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Santa Claus is coming to town

Carpenters

RockMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G○○○
C×○○
Em○○○○
Am×○○
D7××○
Dm××○
A×○○
D××○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              G  
You better watch out  
    C  
You better not cry  
G            
Better not pout  
    C           C  
I'm telling you why  
G     Em       Am     D7 G  
Santa Claus is coming to town  
  
He's making a list, And checking it twice; Gonna find out Who's naughty   
and nice. Santa Claus is coming to town  
  
   Dm       G           C  
He sees you when you're sleeping  
   Dm         G      C  
He knows when you're awake  
   Em       A           D  
He knows if you've been bad or good  
      Em       A        D  
So be good for goodness sake  
  
Oh! You better watch out! You better not cry. Better not pout, I'm telling   
you why. Santa Claus is coming to town.   
Santa Claus is coming to town.

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Chord set

G · C · Em · Am · D7 · Dm · A · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.