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Welcome to the guitar sheet music page for Ding Dong! Merrily on High, featuring free, printable sheet music for the traditional Christmas carol arranged with both guitar tabs and standard music notation. This lively carol is based on a 16th-century French tune with English lyrics written by George Ratcliffe Woodward. All the sheet music is available as free, printable PDFs, so you can download and start playing right away. Each lead sheet includes the tabs for both the melody and harmony.
The song is available as a free PDF download, and there’s an image below of the song in the key of C to give you a preview of the music. Additionally, I’ve included PDFs of the carol in six other keys so you can choose the one that best fits your playing style or vocal range. In addition to these options, I’ve also created a lead sheet for Ding Dong! Merrily on High in the key of C, which includes lyrics and guitar tab chords, perfect for strumming along while singing this joyful holiday tune.
Scroll down for many more options. If you are playing with other instruments, follow the links below for piano, strings, winds, brass, recorder, and lyrics, or visit the main sheet music page for Ding Dong! Merrily on High, which also includes a brief history of the song. All the sheet music here is completely free to download and print, so please explore the different keys and enjoy playing Ding Dong! Merrily on High on your guitar this Christmas season. Have fun celebrating with family and friends!
Guitar tab sheet music for Ding Dong! Merrily on High
More Keys for Ding Dong! Merrily on High, for guitar:
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for guitar in the key of C
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for guitar in the key of G
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for guitar in the key of D
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for guitar in the key of A
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for guitar in the key of E
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for guitar in the key of F
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for guitar in the key of B flat
For those looking to sing along, here is a lead sheet for the song with lyrics and guitar tab chords. Explore the links below for additional versions of the carol for different instruments and more keys.
Lyrics and guitar tabs for Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Ding Dong! Merrily on High lead sheet home page (with more keys)
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for piano
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for band instruments (winds and brass)
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for recorder
Ding Dong! Merrily on High for strings
Ding Dong! Merrily on High lyrics page with more lead sheets for piano and guitar
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Table of Contents for the Christmas Song Lead Sheets:
Angels We Have Heard on High
Auld Lang Syne
Away In a Manger
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Deck the Hall
Ding Dong! Merrily on High
The First Noel
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Good Christian Men, Rejoice
Good King Wenceslas
Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
Here We Come A-Wassailing
The Holly and the Ivy
I Saw Three Ships
In Dulci Jubilo
In the Bleak Midwinter
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Jingle Bells (short easy version)
Jingle Bells (full version)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Joy to the World
O Christmas Tree
O Come All Ye Faithful
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Patapan
Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agréable
Silent Night
Toyland
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Up on the Housetop
We Three Kings
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
What Child Is This?
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