The Night Before Christmas Song chords by Gene Autry

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Eb

Intro:

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                     'Twas the
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night before Christmas in Texas, you know, Way
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out on the prairie, without any snow, A-
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sleep in their cabin were Buddy and Sue, A-
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dreamin' of Christmas like me and you
Not
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stockin's but boots at the foot of their bed, For
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this was in Texas, what more need be said?  When
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all of a sudden, from out of the still night, there
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came such a ruckus, it gave me a   fright

Interlude:
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                     And I
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saw 'cross the prairie like a shot from a gun, A
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loaded up buckboard, come out at a run!  The
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driver was "Geein" and "Hawin" with will, The
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horses, not reindeer, he drove with such skill.  "Come
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on Buck, and Poncho, and Prince to the right!  There'll
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be plenty travelin' for you all tonight!"  The
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driver in Levis and a shirt that was red, Had a
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ten-gallon Stetson on top of his head

Interlude:
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                     As he
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stepped from his buckboard, he was really a sight! A
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beard and a moustache, so curly and white. As he
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burst in the cabin, the children a-woke, And
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were so a-stonished that neither one spoke! And he
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filled up their boots with such presents galore, That
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neither could thaank of a single thing more. When
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Buddy recovered the use of his jaws, He
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asked in a whisper, "Are you Santa Claus " - "Am
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I the real Santa? Well, what do you think " And he
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smiled as he gave a mys-terious wink. Then he
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leaped in the buckboard and said in his drawl: To the
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children of Texas   Merry
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Christmas    you all!