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Silver Bells

Words and Music by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans - 1950

Verse:
C	Em                C7	F	-
G7	-	C	-                F
C	Em                C7	F	-
G7	-	C	-
Chorus:
C	-	F	-
G7	-	C	G7
C	-	F	-
G7	-	C	-       (F repeat all)

12-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Verses:

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style.
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas.
Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile,
And on every street corner you'll hear:

 

Strings of streetlights, even stoplights, blink a bright red and green,
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures.
Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch, this is Santa's big scene,
And above all the bustle you'll hear:

 

Chorus:

Silver bells, silver bells,
It's Christmas time in the city.
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring,
Soon it will be Christmas day.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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