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I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day

Bing Crosby

OtherMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

C×○○
G7○○○
Dm××○
E○○○
Am×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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   C                 G7  
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day  
C                  Dm      G7  
Their old familiar carols play  
C                      E     Am  
And wild and sweet the words repeat  
C                       G7      C  
Of peace on earth, good will to men  
C                     G7  
I thought how, as the day had come,  
C                   Dm       G7  
The belfries of all Christendom  
C                      E      Am  
Had rolled along the unbroken song  
C                       G7      C  
Of peace on earth, good will to men  
C                G7  
And in despair I bowed my head  
C                     Dm        G7  
"There is no peace on earth," I said  
C                       E         Am  
"For hate is strong and mocks the song  
C                       G7      C    
Of peace on earth, good will to men"  
C                          G7  
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep  
C                     Dm      G7  
"God is not dead, nor doth he sleep  
C                         E     Am  
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail  
C                         G7      C  
With peace on earth, good will to men"

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Chord set

C · G7 · Dm · E · Am

Practice tip

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