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The Bell That Couldnt Jingle

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[Verse]
Gmaj7A Christmas bell was F#m7crying, then Em7Santa heard it sA7ay:
"I just can't F#m7seem to Fjingle Em7and I can't go A7on the Dmaj7sleigh!D6"Dmaj7  
Then Gmaj7Santa soon diF#m7scovered the Em7reason that it A7cried â
The bell that F#m7couldn't Fjingle, it had Em7nothing Em7/Athere iDmaj7nside!D6  
[Chorus]
Then GSanta said: "Jack Gmaj7Frost will bring my CChristmas gift to Fyou
And on BbChristmas Eve you'll Gm7jingle, just Em7like you were brand A7new!"
[Verse]
Then Gmaj7Jack Frost froze a F#m7teardrop, so Em7each time that it sA7wayed
The bell that F#m7couldn't Fjingle, jingle, Em7it went jingling Em7/Aall the Dway!D7  
[Bridge]
GJingle bell, G+jingle bell, G6jingle all the G+way!
The Abell that couldn't Fjingle, Emit went jingling all tA7he Dway!D#  
[Chorus]
Then G#Santa said: "Jack FG#maj7rost will bring my C#Christmas gift to F#you
And on BChristmas Eve you'll G#m7jingle, just Fm7like you were brand A#7new!"
[Verse]
Then G#maj7Jack Frost froze a Gm7teardrop, so Fm7each time that it sA#7wayed
The Bell That Gm7Couldn't F#Jingle, jingle, Fm7it went jingling Fm7/Aball the D#way!D#7  
[Bridge]
G#Jingle bell, G#+jingle bell, jG#6ingle all the G#+way!
The A#bell that couldn't F#jingle, iFt went jingling all tA#7he wD#ay!

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The Bell That Couldnt Jingle

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The Bell That Couldnt Jingle

by Burt Bacharach

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj7

F#m7

Em7

Dmaj7

Em7/A

Gm7

G+

G#maj7

[Verse]

Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A7

A Christmas bell was crying, then Santa heard it say:

F#m7 F Em7 A7 Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7

"I just can't seem to jingle and I can't go on the sleigh!"

Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A7

Then Santa soon discovered the reason that it cried â

F#m7 F Em7 Em7/A Dmaj7 D6

The bell that couldn't jingle, it had nothing there inside!

[Chorus]

G Gmaj7 C F

Then Santa said: "Jack Frost will bring my Christmas gift to you

Bb Gm7 Em7 A7

And on Christmas Eve you'll jingle, just like you were brand new!"

[Verse]

Gmaj7 F#m7 Em7 A7

Then Jack Frost froze a teardrop, so each time that it swayed

F#m7 F Em7 Em7/A D D7

The bell that couldn't jingle, jingle, it went jingling all the way!

[Bridge]

G G+ G6 G+

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way!

A F Em A7 D D#

The bell that couldn't jingle, it went jingling all the way!

[Chorus]

G# G#maj7 C# F#

Then Santa said: "Jack Frost will bring my Christmas gift to you

B G#m7 Fm7 A#7

And on Christmas Eve you'll jingle, just like you were brand new!"

[Verse]

G#maj7 Gm7 Fm7 A#7

Then Jack Frost froze a teardrop, so each time that it swayed

Gm7 F# Fm7 Fm7/Ab D# D#7

The Bell That Couldn't Jingle, jingle, it went jingling all the way!

[Bridge]

G# G#+ G#6 G#+

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way!

A# F# F A#7 D#

The bell that couldn't jingle, it went jingling all the way!

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