The Christmas Song tab by Hootie & The Blowfish

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
D A          D     A
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
D  A             G G  Gm
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Bm Bm  Gm        D D D      G#m   C#
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
F#m      Bm          Em  A  D  A
And folks dressed up like Eskimos

D
Everybody knows
A           D  A
a turkey and some mistletoe
D   A           G  G  Gm
Help to make the season bright.
Bm Bm Gm   D D D  G#m C#
Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow
F#m      Bm   Em    A  D
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

Am        Am
They know that Santa's on his way;
Am        Am              G
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.
Gm      C           F
And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy
Bm      E   A
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.

D   A          D     A
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
D   A           G G Gm
To kids from one to ninety-two;
Bm    A      D Bm Em A
Although it's been said many times, many ways
D Bm Em A D  A
"Merry Christmas to you."

Solo: (1:31)-----------------------------------------------------------|
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                    In a round with second guitar:
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Am
They know that Santa's on his way;
Am                        G
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.
Gm      C         F
And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy
Bm   E E E  A
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.

D   A         D    A
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
D   A         G G Gm
To kids from one to ninety-two;
Bm    A      D Bm    Em
Although it's been said many times, many ways
D Bm Em A D
"Merry Christmas to you."
D Bm Em A D        D
"Merry Christmas to you."

CHORDS: D x5777x   A 577655  Am 577555   G 355433  Gm 355333
     E x7999x   Em x79987  Bm x24432  F#m 244222 G#m 466444
     C x3555x   C# x4666x