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The Christmas Song – Bob Dylan
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Written by: Mel Tormé/Bob Wells
From: "Christmas in the Heart" (2009)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
G7sus4 3-5-3-5-3-3
F#m7-5 2-x-2-2-1-x
D9 x-5-4-5-5-x
Fmaj7/G 3-x-3-2-1-0
G5 3-x-0-0-3-x
Bm7-5 x-2-3-2-3-x
F6 1-x-3-2-3-1
D7sus4/G 3-x-0-2-1-3
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LINK 1 LINK 2 LINK 3
Fmaj7/G G5 F6 D7sus4/G Fmaj7/G Gsus4 G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0---------------| |1-------3-------| |0---------------|
B|1-------3-------| |3-------1-------| |1---3---1---0---|
G|2-------0-------| |2-------2-------| |2-------0-------|
D|3-------0-------| |--------0-------| |3-------0-------|
A|----------------| |----------------| |----------------|
E|3---3---3---3---| |1-------3-------| |3-------3-------|
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capo 1st fret
G7sus4 C G7sus4
(freely) All through the year we waited
G7 Cmaj7
Waited through spring and fall
C F#m7-5
To hear silver bells ringin’
B7 Em
See winter time bringin’
Am7 D9 G7
The happiest season of all
C Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7/G G5 [= LINK 1]
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
C Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Bm7-5 E7
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Am7 Fm6 C F#m7 B7
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
E Fm7 Bb7 Eb
And folks dressed up like Eskimos
Dm7 G7 [C]
Everybody knows ...
C Dm7 Em7 F6 D7sus4/G [= LINK 2]
A turkey and some mistletoe
C Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Bm7-5 E7
Help to make the season bright
Am7 Fm6 C F#m7 B7
Tiny little tots with their eyes all aglow
Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 C
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
They know that San—-ta's on his way
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
Fm7 Bb7 Eb
And every mother's child is gonna spy
Am7 D7 Dm7 G7
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
C Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7/G Gsus4 G
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
C Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Bm7-5 E7
To kids from one to ninety-two
Am7 Fm6 C F#m7 B7
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 C
Merry Christmas to you
SOLO
| Gm7 C7 | % | % | Fmaj7 |
| Fm7 Bb7 | Eb | % | Am7 D7[Dm7?] | Dm7 G7 |
C Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7/G Gsus4 G [= LINK 3]
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
C Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Bm7-5 E7
To kids from one to ninety-two
Am7 Fm6 C F#m7 B7
Although it's been said many times, many ways
Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 Em7 Am7 Dm7 [G7]
Merry Christmas to you
G7 Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
Merry Christmas to you