Silver Bells ala Bob Hope (Chromatic)

by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Bob Hope & Marlyn Maxwell Version
Here's the original clip from "The Lemon Drop Kid", where the world heard, for the first time, Silver Bells:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoekfgmbe-o&feature=related

2   2*  3       -3  -4  4
Sil-ver bells!__ Sil-ver bells!__
-4   -4     4   -5   4  -4  4  3
It's Christ-mas time in the ci-ty.___
2    2* 3       -3   -4    4
Ring-a-ling,__ Hear them ring!___
-4   -4 4    -5  4     -4  4
Soon it will be Christ-mas day.

4  -3 3    2      4  -3 3    2
Ci-ty side-walks, bu-sy side-walks
6       -5 5  -3 -3  -3
dressed in hol-i-day style,
-5 4   -4  3      -2* 2*  3   2* 2*     2
In the air there's a feel-ing of Christ-mas.___
4    -3   3      2   4   -3   3   2
Chil-dren laugh-ing, peo-ple pass-ing,
6    -5   5    -3 -3  -3
meet-ing smile af-ter smile,
-5   4  -4  3  -2*    2*   3  -5  5
And on ev-‘ry street cor-ner you hear,

 2   2*  3       -3  -4  4
Sil-ver bells!__ Sil-ver bells!__
-4   -4     4   -5   4  -4  4  3
It's Christ-mas time in the ci-ty.___
2    2* 3       -3   -4    4
Ring-a-ling,__ Hear them ring!___
-4   -4 4    -5  4     -4  4
Soon it will be Christ-mas day.

2*     2*  2*    2*   2*  2* 4  -3* -3
Christ-mas makes you feel e-mo-tion-al.
2* 2*  2*    2*  2*   2* 2*       2* 4 -3*   -3
It may bring par-ties or thoughts de-vo-tion-al.
-3*  4  -5 -3* 4    -5 -3*  4   -5
What-ev-er hap-pens or what may be,
-3   -3* 4   -3     -3* 4    -3    -3* 4
Here is what Christ-mas time means to me:

4       -3 3      2       4  -3 3    2
Strings of street lights, ev-en stop lights
6    -5 5      -3  -3  -3
blink a bright red and green.
-5 4   -4   3     -2* 2*   3    2*    2*   2
As the shop-pers rush home with their trea-sures.
4    -3   3    2      4   -3   3    2
Hear the snow crunch! See the kids bunch!
6    -5 5   -3   -3  -3
This is San-ta's big scene, 
-5  4 -4    3  -2*  2*  3  -5  5
and a-bove all the bus-tle you hear,

2   2*  3        -3  -4  4
Sil-ver bells!__ Sil-ver bells!__ 
-4   -4     4   -5   4  -4  4  3
It's Christ-mas time_ in the ci-ty.__ 
2   2* 3       -3   -4    4
Ring-a-ling,__ Hear them ring!___ 
-4   -4 4    -5  4     -4  4
Soon it will be Christ-mas day.

Note: -2 and 2* are the same note - "F"
You may replace 2* with -2 if desired

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