Chords for Kate Rusby - Sweet Bells (Songs of Praise)

_ _ _ _ _ [A] Carols have survived [D] because ordinary [A] people have kept them alive.
In some of [D] the pubs of [Gbm] South Yorkshire and North [Bm] Derbyshire, local [E] people sing carols that have been [A] handed down the generations [E] and are unique to [D] their area.
_ _ [A] _ _ One of [D] the liveliest places to come and [Dbm] sing is here at the Blue Ball [Bm] in Warrall on the outskirts [E] of Sheffield.
Here the singing begins on the Sunday after Armistice Day [D] and continues to Christmas [A] Day. _ _ _
[D] _ _ Someone [A] who's grown up singing [Bm] these carols is one of [E] Britain's most popular [A] folk singers.
_ _ _ I _ do remember being here, [G] _ you know, and all the kids used to kind of sit in another room like all the sings really,
and with colouring books and pens and pop and crisps and that, but all the while soaking it up, you know,
not even kind of realising and probably having a little sing as well, you know, joining in the bits that we knew and stuff.
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So go on then, if [D] somebody arrived in this area now and they're used to the normal [C] carols, what exactly are [Gb] Sheffield carols?
_ _ They are a bit more raucous than the ones that you would hear in church.
_ You know, if somebody came in who'd never ever been to one of these things before,
they'd probably recognise _ certain carols like, um, _ While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks by Night,
but it's got about 20 or 30 different tunes that are sung in places like this, you know, and you kind of gradually learn them as you go [A] along.
While _ _ _ Shepherds [D] Watch [Em] Their [A] Flocks by _ _ Night
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[Bm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ I [Em] just absolutely love [A] them.
When you walk [D] in, you know, and people are singing, it's like, _ it's [Bm] really hard to _ [E] describe really.
It's just this [Ab] massive sound of _ voices, _ just, you know, some amazing singing voices and some not so amazing singing voices,
but it wouldn't sound the same if they weren't all mixed in [A] there, you know.
And then there's notes and [N] chords that happen and it just makes you go, what?
_ Like that, you know.
It's just this massive, thick, thick sound that I've never heard anywhere else with any other kind of music really.
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Hosanna, Hosanna, [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
Jesus will [F] _ _ _
sing _ _ Hosanna
_ Some of them are _ _ [Db] localised, you know, because, [Cm] _
you know, _ they've got titles like [Eb] Back Lane and stuff like that, the tunes,
and somebody [Fm] will shout out Back Lane [Gm] and everybody will know which tune to sing,
and _ that's called Back [N] Lane because of the man who wrote it lived in Back Lane, whether it's just here or behind another pub, you know.
So, _ yeah, it's got, so you might recognise some of it, but it is easy to kind of come into [G] and pick up and learn.
You [C] are merry, wish you were [A] merry, wish you were [D] merry, wish you were [Bm] merry, wish you were merry
So [G] you're going to sing While Shepherds Watched, but it's not to the tune I'd have sung as a choir boy.
Yes, this [D] is a version called Sweet Bells, _ and it's one that I've known since I was really young and I've always loved.
I think it's actually [N] my favourite carol, and it's like got a chorus a bit in that as well.
You know, that's the other thing about some of these songs.
They have kind of sing-along choruses as well as just having the main part of the song like verses, you know,
and this is one that has quite a raucous, [C] uplifting chorus.
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While shepherds watched [Am] their flocks by night [C] all seated on the ground
The angel [F] of the Lord [C] came down and glory shone around
Sweet bells, sweet chiming Christmas bells Sweet bells, sweet chiming Christmas bells
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[C] May cheer us [F] on our heavenly way, [C] sweet _ _ chiming bells
Fear not, said he, [F] for mighty dread [C] that seized our troubled minds _
But tidings of [Am] great joy [F] I bring [C] to you and all mankind
Sweet bells, sweet chiming Christmas bells Sweet bells, sweet chiming Christmas _ [G] bells
[C] May cheer us on our heavenly [F] way, sweet [C] _ _ chiming _ _ bells
_ To [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
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you in _ David's town [F] this [C] day is born of David's line
A saviour who is [F] Christ the Lord [C] and this shall be the sign
Sweet bells, [G] sweet chiming Christmas bells [C] Sweet bells, [F] sweet chiming [G] Christmas bells
[C] May cheer us on [Am] our heavenly [F] way, [C] sweet _ _ chiming bells
May cheer us on our heavenly [F] way, [C] sweet _ _ chiming _ _ bells
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_ Glory be to God on high and [G] to the [C] earth be peace
Good will henceforth from heaven [F] to man [C] begin and never cease _
Sweet bells, [F] sweet chiming [G] Christmas bells [C] Sweet bells, [F] sweet chiming Christmas [G] _ bells
[C] May cheer us on [Am] our heavenly [F] way, [C] sweet _ chiming bells _
Sweet bells, [F] sweet chiming [G] Christmas bells [C] Sweet bells, [F] sweet chiming Christmas [G] _ bells
May [C] cheer us on our [F] heavenly way, [C] sweet _ _ chiming _ bells