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Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair

Alan Jackson

CountryAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

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

C×
BDiagram coming soon
Am×
G
F
D××
Em
FmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              C   C/B   Am   Am/G   F   G 
 
 
C             C/B       Am      Am/G    
Bobby wants a ten speed English racer. 
F                G           C         G 
Jenny wants that fuzzy teddy bear. 
C                 C/B     Am            Am/G  D                  G 
Now you're asking me what I'd like from Santa for Christmas this year. 
Em                       Am                
There's a lot of things, you could buy for me, 
         D                            G 
But they wouldn't mean as much as you standing by that tree. 
 
 
C          Am             Em              
Just put a ribbon in your hair, darling. 
F          Fm        C 
You'd be the best gift anywhere Christmas morning. 
F                           Fm                  C        C/B      Am       G 
There's no worldly treasure I'd like any better than you standing there. 
F          G              C 
Just put a ribbon in your hair. 
 
 
C/B   Am   Am/G   F   G 
 
 
C             C/B    Am         Am/G       
Colored boxes filled with fancy presents, 
F                G             C            G 
They're a mighty pretty site - it's true. 
C                    C/B     Am          Am/G   D                G 
But all those pretty things, just can't compare to the beauty in you. 
Em                          Am                    
Girl, on Christmas Day, the greatest gift I know 
        D                       G 
will be having you to hold underneath that mistletoe. 
 
 
C          Am             Em              
Just put a ribbon in your hair, darling. 
F          Fm        C 
You'd be the best gift anywhere Christmas morning. 
F                           Fm                  C        C/B      Am       G 
There's no worldly treasure I'd like any better than you standing there. 
F          G              C 
Just put a ribbon in your hair. 
 
 
C/B   Am   Am/G 
 
 
F          G              N.C. 
Just put a ribbon in your hair. 
 
 
C   C/B   Am   Am/G   F   G   C 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

C · B · Am · G · F · D · Em · Fm

Practice tip

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