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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro: (Not in this recording, as written)
G C G C
Am7 C Am7 D
D7 N.C.
Verse 1: (Starts at 00:45)
G Asus4/E G/D C
Happy, merry, holly, jolly season's greetings here,
G G/E G G/A G/E D
I'm wondering what your family does at that time of year.
G Am/E G/D C
Love and joy and peace on Earth and tidings of good cheer,
G G/D G/E C G/A D G
do you have tradition things for that time of year?
Pre-Corus:
B7/D# Em
Well, we hang up boughs of evergreen on every single doorway,
A7/C# D
bake a giant cookie in the wavy shape of Norway.
E Am
Go from door to door to door while singing with our choir,
D7 D7 N.C.
hang up all your giant socks above an open fire (That sounds safe).
Chorus:
F#m G C/E B7 Em
So happy, merry Yuletide carols, faithful friends are dear,
A/C# Am D7 G
thanks for sharing what you do at that time of year.
C/E C G/D G/B C G G D
We'd better get a move on if we're gonna hit every house in the kingdom.
Verse 2:
G Asus4/E G/D C
Jolly, merry, happy, holly, on a midnight clear,
G G/E G G/A G/E D
I'm here to ask you what you do at that time of year.
G Am/E G/D C
Hi, shalom, happy solstice, fancy chandelier,
G G/D G/E C G/A D G
I'm looking for tradition stuff for that time of year.
Pre-Chorus:
B7/D# Em
Well, we make our decorations out of flotsam and jetsam,
A7/C# D
bake a yummy fruitcake and you can't leave till you get some.
E Am
Buy each other presents and then hide them very nimbly,
D7 D7
wait up for a chubby man to shimmy down your chimney.
N.C.
(Breaking and entering, ok on Christmas)
Chorus:
F#m G C/E B7 Em
Oh, happy, merry, muletide barrels, faithful glass of cheer,
A/C# Am D7 G G D G
thanks for sharing what you do at that time of year. Thank you.
Pre-Chorus:
B7/D# Em
We knit scarves and sweaters and we wear our matching mittens,
A7/C# D
don't forget the jammies that I knitted for my kittens.
C#dim7 Am
Eight nights in a row we light Menorahs on our mantels,
Slow:
F#dim7 D#dim7 Cdim7 Adim7
you cut down a tree and then you dress its corpse with candles.
N.C.
I love it
C A
Outro 1: (Slow)
D A/C# C#/E# F#m/E C#
Anna and Elsa will have all that they need,
C#/E# F#m C#m/E B7/D# Dm6
I'll fill my sleigh here with the help of my steed.
A/C# Bm7
It'll be the best time of year.
Esus4 E E/D N.C. D/F# Gm E/G#
It's up to you. Up to me. Up to (mew)
Outro 2: (Measure 6/8)
A Bm7 A/C# B/D#
Happy, merry, Mele Kaliki, holly, jolly, happy, tappy,
Dm/F A/E
chubby man will soon appear and faithful friends, a tiny deer.
D
And festive tidings, midnight clearing,
A/C#
and did I leave this fruitcake here?)
Outro 3: (Fast)
Bm E A A/F A A
at that time of year (mew).
Song History
Last Updated: October 16, 2020