(Eb)Ring Christ mas bells, ring them loud with a mes sage bring ing (Cm7)peace on the earth, tid ings (Eb)of good (Eb)cheer!
(Eb)Come, car ol ers, come and join with the an gels sing ing, (Cm7)“Joy to the world!” Christ mas (Eb)time is (Eb)here (Bb)a (Eb)gain!
(Ab)dren, (Bb)gath er a round and (Eb)lis
(Ab)ten.
(Bb)You’ll hear the sound of (Eb)an
(Ab)gels (Bb)fill ing the (Cm)sky,
tell ing ev ’ry one (Bb)Christ mas time is (F)Ring Christ mas bells, ring them loud with a mes sage bring ing (Dm7)peace on the earth, tid ings (F)of good (F)cheer!
(F)Come, car ol ers, come and join with the an gels sing ing, (Dm7)“Joy to the world!” Christ mas (F)time is (F)here (C)a (F)gain!
(Bb)ones
(C)close to our hearts and (F)stran
(Bb)gers
(C)in lands a far, to (F)geth
(Bb)er
(C)shar ing the (Dm)joy.
Em man u el.
(Bb)(Go (Eb)tell (Bb)the (Eb)world!)
(Gm)He has come to dwell.
(The (Cm7)time (Gm)is (Cm7)near!) With one voice,
let the world re (G)Christ
mas!
Ring the bells!
Oh, ring the bells of (Em7)Christ
mas,
(G)Christ mas (G)time!
(G)Christ
mas!
Ring the bells!
Oh, ring the bells of (Em7)Christ
mas,
(G)Christ mas (G)time!
(G)Ring Christ mas bells, ring them loud with a mes sage bring ing (Em7)peace on the earth, tid ings (G)of good (G)cheer!
(G)Come, car ol ers, come and join with the an gels sing ing, (Em7)“Joy to the world!” Christ mas (G)time is (G)here!
(G)Chil dren,
gath er a round and (Em7)lis ten,
(D)You’ll hear the sound of (G)an gels
fill ing the sky.
It’s (Em7)Christ mas
(G)time is (G)here (D)a gain!
This page shows “Christmastime” by Michael W. Smith in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Ab at 100 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.