THE CHRISTMAS SONG
Transcription and Chart
Peter Kruger
casparus60@yahoo.com
Ebm9|Dm9 |G7-9 |C Fm6/C |
[ verse #1 ]
C6 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Cmaj7 Dm7 E7+5 Am7 Bb9
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
C6 Bb9 Cmaj7 F#m7 F7-9 Emaj7
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
Fm7 Bb7-9 Ebmaj7 Dm9 Db7+9
Folks dressed up like Eskimos
[ verse #2 ]
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Dm7 E7+9 Am7 Bb9 C6
Help to make the season bright
Bb9 Cmaj7 F#m7 F7-9
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Em7 Eb9 Dm7 Db7+9 C6
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
[ Bridge ]
Gm7 C9 Fmaj7
They know that Santa's on his way
Gm7 C9 Fmaj7
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
Fm7 Bb9 Ebmaj7
And every mother's child is gonna spy
Am7 D7 Ab7-5 G7 G7-9
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
[ verse #3 ]
C6 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
Dm7 E7+9 Am7 Bb9
To kids from one to ninety-two
C6 Bb9 Cmaj7 Am7
Although it's been said many times
F#m7 F7-9 Em7 Eb9 Dm7 Db7+9 C
Many ways, Merry Christmas to you
..piano solo:
|Gm7 C7-9 |Fmaj7 |Gm7 C7-9 |Fmaj7 |
..guitar solo:
|Fm7 Bb9 |Ebmaj7 |D7 Ab7-5 |G7 G7-9 |
[ verse #4 ]
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
Dm7 E7+9 Am9 Bb9
To kids from one to ninety-two
C6 Bb9 Cmaj7
Although it's been said many times
F#m7 F7-9 Em7 Eb9 Dm7
Many ways, Merry Christmas,
G7 Cmaj7 . . . . . . . . . . . . Cmaj7
to you ( jingle bells similie )