MercyMe – I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day (Guitar Intro)

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Key of E [Intro] chord: E riff: strum down 8th notes evenly top two strings: A string 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 16 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 Low E string 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [Verse 1]
  E                  Esus                      A          E
I heard the bells on Christmas day      Their old familiar carols play

    G#                 C#m                 E                  Bsus     E
And wild and sweet the words repeat     Of peace on earth goodwill to men
[Verse 2]
  E                  Esus                     A              E
I thought how as the day had come       The belfries of all Christendom

    G#               C#m                  E                  Bsus       E
Had rolled along th'unbroken song       Of peace on earth goodwill to men
[Chorus]
      A                   E                   A                   A
I can hear them     I can hear them     I can hear them     I can hear them
[Interlude] (2 measures each) C#m A E Bsus E [Verse 3]
    E           Esus                       A            E
And in despair I bowed my head      There is no peace on earth I said

    G#                 C#m                      E                  Bsus       E
For hate is strong and mocks the song        Of peace on earth goodwill to men
[Verse 4/Bridge]
     E/G#                   A                       E                Bsus
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep        God is not dead nor does He sleep

    E/G#                 A                     E                 Bsus        
The wrong shall fail the right prevail  With peace on earth goodwill to men
[Chorus]
      A                   E                   A                   E
I can hear You     I can hear You       I can hear You      I can hear You

      C#m                A            
I can hear You     I can hear You      E//////// B//////// A//////// 

      E                    A
I can hear You       I can hear You  X2 Ritard to E