The Christmas Song tab by Hootie & The Blowfish

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Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

CHRISTMAS SONG - Hootie and the Blowfish arrangement
Transposed up one step and simplified from Mel Torme's "Christmas Song" of 1946 [Mel
Robt. Wells (c) 1946]


Intro: D MajorD
D A augmentedA          D MajorD     A augmentedA
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
D MajorD  A augmentedA             G+G G+G  G minorGm
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
B minorBm Bm  G minorGm        D MajorD D D MajorD      G# minorG#m   C#C#
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
F# minorF#m      B minorBm          E minorEm  A augmentedA  D MajorD  A augmentedA
And folks dressed up like Eskimos

D MajorD
Everybody knows
A augmentedA           D MajorD  A augmentedA
a turkey and some mistletoe
D MajorD   A augmentedA           G+G  G+G  G minorGm
Help to make the season bright.
B minorBm Bm G minorGm   D MajorD D D MajorD  G# minorG#m C#C#
Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow
F# minorF#m      B minorBm   E minorEm    A augmentedA  D MajorD
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

A minorAm        A minorAm
They know that Santa's on his way;
A minorAm        A minorAm              G+G
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.
G minorGm      C majorC           FF
And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy
B minorBm      E MajorE   A augmentedA
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.

D MajorD   A augmentedA          D MajorD     A augmentedA
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
D MajorD   A augmentedA           G+G G MajorG G minorGm
To kids from one to ninety-two;
B minorBm    A augmentedA      D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA
Although it's been said many times, many ways
D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD  A augmentedA
"Merry Christmas to you."

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                    In a round with second guitar:
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A minorAm
They know that Santa's on his way;
A minorAm                        G+G
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.
G minorGm      C majorC         FF
And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy
B minorBm   E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE  A augmentedA
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.

D MajorD   A augmentedA         D MajorD    A augmentedA
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
D MajorD   A augmentedA         G+G G MajorG G minorGm
To kids from one to ninety-two;
B minorBm    A augmentedA      D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Although it's been said many times, many ways
D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
"Merry Christmas to you."
D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD        D MajorD
"Merry Christmas to you."

CHORDS: D MajorD x5777x   A augmentedA 577655  A minorAm 577555   G+G 355433  G minorGm 355333
     E MajorE x7999x   E minorEm x79987  B minorBm x24432  F# minorF#m 244222 G# minorG#m 466444
     C majorC x3555x   C#C# x4666x