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Silver Bells

Brad Paisley

CountryAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
E
E7
D××
Bm×
F#Diagram coming soon
G#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              INTRO: A E E7 A 
 
A                                         D 
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style 
    E                 E7          A 
in the air there's a feeling of christmas 
         A                                 D        Bm 
children laughing people passing, meeting smile after smile 
       E            E7            A    (Walkup E F# G#) 
and on every street corner you'll hear   
 
 
CHORUS: 
A              D           (Bm) 
Silver Bells, Silver Bells 
      E         E7        A 
it's christmas time in the city 
A                      D      
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring 
  E          E7           A 
soon it will be christmas day 
 
INSTRUMENTAL: A D Bm E E7 A A D E E7 A 
 
A                                   
Strings of street lights, even stop lights 
        D                 (Bm) 
blink a bright red and green 
       E             E7               A 
as the shoppers rush home with their treasures 
A 
hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch 
         D 
this is santa's big scene 
    E              E7           A 
and above all this bustle you'll hear 
 
CHORUS:  
A              D           (Bm) 
Silver Bells, Silver Bells 
      E         E7        A 
it's christmas time in the city 
A                      D      
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring 
  E          E7           A 
soon it will be christmas day 
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL:  A D Bm E E7 A A D E E7 A E 
 
A              D         (Walkdown on E string 5/7 5 2br 0) 
Silver Bells, Silver Bells 
  E          E7           A 
soon it will be christmas day 
  E         E7   D 557775  Walkdown on A string 7/9 7 2br 0 
Soon it will be christmas day 
A 
yeaaayy
          
 

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Chord set

A · E · E7 · D · Bm · F# · G#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.