I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day Chords

by Sarah Greeno-McCarty - H. Wadsworth Longfellow and J. Baptiste Calkin




I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day Chords (Transposable):

 
Verse 1

   D         D/F#    G/B        A2 C#

I heard the bells on Christmas day

     Bm     Bm A   C# G#  C#/F F#m

Their old familiar car - ols play

    Em7      A9sus A G  F#m7    B7 

And wild and sweet  the words  

     Em  D/F# G     G#dim A7sus

Of peace on  Earth, good  will  to men



Verse 2

  D            D/F#   G       A

I thought how as the day had come

     Bm      Bm A   C# G#  C#/E# F#m7

The belfries of all Christ-en -  dom

     Em7    Gm7 A Em G     F#dim7  B

Had rolled along     the unbroken song

    Em   D/F# G   G#dim A7sus    D A D A G D

Of peace on Earth good  will to men



Verse 3

    Bm  F#m7 A    Bm      A/C#

And in despair I bowed my head

    G       A G  G C# G#  C#/E# F#m7

There is no peace on Earth, I    said

      Em       A         F#m7      B

For hate is strong and mocks the song

     Em  D/F# G   G#dim A7sus

Of peace on Earth good  will to men.



Interlude

Bm7 A B Bm Bm7 F#m7 F#   E/G# F#m A Bsus B



Verse 4

      E         E/G#   B     A       B  E/G#

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep

    C#m    C#m B E B/D# A#  D#/G  G#m7

God is not dead  nor doth    he sleep

     F#m         A B B A    G#dim     C#

The wrong shall fail,   the right prevail

     F#m7  E/G# A  A G#m7 C2 C

With peace on Earth 

A/C#  E  D6         B   B   E A E E A E B E E

Peace on earth, Good will  to men