Silver Bells Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays508

Silver Bells by Mel Torme is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, A7, D, E, E7, Edim, F#m and F#m7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
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A              A7              D 
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style 
     E           E7       A        Edim    E7 
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas 
     A            A7            D    
Children laughing, people passing, meeting smile after smile 
    E7                 A   Edim   E7 
And on every street corner you'll hear 
 A          D             E               A    Edim   E7 
Silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmas time in the city 
A          D         E                  A   Edim   E7 
Ringaling, hear them ring  soon it will be Christmas day 
A                A7              D 
Strings of street lights, even stop lights, twinkle bright red and green 
     E        E7       A      Edim    E7 
As the shoppers rush home with their treasures 
      A               A7           D    
Hear the snow crunch, see the kids bunch, this is Santa's big scene 
    E7                  A   Edim   E7 
And above all this bustle you'll hear 
A         D           E                  A   Edim    E7 
Silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmas time in the city 
A         D          E                  A   Edim   E7 
Ringaling, hear them ring  soon it will be Christmas day 
A         D          E                    A   Edim  E7 
Silver bells, silver bells, it's Christmas time in the city 
A         D          E                          
Ringaling, hear them ring  
E        E7        F#m    F#m7 
Soon it will be Christmas day 
E        E7        A 
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