Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You chords by Billy Squier

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Chorus:
FF        Bb majorBb       FF
Christmas is the time to say "I love you"
FF         DmDm        G minorGm
Share the joys of laughter and good cheer
Bb majorBb        G+G       FF      DmDm
Christmas is the time to say "I love you" - And a
G minorGm        C majorC          FF
feeling that will last all through the year


Verse:
FF       Bb majorBb      FF
On the corner carolers are singing
FF         DmDm      G minorGm
There’s a touch of magic in the air
   Bb majorBb     G+G   FF        DmDm
From grownup to minor no one could be finer
G minorGm                 C majorC
Times are hard but no one seems to care

FF         Bb majorBb        FF
Christmas Eve and all the world is watching
FF        DmDm          G minorGm
Santa guides his reindeer through the dark
   Bb majorBb     G+G       FF     DmDm
From rooftop to chimney, from Harlem to Bimini
G minorGm        C majorC       FF    (Bb majorBb)
They will find a way into your heart

Chorus:
FF        Bb majorBb       FF
Christmas is the time to say "I love you"
FF         DmDm        G minorGm
Share the joys of laughter and good cheer
Bb majorBb        G+G       FF      DmDm
Christmas is the time to say "I love you" - And a
G minorGm        C majorC          FF   (Bb majorBb)
feeling that will last all through the year


Guitar Solo: (slightly different progression)

FF Bb majorBb FF | FF Bb majorBb FF
Bb majorBb G+G FF DmDm | G minorGm C majorC FF Bb majorBb

Verse:
FF        Bb majorBb       FF
Just outside the window snow is falling
  FF        DmDm        G minorGm
But here beside the fire we share the glow
  Bb majorBb      G+G    FF       DmDm
Of moonlight and brandy, sweet talk and candy
G minorGm               C majorC
Sentiments that everyone should know

FF        Bb majorBb        FF
Memories of the year that lays behind us
FF       DmDm         G minorGm
Wishes for the year that's yet to come
  Bb majorBb      G+G      FF        DmDm
And it stands to reason that good friends in season
G minorGm         C majorC        FF
Make you feel that life has just begun


Chorus:
FF        Bb majorBb       FF
Christmas is the time to say "I love you"
FF         DmDm        G minorGm
Share the joys of laughter and good cheer
Bb majorBb        G+G       FF      DmDm
Christmas is the time to say "I love you" - And a
G minorGm        C majorC          FF
feeling that will last all through the year

    Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb    G/BG/B G/BG/B   FF         DmDm
So when spir-its grow ligh-ter and hopes are shining brighter
G minorGm         C majorC         Bb majorBb   FF
Then you know that Christmas time is here.

Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You chords

Please read: This is transcribed a half step lower in the key of F instead of F#; use capo 1 to match the recording. Also note that for the first part of the guitar solo you should play the chords like this: F Bb F - F Bb F INSTEAD of the progression of F Bb F - F Dm Gm.