Chord/Tab song: Sleigh Ride

Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson
Based on Amy Grants version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?vQ4r0gR90OOI
Arrangement by Ben Price (San Antonio)

This is a song just about everyone loves, especially musicians. However, it has
lots of changes and relies heavily on the melody, which throws rhythm guitar
players off. Especially challenging is the Bridge. Listen to the Amy Grant version
and try to play along. It won?t be long before you?ll be on that sleigh ride.

Intro: C Am Dm7 G

Verse 1:
Just hear those [C]sleigh bells [Am]jing-a-ling
[Dm7]Ring-ting-[G]tingling [C]too[Am][Dm7][G]
Come on it's [C]lovely [Am]weather


Dm7 G C (bass: A-Bb-B-C or Eb-D-Db-C)

For a sleigh ride together with you

Verse 2:

Outside the snow is falling
And friends are calling "Yoo-hoo!"
Come on it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you

Verse 3:

Let's take the road before us
And sing a chorus or two
Come on it's lovely weather
Dm7 G C F?C F?C
For a sleigh ride together with you

Chorus:

Giddy-[F#m]yup, giddy-yup, giddy-yup, let's [B]go
[E]Let's look at the show
[F#m]We're riding in a wonder[B]land of [E]snow
Giddy-[Em]yup, giddy-yup, giddy-yup, it's [A]grand
[D]Just holding your hand
[Dm]We're gliding a[G]long with the song of a [Dm]wintry fairy[G]land.

Verse 4:

Our cheeks are nice and rosy
And comfy-cosy are we
We're snuggled up together
Like birds of a feather would be

Verse 5:

Let's take the road before us
And sing a chorus or two
Come on it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you

Bridge:
There'[(G)]s a [C]Christmas pa[(G)]rty [C]at the home[(G)] of [C]Farm[(G)]er G[C]ray
It[(G)]'ll [C]be the perf[(G)]ect [C]ending o[(G)]f a [C]perf[(G)]ect [C]day
We'll be [C#dim]singing the songs we [Dm]love to [D#dim]sing with[Em]out a single [Am]stop
E B E G D G (notes)
At the fireplace as we watch the chestnuts pop Pop, pop, pop

There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy

As we pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie

It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and Ives
[G]These wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives
G# (The song now goes up a half-step, so move everything up from now on)
These wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives

Verse 6:

Just hear those sleigh bells jing-a-ling
Ring-ting-tingling too
Come on it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you

Verse 7:
Let's take the road before us
And sing another chorus or two
Come on it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you!