Biography:
The fourth of seven children, John Royce Mathis was born on September 30, 1935 in Gilmer, TX to Clem and Mildred Mathis. As a small boy, the family moved to Post Street in San Francisco. It was there that he learned an appreciation of music from his father who taught him his first song, “My Blue Heaven”. At age eight, his father purchased an old upright piano for $25. When he brought it home, it wouldn’t fit through the front door. So that evening
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Other songs:
- A Time For Us
- Fly Me To The Moon
- It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- Somewhere
- The Twelfth Of Never
- When A Child Is Born
- The Sweetheart Tree
- A Certain Smile
- An Affair To Remember
- Chances Are
- Gina
- Its Begining To Look A Lot Like Christmas
- Its Not For Me To Say
- Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
- Midnight Cowboy
- My Love For You
- Sleigh Ride
- The Last Time I Felt Like This
- Touch The Wind
- Whatll I Do
- Winter Wonderland
- Wonderful Wonderful
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Sleigh Ride Mitchell Parish/Leroy Anderson
Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning:EADGBE
Verse Chord Shapes
C Am Dm G Eb
e|-0---0---1---3---3---|
B|-1---1---3---0---4---|
G|-0---2---2---0---3---|
D|-2---2---3---0---5---|
A|-3---0---0---2---6---|
E|-3---x---x---3---x---|
[Chorus 1]
F#m B7 E E6 Em7 A7 D D6 Dm7 G7
e|-2----2---0--0--0---0--2--2---1----1---|
B|-2----4---9--2--0---2--3--0---3----0---|
G|-2----2---1--1--0---0--2--2---2----0---|
D|-4----4---2--2--0---2--0--0---0----0---|
A|-4----2---2--2--2---0--0--0---0----2---|
E|-2----2---0--0--0---x--x--x---x----3---|
[Chorus 2]
Gmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Am C F G E7 E Fm7 F#m7 B7 Dm7 G7
e|-2-----0---0-----0---0--1--3--0--0-1---2----2--1---1-----|
B|-3-----0---0-----1---1--1--0--0--0-1---2----4--3---0-----|
G|-4-----0---0-----2---0--2--0--1--1-1---2----2--2---0-----|
D|-5-----2---2-----2---2--3--0--0--2-1---2----4--0---0-----|
A|-x-----2---3-----0---3--3--2--2--2-3---4----2--0---2-----|
E|-x-----0---3-----x---3--1--3--0--0-1---2----2--x---3-----|
[Verse 1]
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too Come on, it's
C Am Dm G C Am Eb G
lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you, Outside the
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G
snow is falling and friends are calling "Yoohoo," Come on, it's
C Am Dm G C
lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
[Chorus 1]
F#m B7 E E6
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,let's go, Let's look at the show,
F#m7 B7 E
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
Em7 A7 D D6
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,it's grand, Just holding your hand,
Dm G7 Dm7 G7
We're gliding along with a song in a wintry fairy land.
[Verse 2]
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G
Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we We're snuggled
C Am Dm G C Am Eb G
up together like birds of a feather would be Let's take that
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G7
road before us and sing a chorus or two Come on, it's
C Am Dm G7 C
lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
[Chorus 2]
Gmaj7 Em
There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray
Cmaj7 Am
It'll be the perfect ending a perfect day
C F G Em E7 Am
We'll be singing the songs we love to sing without a single stop,
E Fm7 F#m7 B E
At the fireplace while we watch the chestnuts pop.
Dm G
Pop! pop! pop!
Gmaj7 Em
There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy,
Cmaj7 Am
When they pass around the chocolate and the pumpkin pie
C F G Em E7 Am
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and Ives
Dm7 G7
These wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives!
Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning:EADGBE
Verse Chord Shapes
C Am Dm G Eb
e|-0---0---1---3---3---|
B|-1---1---3---0---4---|
G|-0---2---2---0---3---|
D|-2---2---3---0---5---|
A|-3---0---0---2---6---|
E|-3---x---x---3---x---|
[Chorus 1]
F#m B7 E E6 Em7 A7 D D6 Dm7 G7
e|-2----2---0--0--0---0--2--2---1----1---|
B|-2----4---9--2--0---2--3--0---3----0---|
G|-2----2---1--1--0---0--2--2---2----0---|
D|-4----4---2--2--0---2--0--0---0----0---|
A|-4----2---2--2--2---0--0--0---0----2---|
E|-2----2---0--0--0---x--x--x---x----3---|
[Chorus 2]
Gmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Am C F G E7 E Fm7 F#m7 B7 Dm7 G7
e|-2-----0---0-----0---0--1--3--0--0-1---2----2--1---1-----|
B|-3-----0---0-----1---1--1--0--0--0-1---2----4--3---0-----|
G|-4-----0---0-----2---0--2--0--1--1-1---2----2--2---0-----|
D|-5-----2---2-----2---2--3--0--0--2-1---2----4--0---0-----|
A|-x-----2---3-----0---3--3--2--2--2-3---4----2--0---2-----|
E|-x-----0---3-----x---3--1--3--0--0-1---2----2--x---3-----|
[Verse 1]
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G
Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring ting tingling too Come on, it's
C Am Dm G C Am Eb G
lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you, Outside the
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G
snow is falling and friends are calling "Yoohoo," Come on, it's
C Am Dm G C
lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
[Chorus 1]
F#m B7 E E6
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,let's go, Let's look at the show,
F#m7 B7 E
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
Em7 A7 D D6
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,it's grand, Just holding your hand,
Dm G7 Dm7 G7
We're gliding along with a song in a wintry fairy land.
[Verse 2]
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G
Our cheeks are nice and rosy and comfy cozy are we We're snuggled
C Am Dm G C Am Eb G
up together like birds of a feather would be Let's take that
C Am Dm G C Am Dm G7
road before us and sing a chorus or two Come on, it's
C Am Dm G7 C
lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you.
[Chorus 2]
Gmaj7 Em
There's a birthday party at the home of Farmer Gray
Cmaj7 Am
It'll be the perfect ending a perfect day
C F G Em E7 Am
We'll be singing the songs we love to sing without a single stop,
E Fm7 F#m7 B E
At the fireplace while we watch the chestnuts pop.
Dm G
Pop! pop! pop!
Gmaj7 Em
There's a happy feeling nothing in the world can buy,
Cmaj7 Am
When they pass around the chocolate and the pumpkin pie
C F G Em E7 Am
It'll nearly be like a picture print by Currier and Ives
Dm7 G7
These wonderful things are the things we remember all through our lives!
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