Holiday, Jingle Bell Rock Tabs

JINGLE BELL ROCK (J. Beal, J. Boothe)
performed by BOBBY HELMS (1957)


D            Dmaj7        D
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
D            D#o7      Em7          A7
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Em7         A7         Em7        A7
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
Em7                A7
Now the jingle hop has begun
D            Dmaj7        D
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
D            D#o7      Em7         A7
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Em7         A7          Em7         A7
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
Em7     A7    D
In the frosty air


       G                     G#o7
What a bright time, it's the right time
   D
To rock the night away
       E
Jingle bell time is a swell time
A
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh


D       Dmaj7         D
Giddyup jingle horse, pick up your feet
D                 B7
Jingle around the clock
G                   Gm
Mix and a-mingle in a-jinglin' feet
Em         A7          D
That's the jingle bell rock


D            Dmaj7        D
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
D            D#o7     Em7         A7
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Em7         A7          Em7         A7
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
Em7     A7    D
In the frosty air


       G                     G#o7
What a bright time, it's the right time
   D
To rock the night away
       E
Jingle bell time is a swell time
A
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh


D       Dmaj7         D
Giddyup jingle horse, pick up your feet
D                 B7
Jingle around the clock
G                    Gm
Mix and a-mingle in a-jinglin' feet
Em7         A7
That's the jingle bell rock
Em7         A7
That's the jingle bell rock
Em7         A7         D
That's the jingle bell rock



SUGGESTED CHORD FINGERINGS

  D    Dmaj7   D#o7   Em7    A7      G     G#o7    E     B7     Gm
|-5-|  |-5-|  |-5-|  |-7-|  |-5-|  |-3-|  |---|  |-7-|  |-7-|  |-3-|
|-7-|  |-7-|  |-7-|  |-8-|  |-5-|  |-3-|  |-3-|  |-9-|  |-7-|  |-3-|
|-7-|  |-6-|  |-5-|  |-7-|  |-6-|  |-4-|  |-4-|  |-9-|  |-8-|  |-3-|
|-7-|  |-7-|  |-7-|  |-9-|  |-5-|  |-5-|  |-3-|  |-9-|  |-7-|  |-5-|
|-5-|  |-5-|  |-6-|  |-7-|  |-7-|  |-5-|  |---|  |-7-|  |-9-|  |-5-|
|---|  |---|  |---|  |---|  |-5-|  |-3-|  |-4-|  |---|  |-7-|  |-3-|




JINGLE BELL ROCK TAB, swing eighths


INTRO

   _____             _____             _____    _____    _____    _____
  |     |  |        |     |  |        |     |  |     |  |     |  |     |
|14----14-14-------14----14-14------|14----17-10----12-13----12-10------|
|15----15-15-------14----14-14------|15-------10----12-13----12-10----12|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------12|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
  
                                       _____    
  |        |        |        |        |     |  |        |        |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|10---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|11---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------7--5--------4---------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------7------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|



RIFF 1 (Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock...)

  D6
   _____
  |     |  |        |        |
|------10---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------12---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------11---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|



RIFF 2 (Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring...)

  A9
   _____
  |     |  |        |        |
|------17-17------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------14-14------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------16-16------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|



RIFF 3 (Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun...)

  A9
   _____
  |     |  |        |        |
|------17-17-------17---------------|-----------------------------------|
|------14-14-------14---------------|-----------------------------------|
|------16-16-------16---------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|



RIFF 4 (Jingle around the clock...)

  B7                                  G
            _____    _____    _____                      _____
  |        |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |        |        |     |  |  
|-------------------5--5--5--7--7--7|-7-------10-------12----12-10------|
|----------7--7--7--7--7--7-10-10-10|-8--------8--------8-----8--8------|
|----------8--8--8------------------|-9--------9--------9-----9--9------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  Gm                                  Em7              A7
                     _____
  |        |        |     |  |        |        |        |        |
|---------10-------12----12-10------|-7-----------------5---------------|
|11-------11-------11----11-11------|-8-----------------5---------------|
|12-------12-------12----12-12------|-7-----------------6---------------|
|-----------------------------------|-9-----------------5---------------|
|-----------------------------------|-7-----------------7---------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------5---------------|




RIFF 5 (That's the jingle bell rock...)

  D
            _____    _____    _____
  |        |     |  |     |  |     |  |        |        |        |
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------12----12-10----10--8-----8|-7---------------------------------|
|---------12----12-11----11--9-----9|-7---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|




RIFF 6 (In the frosty air...)

  D7                                  G
            _____    _____    _____
  |        |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |        |        |        |  
|-------------------8--8--8-10-10-10|10---------------------------------|
|---------10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13-13|12---------------------------------|
|---------11-11-11------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|



CODA
   _____             _____    _____    _____    _____
  |     |  |        |     |  |     |  |     |  |     |  |        |  
|14----14-14-------14----14-14----17|13----10-12----10----------10------|
|15----15-15-------15----15-15------|13----10-12----10----------10------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------11------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------12------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|