This Time Of Year:Brooke Benton.
#12 R&B and #66 on BB Hot 100 on
MERCURY Records in 1959.
***(Little remembered Christmas Song)***
INTRO:
G Em7 Am7 G Bb G
Christmas always comes this time of the year.
#1.
C Cm G A
Little girls and little boys, dream of worlds full
D G F G Dm7
of toys, this time of the year, when Christmas is near.
#2.
C Cm C G A
Evergreens are snowy white, sleigh bells ring through
D G
the night, this time of the year, when Christmas is near.
BRIDGE:
F Dm7 F G F C
And somewhere near a steeple, people kneel and pray.
A D
And choirs sing, Carols of Christmas Day.
#3.
C Cm C G A
Santa Claus is on his way, loads of joy, on his sleigh,
D G D F B D G
this time of year, when Christmas is near.
OUTRO:
G
Hear the sleigh bells, hear the sleigh bells, hear the
sleigh bells, ring..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.