Jingle Bell Rock

Words & Music by Joe Beal & Jim Boothe
Recorded by Bobby Helms, 1957


 D            A            D6         A7/6   
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock,

D6           F#m        Em7          A7
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring,

 Em7          A7        Em7       A7
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun --

E7     Bm7-5       A7sus4     A7+5
Now the jingle hop   has  be - gun;

 D            A            D6         A7/6
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock,

D6           F#m       Em7         A7
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time,

Em7          A7         Em7         A7    Em7    Edim     D   D7
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square in the frosty air.



Bridge:

        G6    G5            Gm7/6  Gm7      D   A7   G   A7   D DM7 D7
What a bright time, it's the right time to rock the night a - way

       E    Bm7-5       E    E7  A       Em7           A   A9    A    A7        
Jingle bell time is a swell time   to go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh


D         A            D6          A7/6    D9     F#m        B7
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet, jingle around the clock

G         G6/5          Gm7     Gm7/6  Em7
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet


First Time:

G/B    Em7 A7   A7sus4  A7   D       A7      
That's the jin - gle   bell rock


Last Time:

G/B    Em7 A7   A7sus4  A7   G/B    Em7 A7   A7sus4  A7
That's the jin - gle   bell, that's the jin - gle   bell, 

G/B    Em7 A7   A7sus4  A7   D
That's the jin - gle   bell rock. 




 
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