A Christmas Carol chords by Tom Lehrer

Chords with lyrics

A augmentedA Christmas Carol
by Tom Lehrer

FF             D7D7
Christmas time is here, by golly,
G7G7     C7C7
Disapproval would be folly,
FF    F7F7     Bb majorBb    BbmBbm
Deck the halls with hunks of holly,
FF        G7G7    C7C7
Fill the cup and don't say "when."
FF              D7D7
Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens,
G7G7         C7C7
Mix the punch, drag out the dickens,
FF  F7F7     Bb majorBb    BbmBbm
Even though the prospect sickens,
FF    Gm7Gm7   C7C7  FF
Brother, here we go a-gain.

       F7F7   Bb majorBb
On Christmas day you can't get sore,
      BbmBbm   FF
Your fellow man you must adore,
    DmDm   DbDb+   FF    G7G7
There's time to rob him all the more
  C majorC      G7G7     C7C7
The other three hundred and sixty-four.

  FF            D7D7
Rel-ations, sparing no expense'll
G7G7        C7C7
Send some useless old utensil,
FF  F7F7    Bb majorBb   BbmBbm
Or a matching pen and pencil.
     FF        G7G7    C7C7
SPOKEN - "just the thing I need! how nice!"
  FF           D7D7
It doesn't matter how sin-cere it
G7G7        C7C7
Is, nor how heart-felt the spirit,
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Senti-ment will not en-dear it,
FF     Gm7Gm7   C7C7   FF
What's im-portant is the price.

FF      C majorC  FF     C majorC
Hark the her-ald tribune sings,
FF A minorAm Bb majorBb G minorGm FF  C majorC  FF
Ad-ver-tis-ing wondrous things.
  DmDm   A7A7   DmDm  A minorAm
God rest ye merry, merch-ants,
Bb majorBb FF  Bb majorBb  A augmentedA  DmDm  G minorGm  A augmentedA
May you make the yule-tide pay.
FF       G minorGm  C7C7 FF
Angels we have heard on high
FF  C7C7 FF     C7C7 FF
Tell us to go out and buy!

C7C7 FF              D7D7
So let the raucous sleigh bells jingle,
G7G7        C7C7
Hail our dear old friend Kris Kringle,
FF      C7C7     D7D7    G minorGm
Driving his reindeer a-cross the sky.
D7D7  G minorGm          C7C7    FF  C7C7  FF
Don't stand underneath when they fly by.