Its Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries chords by Carly Rae Jepsen

Chords with lyrics

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

This version offers options chord variation to recognize the melodic line in non-chord tones.
You can play all chords in their standard root position, but I've included alternative chord shapes
that better reflect the melody of the song as well

E minorEm : 022003
Em* : x79987
E minor 7Em7 : x79787
D/AD/A : x0423x


Intro:
Em*    G+G
It's not Christmas, no-oh-oh
Em*    D MajorD
It's not Christmas, no-oh-oh
E minor 7Em7   A minorAm           G+G
It's not Christmas till somebody cries

Bass Line (Single Notes):
A augmentedA    G+G  F#F#  E MajorE
(Ho, ho-ho, ho-ho-ho)

Verse 1:
G+G     Am7Am7       C majorC     D/AD/A
Everybody made it home for Christmas Eve
G+G        Am7Am7      C majorC      D/AD/A
Tried to keep it cool around the Christmas tree
E minorEm        G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Em/B
But every year we sing a little song to survive, that
E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
It's not Christmas till somebody cries
G+G         Am7Am7      C majorC    G+G
My boyfriend is a vegan, so they fed him fish
  G+G       Am7Am7       C majorC   G+G
My uncle made it worse by talking politics
E minorEm      G+G         D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
I had a few opinions, might have started a fight, well
E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
It's not Christmas till somebody cries


Chorus:
Em*       G+G
It's not Christmas
    Em*        D MajorD
Till we all break down in tears
Em*       G+G
It's not Christmas (No-oh-oh)
     Em*        D MajorD
It's the best time of the year

Verse 2:
G+G        A minorAm       C majorC     D/AD/A
Grandpa ate the gummies that we meant to hide
G+G         Am7Am7       C majorC     D/AD/A
We tried to play it off like it's a holiday high
E minorEm          G+G        D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Em/B
He unwrapped all the presents and he ruined the surprise, well
G+G    E minor 7Em7  E minorEm    D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
It's not Christmas till somebody–
G+G     Am7Am7       C majorC     D/AD/A
Breaks into an argument, ooh, I used to fight it (Oh, oh, oh)
G+G     Am7Am7       C majorC     D/AD/A
We get emotional too, I won't deny it (Oh, oh, oh)
G+G      Am7Am7    C majorC        D/AD/A
 I used to hide in my room, but now I like it
    E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
'Cause it's not Christmas till somebody cries


Chorus:
Em*       G+G
It's not Christmas (No-oh-oh)
    Em*        D MajorD
Till we all break down in tears
Em*       G+G G MajorG
It's not Christmas (No-oh-oh)
    Em*        D MajorD
It's the best time of the year


Post-Chorus:
         E minorEm
It's not Christmas
E minorEm
(Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody)
E minorEm
Till somebody cries
           FF
(Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody)
       E minorEm
Till somebody cries


Bridge:
G+G     Am7Am7       C majorC     D/AD/A
Waking up too early in my childhood bed
G+G     Am7Am7       C majorC     D/AD/A
The nieces and the nephews jumping on my head
E minorEm        G+G          D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Em/B
They keep on asking questions like, "Is Santa a lie?", well
E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
It's not Christmas till somebody cries


Outro:
Em*      G+G
It's not Christmas, no-oh-oh
Em*      G+G
It's not Christmas, no-oh-oh (Have a holly jolly)
E minorEm        G+G          D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD Em/B
The secret is to sing a little song to survive, that
E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
It's not Christmas till somebody cries (Till somebody cries)
  E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
No, it's not Christmas till somebody cries (No, it's not Christmas)
E minorEm    G+G       D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD G+G
It's not Christmas till somebody cries

(Ho, ho-ho, ho-ho)

Other versions of Its Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries

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