Song Name: | Silver Bells ala Bob Hope (Chromatic) | By: | Jay Livingston & Ray Evans |
Posted By: | EarthDogHarpin | Difficulty: | Intermediate |
Key: | C | Genre: | Christmas |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2009-11-06 15:11:21 | Modified: | 2009-11-18 12:11:25 |
Song: | Bob Hope & Marlyn Maxwell Version
Here's the original clip from "The Lemon Drop Kid", where the world heard, for the first time, Silver Bells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoekfgmbe-o&feature=related 2 2* 3 -3 -4 4 Sil-ver bells!__ Sil-ver bells!__ -4 -4 4 -5 4 -4 4 3 It's Christ-mas time in the ci-ty.___ 2 2* 3 -3 -4 4 Ring-a-ling,__ Hear them ring!___ -4 -4 4 -5 4 -4 4 Soon it will be Christ-mas day. 4 -3 3 2 4 -3 3 2 Ci-ty side-walks, bu-sy side-walks 6 -5 5 -3 -3 -3 dressed in hol-i-day style, -5 4 -4 3 -2* 2* 3 2* 2* 2 In the air there's a feel-ing of Christ-mas.___ 4 -3 3 2 4 -3 3 2 Chil-dren laugh-ing, peo-ple pass-ing, 6 -5 5 -3 -3 -3 meet-ing smile af-ter smile, -5 4 -4 3 -2* 2* 3 -5 5 And on ev-�ry street cor-ner you hear, 2 2* 3 -3 -4 4 Sil-ver bells!__ Sil-ver bells!__ -4 -4 4 -5 4 -4 4 3 It's Christ-mas time in the ci-ty.___ 2 2* 3 -3 -4 4 Ring-a-ling,__ Hear them ring!___ -4 -4 4 -5 4 -4 4 Soon it will be Christ-mas day. 2* 2* 2* 2* 2* 2* 4 -3* -3 Christ-mas makes you feel e-mo-tion-al. 2* 2* 2* 2* 2* 2* 2* 2* 4 -3* -3 It may bring par-ties or thoughts de-vo-tion-al. -3* 4 -5 -3* 4 -5 -3* 4 -5 What-ev-er hap-pens or what may be, -3 -3* 4 -3 -3* 4 -3 -3* 4 Here is what Christ-mas time means to me: 4 -3 3 2 4 -3 3 2 Strings of street lights, ev-en stop lights 6 -5 5 -3 -3 -3 blink a bright red and green. -5 4 -4 3 -2* 2* 3 2* 2* 2 As the shop-pers rush home with their trea-sures. 4 -3 3 2 4 -3 3 2 Hear the snow crunch! See the kids bunch! 6 -5 5 -3 -3 -3 This is San-ta's big scene, -5 4 -4 3 -2* 2* 3 -5 5 and a-bove all the bus-tle you hear, 2 2* 3 -3 -4 4 Sil-ver bells!__ Sil-ver bells!__ -4 -4 4 -5 4 -4 4 3 It's Christ-mas time_ in the ci-ty.__ 2 2* 3 -3 -4 4 Ring-a-ling,__ Hear them ring!___ -4 -4 4 -5 4 -4 4 Soon it will be Christ-mas day. Note: -2 and 2* are the same note - "F" You may replace 2* with -2 if desired |