The Christmas Song chords by Holiday

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I just took a close look at the version I posted earlier, and found some
errors and ommission. This is closer to the "real" thing. The ninth,
eleventh, thirteenth, and other "masochistic" chords have been simplified
to sevenths.

THE CHRISTMAS SONG  Time: 4/4  Tenor: C  Bass: C


16    2m7   57  1maj7
Chestnuts roasting on ....

16     5m7   17   4
Jack Frost ...

6m    4m6     1     77
Yuletide carols being ...

  3       2m7   7b7  3b
And folks dressed up ...

2m7  57  1    2m7       1maj7   2m7 57
Ev'ry- body knows a turkey ...

1    2m7   17   4    7b7
Help to make ...

6m  4m6       1     77
Tiny tots with their eyes ....

   3m7   67   2m7  57  1
Will find it hard to ....

        5m7 17     5m7
They know that San-...

17      5m7       17       4maj7
. He's loaded lots of toys and good...

     4m7      7b7   3bmaj7
And ev'ry mother's ...

     6m7       27     57
To see if reindeer really ....

  17   77  7b7   67   57
And so I'm offer-ing ...

  1     5m7  17   4   7b7
To kids from one ...

  6m7       7b7    1maj7    27
Al-though it's been said ...

   3m7  6m7 2m7 57 1maj7
Merry Christ-mas....


NOTES:
- Ninth and other chords have been "simplified" to sevenths
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.)  = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):
- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)
- Play a song in any key from the same chart
   Common Keys 1  2  3  4  5  6  7
   Key of C:  C  D  E  F  G  A  B
   Key of D   D  E  F#  G  A  B  C#
   Key of G   G  A  B  C  D  E  F#
   Key of A   A  B  C#  D  E  F#  G#

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)