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Sleigh Ride
Words & Music by Mitchell Parrish & Leroy AndersonRecorded by Johnny Mathis, 1958
Intro: | CM7 Am | F G7 |
G7 CM7 Am F G7 CM7 Am F
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too
G7 CM7 Am F G7 CM7 Am F
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
G7 CM7 Am F G7 CM7 Am F
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling "You Hoo"
G7 CM7 Am F G7 C F C
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
F#m7 B7 E
Giddy-yap giddy-yap, giddy-yap let's go,
Cdim E6
Let's look at the snow
A F#m A B7 E E6 E E6
We're riding in a wonderland of snow
Em B+ Em7 A7 DM7
Giddy-yap giddy-yap, giddy-yap it's grand
F#m7 D6
Just holding your hand
Dm7 G7 Cdim Fdim G7
We're gliding along with the song of a wintry fairy land.
Fdim CM7 Am F G7 CM7 Am F
Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we
G7 CM7 Am F G7 CM7 Am F
We're snuggled up together like two birds of a feather would be
G7 CM7 Am F G7 CM7 Am F
Let's take the road before us and sing a chorus or two
G7 CM7 Am F G7 C F C
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
G Am7 G/B C G D9 G
There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray
G Am7 G/B C G D9 G6
It'll be the perfect ending of a perfect day
Am7 Em Am Cdim B7 B7/F# Em
We'll be singing the songs we love to sing without a single stop
A E7 A D7
At the fireplace while we watch the chestnuts pop -- Pop! Pop! Pop!
G Am7 G/B C G D9 G
There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy
G Am7 G/B C G D9 G6
When they pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie
Am7 G Am D7 Cdim B7 Em
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Cur - ri - er and Ives
G Am7 G Am7 G
These wonderful things are the things we remember
Am7 G
All through our lives.
A Em7 A Em7 A
These wonderful things are the things we remember
Em7 A
All through our lives.
A7 DM7 D6 G/B A7 DM7 D6 G/B
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too
A7 DM7 D6 G/B A7 D Bm G6
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
A7 DM7 D6 G/B A7 DM7 D6 G/B
Outside the snow is falling and friends are calling "You Hoo"
A7 DM7 D6 G/B A7 DM7 G/B D6
Come on, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you
For the longest time, I thought this was already on the site. When I realized, right before Christmas, that it was not, I posted a version on the guitar newsgroups. Not all of them showed up. What the heck...at least it's here for next Christmas.