Holiday - The Christmas Song 1 guitar tab

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THE CHRISTMAS SONG Time: 4/4 Tenor: C Bass: C

- Mel Torme, Robert Wells, 1946

- Source: RD-41-C, UF-26-Eb

C6 Dm7 G7 Cmaj9 Dm7/G G7-9

16 2m7 57 1maj7

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

C6 Gm7 C7 F E7

16 5m7 17 4

Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Am Fm6 C F#m-5 B7-9

6m 4m6 1 77

Yuletide carols being sung by a choir

E Fm7 Bb7-9 Eb

3 2m7 7b7 3b

And folks dressed up like Eski - mos

Dm7 G7 C Dm7/G Cmaj7 Dm7/g G7-9

2m7 57 1 2m7 1maj7 2m7 57

Ev'ry- body knows a turkey and some mistletoe

C Gm7 C7 F Bb9

1 2m7 17 4 7b7

Help to make the season bright

Am Fm6 C B7-9

6m 4m6 1 77

Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow

Em7-5 A7 Dm7-5 G7 C

3m7 67 2m7 57 1

Will find it hard to sleep to - night

Gm7 C9 Gm7

5m7 17 5m7

They know that San-ta's on his way

C9 Gm7 C9 Fmaj9

17 5m7 17 4maj7

. He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh

Gm7 Bb9 Ebmaj9

4m7 7b7 3bmaj7

And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy

Am7 D7-5 G7

6m7 27 57

To see if reindeer really know how to fly

C9 B9 Bb9 A9 Ab9 G9 G7-9

17 77 7b7 67 57

And so I'm offer-ing this simple phrase

C Gm7 C7 F Bb9

1 5m7 17 4 7b7

To kids from one to ninety-two

Am7 Bb9 Cmaj7 D13-9

6m7 7b7 1maj7 27

Al-though it's been said many times, many ways

Em7-5 am7 Dm7-5 G7-9 Cmaj7

3m7 6m7 2m7 57 1maj7

Merry Christ-mas_____ to you

NOTES:

- Ninth and other chords have been "simplified" to sevenths

- NOT ANY MORE!!!

- From the Readers's Digest Merry Christmas Songbook, page 41