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The Christmas Song

Al Jarreau

RockAdvanced for beginners23 chords

How to play it

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

G7○○○
C×○○
Dm7Diagram coming soon
C7×○
F
E7○○○○
Am×○○
FdimDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
B7Diagram coming soon
E○○○
BbDiagram coming soon
G○○○
Bb7Diagram coming soon
CdimDiagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
A7×○○○
Gm7Diagram coming soon
Fm7Diagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
Cm7Diagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
D5Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Introdução: C7M G4/7/9 G7/9-  
 
C         Dm7     G7      C Dm7 G7  
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. 
C         C7          F E7  
Jack Frost nipping at your nose.  
Am        Fdim           C   C/B B7  
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir  
      E           Bb             G G7  
And folks dressed up like Eskimos. 
  
G          C       Dm7   G7        C        Dm7 G7  
Ev'rybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe  
   C    C7           F  Bb7/9  
Help to make the season bright.  
C   G             C    C/B Cdim  
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow  
      Em7     A7      Dm7  G7    C   
Will find it hard to sleep tonight. 
  
              Gm7 C7/9              Gm7 C7/9  
They know that Santa's on his way.  
          Gm7             C7/9          F7M  
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh,  
           Fm7             Bb7/9         Cm Cm7  
And ev'ry mother's child     is gonna spy  
          Am7             D5-/7        G7  
To see if reindeer really know how to fly. 
 
    C     Dm7        G7    C            Dm7 G7  
And so I'm offering this simple phrase  
     C        C7            F   Bb7/9  
To kids from one to ninety-two,  
    Am7             Fdim       C    C/B  Cdim  
Although it's been said many times, many ways:  
Fdim  C      Am7  Dm7  G7  C        
"Merry Christmas  to    you." 
  
           Gm7 C7/9          Gm7 C7/9  
They know that Santa's on his way.  
          Gm7             C7/9          F7M  
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh,  
           Fm7             Bb7/9         Cm Cm7  
And ev'ry mother's child     is gonna spy  
          Am7             D5-/7        G7  
To see if reindeer really know how to fly. 
 
  
    C      Dm7     G7       C              Dm7 G7  
And so I'm offering this simple phrase  
      C        C7           F  Bb7/9  
To kids from one to ninety-two,  
    Am7             G7        C     C/B  Cdim  
Although it's been said many times, many ways:  
Fdim  C      Am7  Dm7 G7 C C/B Bb7/9  
:Merry Christmas   to you.  
Cdim     C      Am7  Dm7 G7 C  
Merry Christmas  to  you."

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Chord set

G7 · C · Dm7 · C7 · F · E7 · Am · Fdim · B · B7 · E · Bb · G · Bb7 · Cdim · Em7 · A7 · Gm7 · Fm7 · Cm · Cm7 · Am7 · D5

Practice tip

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