Silver Bells Chords

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Silver Bells by Garth Brooks is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords Fmaj7, F6, C9, C/E, G7sus, G7, C, F, Dm7/A, G, Gsus, F#dim, Dm7/G, D7/F#, D7/A, F/G, Am, D7 and F/C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
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  			Intro 

Fmaj7   F6   C9   C/E   G7sus   G7 

verse 1 
     C               C9 
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks 
           F       Dm7/A 
Dressed in holiday style 
       G             G7         C          Gsus 
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas 
         C                C9 
Children laughing, people passing 
        F           F#dim 
Meeting smile after smile 
       G            G7         C     Dm7/G 
And on every street corner you hear 

Chorus 1 
C             F 
Silver bells, silver bells 
G              G7          C     G7sus 
It's Christmas time in the city 
C            F               D7/F# 
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring 
G       D7/A G7           C    G7sus 
Soon it will be Christmas day 

Instrumental Chorus 
C   C   F   F       G   G7   C   G7sus 
C   C   F   D7/F#   G   G7   C   F/G 

verse 2 
           C                   C9 
Strings of street lights, even stop lights 
        F              Dm7/A 
Blink a bright red and green 
       G             G7              C          Gsus 
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures 
         C                    C9 
Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch 
        F           F#dim 
This is Santa's big scene 
      G           G7         C     Dm7/G 
And above all the bustle you hear 

Chorus 2 
C             F 
Silver bells, silver bells 
G              G7          C     G7sus 
It's Christmas time in the city 
C            F               D7/F# 
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring 
G       D7/A G7           Am   D7/F# 
Soon it will be Christmas day 
G       D7/A G7           N.C. 
Soon it will be Christmas day 

Instrumental Intro 
Fmaj7   F6   C9   C/E 

Outro 
G7      D7   G7 F/G   G7  F/C  C 
Soon it will be Christmas day 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante