Sleigh Ride

(Mitchell Parish/Leroy Anderson)


                C            Am
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
Dm        G        C    Am   Dm   
ring ting tingling too
     G        C      Am  
Come on, it's lovely weather
      Dm             G          C   Am  Dm 
for a sleigh ride together with you,
   G        C       Am
Outside the snow is falling
    Dm          G            C   Am  Dm
and friends are calling "Yoo hoo,"
     G        C      Am
Come on, it's lovely weather
      Dm          G             C
for a sleigh ride together with you.


      F#m                 B
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
         E
let's go, Let's look at the show,
F#m               B             E
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
      Em                  A
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
            D
it's grand, Just holding your hand,
Dm
We're gliding along with a song
     G
of a wintry fairy land.

               C        Am ... (etc)
Our cheeks are nice and rosy
and comfy cozy are we
We're snuggled up together
like two birds of a feather would be
Let's take that road before us
and sing a chorus or two
Come on, it's lovely weather
for a sleigh ride together with you.


          Cmaj7
There's a birthday party

at the home of Farmer Gray

It'll be the perfect ending a perfect day
         C
We'll be singing the songs
   F                G            Am
we love to sing without a single stop,
       E                  F#m
At the fireplace while we watch
    B         E    Dm        G
the chestnuts pop. Pop! pop! pop!
          Cmaj7
There's a happy feeling

nothing in the world can buy,

When they pass around the chocolate

and the pumpkin pie
      C                F
It'll nearly be like a picture print
   G           Am
by Currier and Ives
Dm
These wonderful things are the things
     G
we remember all through our lives!


                C            Am (etc)
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
ring ting tingling too
Come on, it's lovely weather
for a sleigh ride together with you,
Outside the snow is falling
and friends are calling "Yoo hoo,"
Come on, it's lovely weather
for a sleigh ride together with you.

      F#m                 B  (etc)
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
let's go, Let's look at the show,
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
it's grand, Just holding your hand,
We're gliding along with a song
of a wintry fairy land

               C        Am (etc)
Our cheeks are nice and rosy
and comfy cozy are we
We're snuggled up together
like two birds of a feather would be
Let's take that road before us
and sing a chorus or two
Come on, it's lovely weather
for a sleigh ride together with you.


CHORDS:
C     (x32010)
Dm    (xx0231)
Am    (x02210)
G     (320003)
F#m   (244222)
B     (x2444x)
E     (022100)
Em    (022000)
A     (x02220)
Cmaj7 (x32000)
F     (xx3211)

NOTES:
* this is a tough song! There are a lot of chords, 
which go by quickly, and the melody is extremely hard to sing - lots of key changes and jumps in register. 
Practice this one before playing it with people.

* there are several points where singers will probably 
"get lost", and get out of tune with this one. The first 
is "giddy up giddy up...". The melody notes here should be: 

B    C#  E   B    C#  E   B    C# E   F#    D#
gi - ddy up  gi - ddy up  gi - dy up  let's go
E     D#   B  G#  C#
let's look at the show


* another part where singers will go wrong in is "there's 
a birthday party at the home...". Here are the notes they 
should be singing at this point in the song:

B       C D    D    D   D
There's a birt-hday par-ty
D  D   D    D  G     C   B
at the home of Far - mer Gray

* the chords in this tab have been simplified slightly for 
ease of playing. Good luck!