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Page 1
ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
C
Verse 1
C
G
G
C
F
C
G
C
C
G
C
in excelsis Deo.
Angels we have heard on high,
What great brightness did you see?
C
C
G
A7 Dm
G
C
F
G
C
C
G
C
Gloria...............
Singing sweetly through the night,
What glad tiding did you hear?
C
C
G
G
C
F
C
G
C
C
Chorus
C
A7 Dm
G
C
F
C
G
C
F
G
in excelsis Deo.
And the mountains in reply
C
G
Verse 2
C
C
Gloria...............
G
C
C
Echoing their brave delight.
G
C
G
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
in excelsis Deo.
Chorus
C
A7 Dm
C
G
C
F
G
C
G
C
A7 Dm
Why these songs of happy cheer?
Gloria...............
Gloria...............
Page 2
F
G
C
G
C
F
C
G
C
Gloria...............
C
G
C
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
F
C
G
C
G
C
in excelsis Deo.
Verse 3
C
in excelsis Deo.
G
While we raise our hearts in love.
C
C
A7 Dm
G
C
F
G
Chorus
C
A7 Dm
Come to Bethlehem and see
G
C
F
C
G
C
F
C
F
G
Gloria...............
C
G
C
C
G
C
F
C
G
C
Gloria...............
Him whose birth the angels sing;
C
G
C
G
in excelsis Deo.
C
G
C
Verse 4
C
G
C
in excelsis Deo.
Come, adore on bended knee
C
G
C
C
G
C
Christ, the Lord, the new-born King.
C
F
G
Gloria...............
C
G
C
Whom the angels praise above;
G
F
See him in a manger laid
C
Chorus
C
A7 Dm
A7 Dm
G
C
G
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C
in excelsis Deo.
G
C
Page 4
AULD LANG SYNE
D
A7
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
D
G
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
A7
D
And days of auld lang syne
D
A7
For auld lang syne, my dear,
D
G
For auld lang syne,
D
We'll take a cup o'kindness yet
Em A7 D
D
A7
We twa hae run aboot the braes
D
G
A7
D
Sin' auld lang syne.
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G
Sin' auld lang syne,
D
A7
We've wandered mony a weary foot,
Em A7 D
Sin' auld ang syne.
A7
We've wandered mony a weary foot,
F#7 Bm Em
Sin' auld lang syne, my dear,
F#7 Bm
And pu'd the gowans fine.
D
A7
D
And days of auld lang syne
A7
F#7 Bm Em
A7
F#7 Bm
And never brought to mind
D
D
D
A7
We twa hae sported i' the burn,
D
G
From morning sun till dine,
F#7 Bm
D
Em A7 D
A7
D
A7
Sin' auld lang syne.
But seas between us braid hae roared
F#7 Bm Em
A7
D
Sin' auld lang syne.
D
For auld lang syne, my dear,
A7
D
A7
And ther's a hand, my trusty friend,
D
D
For auld lang syne,
G
D
Sin' auld lang syne, my dear,
G
A7
And gie's a hand o' thine;
We'll take a cup o'kindness yet
D
G
D
A7
F#7 Bm
Sin' auld lang syne.
Em A7 D
We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet,
And days of auld lang syne
D
A7
F#7 Bm Em
A7
D
But seas between us braid hae roared
For auld lang syne.
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Page 7
AWAY IN A MANGER
E
A
E
E
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
B7
B7
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head;
A
E
B7
E
But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes;
E
E
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay;
A
E
The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes.
E
E
A
A
E
I love Thee, Lord Jesus! Look down from the sky,
E
A
The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.
E
B7
E
And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh.
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BLUE CHRISTMAS
E
B7
I have a blue Christmas without you
B7
E
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
E
E7
A
Decorations of red, on a green Christmas tree
F#7
B7
won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me.
E
B7
And when those blue snow flakes start falling,
B7
E
that's when those blue memories start calling,
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E
E7
A
Bbdim7
you'll be doing alright, with your Christmas of white,
B7
E
but I'll have a blue blue Christmas.
E
B7
I have a blue Christmas without you
B7
E
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
E
E7
A
Bbdim7
You'll be doing allright with your Christmas of white
B7
E
but I'll have a blue blue Christmas,
Page 10
DECK THE HALLS
D
D
Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
G
D
A
G
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,
G
D
A
D
Fa la la la la, la la la la
A
D
A
D
D
Tis the season to be jolly,
E7
Fa la la la la la, la la la
D
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Bm
D
D
A
D
Fa la la la la, la la la la
See the blazing Yule before us, Fa ...
Strike the harp and join the chorus, Fa ...
Follow me in merry measure, Fa ...
While I tell the Yuletide treasure, Fa ...
Fast away the old year passes, Fa ...
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa ...
Sing we joyous all together, Fa ...
Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa ...
Don we now our gay apparel,
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Page 12
FELIZ NAVIDAD
(Feliciano)
A7
Intro:
(All chords played for one bar each.)
D
G A7 D
Prospero Ano y Felicidad.
Em
D
G
A7
D
A7
D
Feliz Navidad
Em
Feliz Navidad
A7
D
Feliz Navidad
D
Feliz Navidad
G
Feliz Navidad
G
Feliz Navidad
A7
D
Prospero Ano y Felicidad.
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G
A7
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
A7
D
D
Bm
From the bottom of my heart.
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
G
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FIRST NOEL
Traditional. publ.1833
G
D
C
G
The first Noel the angel did say,
C
Bm
C
D
G
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;
G
D
C
G
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep
C
Bm
C
D
G
On a cold winters night that was so deep
Chorus:
G
Bm
C
G
D
Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel
C
Bm
C
D
G
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Born is the King of Is-rael.
Other verses:
They looked up and saw a star,
Shining in the East, beyond them far;
And to the earth it gave good light;
And so it continued both day and night.
Chorus
This star drew nigh to the North West,
O'er Bethlehem it took its rest,
And there it did stop and stay,
Right over the place where Jesus lay.
Chorus
Then enter'd in there Wise Men three
Full rev'rently on bended knee,
And offered there in His presence
Their gold and myrrh and frankincense.
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FROSTY THE SNOW MAN
S.Nelson, J.Rollins(c) 1950
[suggest Capo V]
C
F
Frosty the Snow Man
F
C
is a fairy tale they say
C
F
was a jolly happy soul
Am
He was made of snow but the children know
F
C
F
With a corn-cob pipe and a button nose
F
C
G7
C
how he came to life one day.
G7
F
and two eyes made out of coal.
Em
There must have been some magic in
C
Dm
Frosty the Snow Man
G7
C
that old silk hat they found,
Page 17
G
E
Frosty the Snow Man knew the sun was hot that
day,
So he said, "Let's run and we'll have some
fun
now before I melt away."
Down to the village
with a broomstick in his hand,
Running here and there all around the square,
saying "Catch me if you can."
For when they put it on his head
D7
G7
he began to dance around.
He led them down the streets of town right to
the traffic cop,
And he only paused a moment when he heard him
holler, "Stop!"
Frosty the Snow Man had to hurry on his way,
But he waved good-bye, saying, "Don't you cry;
I'll be back again some day."
C
Oh, Frosty the Snow Man
F
C
C
Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump,
was alive as he could be,
F
G7
C
Am
Look at Frosty go.
And the children say he could laugh and play
F
G
C
just the same as you and me.
Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump,
C
Over the hills of snow.
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GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN
Traditional. publ.1853
Em
Chorus:
G
B7
Em
God rest ye merry, gentlemen
C
B7
O tidings of comfort and joy,
D
let nothing you dismay
Em
comfort and joy!
G
B7
Em
Remember Christ our Savior
C
B7
was born on Christmas Day
Am
G
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
Em
D
when we were gone a-stray
O tidings of comfort and joy
In Bethlehem, in Israel,
this blessed Babe was born,
and laid within a manger
upon this blessed morn
To which His Mother Mar-y
did nothing take in scorn. (Oh tidings…)
From God our heav'nly Father,
a blessed angel came
And unto certain shepherds
brought tidings of the same
How that in Bethlehem was born the
Son of God by name. (Oh tidings…)
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Page 20
GOOD KING WENCESLAS
(Traditional)
G
Em
C
G
Good King Wenceslas looked out On the feast of stephen
G
Em
C
G
When the snow lay round about deep and crisp and even
G
Em
C
G
Brightly shown the moon that night though the frost was cruel
G
Em
D
C
When a poor man came in sight Gath’ring winter fu
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G
-
el
"Hither, page, and stand by me,
If thou know'st it, telling,
Yonder peasant, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?"
"Sire, he lives a good league hence,
Underneath the mountain;
Right against the forest fence,
By Saint Agnes' fountain."
"Sire, the night is darker now,
And the wind blows stronger;
Fails my heart, I know not how,
I can go no longer."
Mark my footsteps, good my page;
Tread thou in them boldly:
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
Freeze thy blood less coldly."
"Bring me flesh, and bring me wine,
Bring me pine logs hither:
Thou and I will see him dine,
When we bear them thither."
Page and monarch, forth they went,
Forth they went together;
Thro' the rude wind's wild lament
And the bitter weather.
In his master's steps he trod,
Where the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the very sod
Which the saint had printed.
Therefore, Christian men, be sure,
Wealth or rank possessing,
Ye who now will bless the poor,
Shall yourselves find blessing.
Page 22
HAPPY XMAS (War is Over)
(John Lennon)
A
Bm
So this is Christmas And what have you done
E
A
Another year over And a new one just begun
D
Em
And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun
A
D
The near and the dear ones The old and the young
Chorus:
G
A
A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year
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Em
G
D
E
Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear
And
For
For
The
so this is Christmas (War is over)
weak and for strong (If you want it)
rich and the poor ones (War is over)
world is so wrong (Now)
And so happy Christmas (War is over)
For black and for white (If you want it)
For yellow and red ones (War is over)
Let's stop all the fight (Now)
Chorus
And so this is Christmas (War is over)
And what have we done (If you want it)
Another year over (War is over)
And a new one just begun (Now)
And so happy Christmas (War is over)
I hope you have fun (If you want it)
The near and the dear one (War is over)
The old and the young (Now)
Chorus
War is over… If you want it
War is over… Now
Page 24
HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
Gene Autry, O.Haldeman (c) 1947
C
F
Here comes Santa Claus,
C
Hang your stockings and say your pray'rs,
Here comes Santa Claus,
G7
C
G7
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.
Right down Santa Claus Lane.
C
Vixen and Blitzen and all his reindeer
Here comes Santa Claus,
C
Here comes Santa Claus,
are pulling on the rein.
F
G7
Em
Right down Santa Claus Lane.
Bells are ringing, children singing
G7
He's got a bag that is filled with toys
C
All is merry and bright.
C
for the boys and girls again.
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F
Em
Jump in bed, cover up your head,
Hear those sleigh bells jingle jangle,
G7
G7
C
C
'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight
What a beautiful sight.
F
C
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HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS
Johnny Marks (c) 1962
C
G7
Have a holly, jolly Christmas, it's the best time of the year,
C
G7
I don't know if there'll be snow, but have a cup of cheer.
C
G7
Have a holly, jolly Christmas, and when you walk down the street,
C
Say hello to friends you know and everyone you meet.
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F
Em
G7
C
Hey, ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see,
Dm
Am
D7
G7
Somebody's waiting there, kiss her once for me.
C
G7
Have a holly, jolly Christmas and in case you didn't hear,
C
D7
G7
C
Oh, by golly, have a holly, jolly Christmas this year.
(repeat all)
Page 28
JINGLE BELL ROCK
J.Beal, J.Boothe (c) 1957
G
Amin
D7
Amin
D7
Jingle-bell, jingle-bell, jingle-bell rock,
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
Amin
A7
D7
G
Jingle-bells swing and jingle-bells ring.
In the frosty air.
Amin
D7
Amin
D7
C
Cmin
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun,
What a bright time; it's the right time
Amin
Daug
G
Now the jingle hop has begun.
To rock the night away.
G
A7
Jingle-bell, jingle-bell, jingle-bell rock,
Jingle bell time is a swell time
Amin
Jingle-bells chime in jingle-bell time.
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D7
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh.
E7
Jingle around the clock.
Amin
Cmin
G
Mix and mingle in a jinglin' beat;
Giddy-up jingle horse; pick up your feet;
A7
D7
G
That's the jingle-bell rock.
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JINGLE BELLS
C
F
Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh,
G7
C
O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way,
C
F
Bells on bobtails ring, making spirits bright,
G7
C
What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight, oh
Chorus:
C
C7
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
F
C
D7
G7
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Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey,
C
C7
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way,
F
C
G7
C
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh.
A day or two ago,
I thought I'd take a ride,
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side;
The horse was lean and lank;
Misfortune seemed his lot;
He got into a drifted bank,
And we, we got upsot.
(Chorus)
A day or two ago,
the story I must tell
I went out on the snow
And on my back I fell;
A gent was riding by
In a one-horse open sleigh,
He laughed as there
I sprawling lie,
But quickly drove away.
(Chorus)
Now the ground is white
Go it while you're young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing this sleighing song;
Just get a bob-tailed bay
two-forty as his speed
Hitch him to an open sleigh
And crack! you'll take the lead.
(Chorus)
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JOY TO THE WORLD
Words adapted from Psalm 98 by Isaac Watts, 1719.
Music by George F. Handel, 1742. Public Domain.
C
Dm
Joy to the world!
F
G
C
G
C
The Lord is come;
C
Let earth receive her King.
C
Let every heart prepare Him room,
C
And heav'n and nature sing,
G
And heav'n and nature sing,
C
F
C
Dm
C
G7
C
And heav'n and heav'n and nature sing.
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Additional Verses:
Joy to the world! The Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ.
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders of His love.
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LET IT SNOW!
Sammy Cahn, J.Styne (c) 1945
F
C7
F
F
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,
F
Abdim
Gm
D7
fret)
Gm(3rd
F
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
F
C7
Gm
C7
fret)
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
F
D7
The lights are turned way down low,
And since we've no place to go,
C7
C7
And I brought some corn for popping.
C7
But the fire is so delightful,
Gm(3rd
Abdim
C
When we finally kiss good night,
F
It doesn't show signs of stopping,
Dm
G7
C
How I'll hate going out in the storm.
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C
F
Abdim
C7
But if you really hold me tight,
And, my dear, we're still good-bye-ing,
D7
G7
C7
Gm(3rd
fret)
D7
Gm(3rd
fret)
All the way home I'll be warm.
But as long as you love me so.
F
C7
F
C7
F
The fire is slowly dying,
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
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O CHRISTMAS TREE
D
A7 B7
D
O Christmas tree, O
A7
Christmas tree,
O Christmas tree, O
Em
B7
A7
Christmas tree,
D
Em
A7
D
With faithful leaves unchanging.
With faithful leaves unchanging.
D
A7 B7
O Christmas tree, O
Em
Christmas tree,
A7
D
With faithful leaves unchanging,
G
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Of all the trees most lovely.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Of all the trees most lovely;
Each year you bring to me delight
Gleaming in the Christmas night.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Of all the trees most lovely.
A7
Not only green in summer's heat,
Em
A7
D
But also winter's snow and sleet;
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O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Your leaves will teach me also,
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Your leaves will teach me also
That hope and love and faithfulness
Are precious things I can possess.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
Your leaves will teach me also.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches.
In summer sun or winter snow
A coat of green you always show.
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches.
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O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
Words and music by John Wade, 1751.
G
D
G
D
G
C
G
D
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant;
Em
D
A
D
G
D
A7
D
O come ye, O come ye to Bethelehem.
G
Am
G D7
G
D
G
Em
A
D
Come and behold Him, Born the King of angels;
chorus:
G
O come, let us adore Him;
G
D
G
O come, let us
C
G
D
a--dore Him;
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G
Am
G
O come, let
G
D7
D
us
A
D
G
C
adore Him,
G
Christ the Lord!
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation;
Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above:
"Glory to God, all glory in the highest!"
(chorus)
Yea, Lord we greet Thee, Born that happy morning;
Jesus, to Theee be all glory giv'n.
Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing:
(chorus)
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RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
C
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
G7
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
C
You would even say it glows.
C
All of the other reindeer,
G7
Used to laugh and call him names,
They never let poor Rudolph
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C
C7
Join in any reindeer games.
F
C
Dm
G7
C
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say,
G
D7
G7
"Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
C
Then how the reindeer loved him,
G7
As they shouted out with glee,
"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
C
You'll go down in history."
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SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
(Coots / Gillespie)
G
C
G
You'd better watch out, you'd better not
cry
D7
G
Santa Claus is coming to town
G7
G
C
C
He sees you when you're sleeping
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
G
D7
G
G7
C
D7
He knows if you're awake
Santa Claus is coming to town
G
A7
D
C
He knows if you've been bad or good
He's making a list, he's checkin' it twice
G
A7
D
C
So be good for goodness sake
He's gonna find out who's naughty and nice
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G
C
You'd better watch out, you'd better not
cry
G
C
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
G
D7
G
Santa Claus is coming to town
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SILENT NIGHT
by Franz Gruber
C
Holy Infant so Tender and mild,
Silent night, holy night
G
G
C
C
Sleep in heavenly peace,
All is calm, All is bright
F
C
G
C
C
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
F
C
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Silent night, holy night
Shepherds quake at the sight,
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heavenly hosts sing Alleleulia
Christ the Saviour is born!
Christ the saviour is born.
Silent night, holy night
Son of God, love's pure light
Radiant beams from Thy holy face
with the dawn of redeeming grace,
Jesus Lord at thy birth,
Jesus Lord at thy birth.
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WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
G
Verse 1
G
Am
D7
G
C
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
A7
Verse 2
G
D7
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
B7
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
Em
A7
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
C
D7
G
B7
A7
Em
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
C
D
D7
Now bring us some figgy pudding,
And a Happy New Year.
Chorus:
G
C
D7
G
D7
And a cup of good cheer.
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
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Chorus:
G
D
A7
D7
Chorus:
G
D
A7
D7
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
Good tidings we bring to you and your kin,
G
Am
D7
G
G
Am
D7
G
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Verse 2
G
C
Verse 4
G
C
We won't go until we get some
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
A7
D7
A7
D7
We won't go until we get some
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
B7
Em
B7
Em
We won't go until we get some
We wish you a Merry Christmas,
C
D7
G
C
So bring it out here!
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D7
G
And a Happy New Year
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