Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro: (Not in this recording, as written)
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Am7Am7 C majorC Am7Am7 D MajorD
D7D7 N.C.
Verse 1: (Starts at 00:45)
G+G Asus4/E G/DG/D C majorC
Happy, merry, holly, jolly season's greetings here,
G+G G/EG/E G+G G/AG/A G/EG/E D MajorD
I'm wondering what your family does at that time of year.
G+G Am/E G/DG/D C majorC
Love and joy and peace on Earth and tidings of good cheer,
G+G G/DG/D G/EG/E C majorC G/AG/A D MajorD G+G
do you have tradition things for that time of year?
Pre-Corus:
B7/D# E minorEm
Well, we hang up boughs of evergreen on every single doorway,
A7/C# D MajorD
bake a giant cookie in the wavy shape of Norway.
E MajorE A minorAm
Go from door to door to door while singing with our choir,
D7D7 D7D7 N.C.
hang up all your giant socks above an open fire (That sounds safe).
Chorus:
F# minorF#m G+G C/EC/E B7B7 E minorEm
So happy, merry Yuletide carols, faithful friends are dear,
A/C#A/C# A minorAm D7D7 G+G
thanks for sharing what you do at that time of year.
C/EC/E C majorC G/DG/D G/BG/B C majorC G+G G+G D MajorD
We'd better get a move on if we're gonna hit every house in the kingdom.
Verse 2:
G+G Asus4/E G/DG/D C majorC
Jolly, merry, happy, holly, on a midnight clear,
G+G G/EG/E G+G G/AG/A G/EG/E D MajorD
I'm here to ask you what you do at that time of year.
G+G Am/E G/DG/D C majorC
Hi, shalom, happy solstice, fancy chandelier,
G+G G/DG/D G/EG/E C majorC G/AG/A D MajorD G+G
I'm looking for tradition stuff for that time of year.
Pre-Chorus:
B7/D# E minorEm
Well, we make our decorations out of flotsam and jetsam,
A7/C# D MajorD
bake a yummy fruitcake and you can't leave till you get some.
E MajorE A minorAm
Buy each other presents and then hide them very nimbly,
D7D7 D7D7
wait up for a chubby man to shimmy down your chimney.
N.C.
(Breaking and entering, ok on Christmas)
Chorus:
F# minorF#m G+G C/EC/E B7B7 E minorEm
Oh, happy, merry, muletide barrels, faithful glass of cheer,
A/C#A/C# A minorAm D7D7 G+G G+G D MajorD G+G
thanks for sharing what you do at that time of year. Thank you.
Pre-Chorus:
B7/D# E minorEm
We knit scarves and sweaters and we wear our matching mittens,
A7/C# D MajorD
don't forget the jammies that I knitted for my kittens.
C#dim7C#dim7 A minorAm
Eight nights in a row we light Menorahs on our mantels,
Slow:
F#dim7F#dim7 D#dim7D#dim7 Cdim7Cdim7 Adim7Adim7
you cut down a tree and then you dress its corpse with candles.
N.C.
I love it
C majorC A augmentedA
Outro 1: (Slow)
D MajorD A/C#A/C# C#/E# F#m/E C#C#
Anna and Elsa will have all that they need,
C#/E# F# minorF#m C#m/E B7/D# Dm6Dm6
I'll fill my sleigh here with the help of my steed.
A/C#A/C# Bm7Bm7
It'll be the best time of year.
Esus4Esus4 E MajorE E/D N.C. D/F#D/F# G minorGm E/G#
It's up to you. Up to me. Up to (mew)
Outro 2: (Measure 6/8)
A augmentedA Bm7Bm7 A/C#A/C# B/D#B/D#
Happy, merry, Mele Kaliki, holly, jolly, happy, tappy,
Dm/F A/EA/E
chubby man will soon appear and faithful friends, a tiny deer.
D MajorD
And festive tidings, midnight clearing,
A/C#A/C#
and did I leave this fruitcake here?)
Outro 3: (Fast)
B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA A/F A augmentedA A augmentedA
at that time of year (mew).