Jingle Bells

Here’s a step-by-step lesson on this classic Christmas tune. First I’ll play a mid-tempo version of the whole thing. Then we’ll slowly learn it, note by note, building notes into phrases, building phrases into quarters, until we have each part.

Tabs with Lyrics

Verse
D0-A1-0-D3-0-0
Dashing through the snow
D0-A1-0-D3-1
In a one horse open sleigh
D1-AL2-1-0-D2
Over the fields we go
A3-3-L2-0-1
Laughing all the way
D0-A1-0-D3-0-0
Bells on Bobtail ring
D0-A1-0-D3-1
Making spirits bright
D1-AL2-1-0-3-3-3-3
What fun it is to ride and sing a
E0-A3-L2-0-D3
sleighing song tonight

Chorus
A3-A1-1-1-1-1-1
Oh jingle bells, jingle bells
A1-3-D3-A0-1
jingle all the way
AL2-L2-L2-L2-L2-1-1-1
Oh what fun it is to ride in a
A1-0-0-1-0-3
one horse open sleigh, Hey!
A1-1-1-1-1-1
jingle bells, jingle bells
A1-3-D3-A0-1
jingle all the way
AL2-L2-L2-L2-L2-1-1-1
Oh what fun it is to ride in a
A3-3-L2-0-D3
one horse open sleigh