Ding Dong Merrily On High chords
by Celtic Woman- Ding Dong Merrily On High: Traditional French secular dance tune
- Lyrics: George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848 - 1934)
- Performance: Celtic Woman from the album A Christmas Celebration
- Music: Key of A Major in 4/4 time at 104 bpm (♩)
- Chords: A, Asus4, Asus2, D, F#m, Bm, E, E7
- Capo: 1st fret if playing with the video (Bb Major)
Chart Legend
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note
Ding Dong Merrily On High
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other keyIntro: 4/4 A D A F#m E | Ding Dong Dong | Ding Dong Dong | Ding Dong Dong | A D A F#m E | Ding Dong Dong | Ding Dong Dong | Ding Dong Dong | A E A D E7 A 1. Ding dong mer-ri-ly on high In heav'n the bells are ring-ing A E A D E7 A A Ding dong ver-i-ly the sky Is riv'n with an-gel sing-ing |(Ding Dong Dong)| A Bm A E F#m E7 D E A Glo...o....o...o...o.....o – r i- a Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis A Bm A E F#m E7 D E A Glo...o....o...o...o.....o – r i- a Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis A Asus4 Asus4 A Instr: | 1&2& - 3&4& | 1&2&3& 4& | A E A D E7 A 2. E'en so here be-low be-low Let stee-ple bells be swung-en A E A D E7 A And "I-o i-o i-o" By priest and peo-ple sung-en A Bm A E F#m E7 D E A Glo...o....o...o...o.....o – r i- a Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis A Bm A E F#m E7 D E A Glo...o....o...o...o.....o – r i- a Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis A E A D E7 A 3. Pray you dut-i-ful-ly prime Your ma-tin chime ye ring-ers A E A D E7 A May you beaut-i-ful-ly rhyme Your eve-time song ye sing-ers A Bm A E F#m E7 D E A Glo...o....o...o...o.....o – r i- a Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis A Bm A E F#m E7 D E A Glo...o....o...o...o.....o – r i- a Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis A Asus4 Asus2 Asus4 A Asus4 Asus4 A Asus2 Instr: | 1234 | 1234 | 1&2& - 3& 4& | 1&2& - 3 & 4& | Asus2 Asus4 Asus4 A Asus2 Asus4 Asus4 Asus4 A Asus2 | 1&2& - 3&4& | 1&2& - 3&4& | 1&2& - 3&4& | 1&2& - 3 & 4& | A Bm E E7 E E7 E E7 Glor-i-a Glor-i-a Glo-r-i-a Glo-r-i-a A D A D F#m E D E A Ding Dong Dong Ding Dong Dong Ding Dong Dong Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis A Bm A E F#m E7 D E A Glo...o...o...o...o....o – r i- a Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis A Bm A E F#m E7 D E A Glo...o...o...o...o....o – r i- a Ho-san-na in ex-cel-sis
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Notes:
This song is fairly easy to play although the fast chord changes in the Instrumental section may prove a little quick for beginners... you can simply play an 'A' chord over the Instrumental.
Some barre chords are required depending on how you play the Bm, and F#m is a very easy barre chord to play.
The chord changes in the verses during the 'Gloria' part look a bit hard, but due to the tempo of the song, there is plenty of time to make the changes.
The hyphen between 2 chords means the beat count for the bar is split evenly betweeen the 2 chords e.g., | A - Asus4 | in a 4/4 time signature means you play the A chord for 2 beats and the Asus4 chord for 2 beats.
The simile mark / means you repeat the previous chord, e.g., with 4 beat counts per bar: | Asus2 / Asus4 A | means you play Asus2 for 2 beats, Asus4 for 1 beat and A for 1 beat.
During the Instrumental, the timing may seem a little confusing, but if you count and play it out slowly, you will soon get the hang of it. I have included the timing on the song sheet below each chord. We will break down the most difficult bar...
1& = Asus4
2& = Asus4 (/)
3& = Asus4 on the 3 and A on the &
4& = A sus2.
Note that the Asus4 - A is on the 3rd beat of the bar (3&) with the timing count of that beat split evenly between the Asus4 and the A.
The tempo is set at 104 bpm in quarter-note (♩) ... beat sounds on every quarter-note or crotchet if you are using a metronome or click track.
