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Winter Wonderland
Words & Music by Richard B. Smith & Felix BernardRecorded by The Andrews Sisters, 1950
Intro Verse:
AM7 Bm7 C#m7 Bm7
Over the ground lies a mantle of white,
AM7 Bm7 AM7 Bm7-5
A heaven of diamonds shine down through the night,
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 AM7
Two hearts are thrillin' in spite of the chill in the weather.
AM7 Bm7 C#m7 Bm7
Love knows no season, love knows no clime,
AM7 Bm7 AM7 Bm7
Romance can blossom any old time,
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7-5 E7 AM7 Bm7 E7
Here in the open we're walking and hoping together! Together...
AM7 Bm7 Bm7-5 E7
Together... to - geth - er...
Melody:
E7 A A6 AM7 A6
Sleighbells ring, are you listening?
E
In the lane, snow is glistening;
E E9 E E7
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight,
A E7 A
Walking in a winter wonderland.
E7 A A6 AM7 A6
Gone away is the bluebird,
E
Here to stay is a new bird;
E E9 E E7
He sings a love song as we go along,
A E A A7
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Bridge:
D G D
In the meadow we can build a snowman,
D G D
And pretend that he is Parson Brown.
E A E
He'll say, "Are you married?" We'll say, "No, man,
E B7 E E7
But you can do the job when you're in town."
E7 A A6 AM7 A6
Later on we'll conspire
E
As we dream by the fire,
E E9 E E7
To face unafraid the plans that we made
A E A A7
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Repeat Bridge:
E7 A A6 AM7 A6
Later on we'll conspire
E
As we dream by the fire,
E E9 E E7
To face unafraid the plans that we made
A E7 A F#m
Walking in a winter wonderland,
Coda:
A E7 A D A E7 A
Walking in a winter wonderland.
*The intro verse I've included here was not a part of the Andrews Sisters' version -- it was transcribed by Tom Young from a bridge recorded by Johnny Mathis. Fellow guitarist and friend Ray Brizzi re-keyed it to this arrangment and passed it along to me. I had never seen that portion before, but both Ray and I suspect that it may have been an intro verse at its inception, so that's where I put it in this arrangement. One other note: to be strictly accurate, the bridge ought to begin with C#. However -- since my object is, and always has been, to derive a playable arrangement, I stuck with the D