Carol of the Bells

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Intro
Em (4 measures, marching)
Em (4 measures – rounds of ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’)

(Verse) 1
Em D/E Am/E Em
Hark! how the bells, / Sweet silver bells, / All seem to say / "Throw cares away."

Am/E Am/E Am/D Am/E

Oh how they pound, / Raising the sound / O'er hill and dale, / Telling their tale.

(Pre-Chorus) 2
Em G Am/C Em
Gailly they ring / While people sing / Songs of good cheer / Christmas is here

(Chorus) 3
B
Merry, merry, merry, / merry Christmas!
B
Merry, merry, merry, / merry Christmas!
B B
Merry, merry, merry… Merry, merry, merry…
B B
Merry, merry, merry… Merry, merry, merry…

Vamp (16 measures marching – rounds of ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’)

Em

Vamp Build (4 measures building on Em)

…then 8 measures of guitars doing this:

E D C B C B A E (single notes)
(rounds of ‘ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong…’)
G F# E D E D C B (single notes)
(layered with ‘ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong…’)

…all over Low E Octaves in Bass Gtr, Piano, Cello, etc…

(Pre-Chorus) 2
Em G Am/C Em
Gailly they ring / While people sing / Songs of good cheer / Christmas is here

(Chorus) 3
B
Merry, merry, merry, / merry Christmas!
B
Merry, merry, merry, / merry Christmas!
B B
Merry, merry, merry… Merry, merry, merry…
B B
Merry, merry, merry… Merry, merry, merry…

(Verse) 1
Em Em/D Am/C Em/B
Hark! how the bells, / Sweet silver bells, / All seem to say / "Throw cares away."

Am/C Em/B Am Em
Oh how they pound, / Raising the sound / O'er hill and dale, / Telling their tale.

Outro
Em (4 measures orchestral rhythm – guitars solo)

Big Ending
Em (hit) / / Em (hit) / / Em (hit) / / Em (hit) / / Em (hit and hold)