to an open sleigh

    F              C
And crack! you'll take the lead
(cymbals) [Chorus]
C              C
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

C
Jingle all the way!

F
O what fun it is to ride

      D              G
In a one-horse open sleigh

C              C
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells

C
Jingle all the way!

F
O what fun it is to ride

      G             C
In a one-horse open sleigh
(Drum snare riff)
     Dm            G             
What fun it is to laugh and sing (Piano riff can use notes F,F,E,D,GGG)

     Dm            G            
What fun it is to laugh and sing (Bass riff F,F,E,D,GGG)

     Dm            G
What fun it is to laugh and sing (Piano and bass do riff with snare)

 Dm
Ha ha ha
(*Stops abruptly, Verse slows here just like the beginning verse)
    Dm             G         Am
What fun it is to laugh and sing
(***Builds, fast again)
   F         G      C
A sleighing song tonight!
(Ends abruptly, no outro)