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I heard the bells on Christ mas (Gm)day,
their old fa mil iar car ols (Bb)play,
and mild and sweet their songs re (Gm)peat
of peace on earth, good will to (Bb)men.
And the bells are ring ing: (Eb)(Peace
on (Bb)earth!) Like a choir they’re sing ing: (Eb)(Peace
on (Bb)earth!) Does In my heart I hear them:
Peace on earth,
good will
to men.
And in de spair I bowed my (Gm)head:
“There is no peace on earth,” I (Bb)said,
“For hate is strong and mocks the (Gm)song
of peace on earth, good will to (Bb)men.”
But the bells are ring ing: (Eb)(Peace
on (Bb)earth!) Like a choir they’re sing ing: (Eb)(Peace
on (Bb)earth!) Does an y bod y hear them?
Peace on earth,
good will
to men.
And in de spair I bowed my
Then rang the bells more loud and deep: “God is not dead, nor doth He (Gm)sleep.
The wrong shall fail, the right pre vail,
with peace on earth,
good will
to men.”
Then ring ing, sing ing on its (Gm)way,
the world re volved from night to (Bb)day.
A voice, a chime, a chance sub (Gm)lime
of peace on earth, good will to (Bb)men.
And the bells, they’re ring ing: (Eb)(Peace
on (Bb)earth!) Like a choir they’re sing ing: (Eb)(Peace
on (Bb)earth!) O pen with our hearts we’ll hear them:
Peace on earth,
good will
to men.
Do you hear the bells?
They’re ring ing: (Eb)(Peace
on (Bb)earth!) Like the an gels sing ing: (Eb)(Peace
on (Bb)earth!) O pen up your heart and hear them:
Peace on earth,
good will
to men.
Do you hear the bells?
They’re ring ing:
good will
to men.
(Eb)Peace
on earth,
(Eb)peace
on earth,
(Eb)peace
on earth,
good will
to men.
This page shows “I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day” by Casting Crowns 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 Eb at 72 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.