Ho Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum Acoustic chords by Jimmy Buffett

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
D                        G  C G C G
Santa's stressed out as the holiday season draws near
     D                      G   C G C G
He's been doing the same job now going on two thousand years
     C7                       G  G/F# Em
He's got pains in his brain and chimney scars cover his buns
  D                         G  C G C G
He hates to admit it, but Christmas is more work than fun

Verse 2:
  D                     G   C G C G
He needs a vacation from bad decorations and snow
  D                       G   C G C G
Mr. Claus has escape plans, a secret that only he knows
C7                         G    G/F# Em
Beaches and palm trees appear night and day in his dreams
F
A break from his wife, his half frozen life
                 D
The elves and that damn reindeer team

Chorus:
G G C    D     G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
G      C     D   G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean
  G      C        D     G
He thinks about boat drinks and fun in the sun
G G C    D     G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

Interlude:
G C G C G
G C G C D G

Verse 3:
D                        G  C G C G
Plastic creations and crass exploitations aren't good
  D                      G   C G C G
He wants to go back to simple toys made out of wood
C7                     G  G/F# Em
Just for the weekend he'd like to be Peter Pan
F                          D
Get out his long johns and dance with a sword in the sand

Chorus:
G G C    D     G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
G      C     D   G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean
 G     C      D       G
Marimbas, calimbas, he's playing steel drums
G G C    D     G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

Bridge:
|C |C |Bm |Bm |Am |F |G |G
|C |C |Bm |Bm |Am |F |D |D

Chorus:
G G C    D     G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
G      C     D   G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean
 G     C      D       G
Marimbas, calimbas, he's playing steel drums
G G C    D     G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

G G C    D     G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
G      C     D   G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean
 G      C      D      G
A week in the tropics and he'll be all right
G     C     D      G
Sporting a tan as he rides out of sight

N.C.
(over the drums)
   G      C      D      G
Merry Christmas to all, and to all... good night

Outro:
G C G C G
G C G C D G