Christmas Eve In St Johns by Christmas Songs

Key: A (Amaj7 can also be played as 002224) (Aadd4 is x00220) (the three consecutive Ds in the second verse are not mistaken) 🎄 Intro: A D F#m7 Add4 🎄 Verse 1: A Amaj7 D E It's the night before Christmas, seven o'clock, D E D E A rusty old dragger ties up at the dock; A Amaj7 D E She's rigged out in lights from her stem to her stern, D E A To spend Christmas Eve in St. John's. 🎄 Verse 2: A Amaj7 D E All the sailors are tired, lonely and bored, D D D E A piece of dry land is what they're longing for; A Amaj7 D E But their hearts are away on some foreign shore, D E A This Christmas Eve in St. John's.

🎄 Chorus: Bm E Bm E Boas Festas, Feliz Navidad, D E D E In a faraway country a young girl is sad; A Amaj7 Bm E It's the night before Christmas, she misses her dad, D E A Spending Christmas Eve in St. John's. 🎄 Verse 3: A Amaj7 D E Like the Magi that travelled from the East long ago, D E D E Up to the hilltop to mass they'd all go; A Amaj7 D E Their Lady of Fatima waits for them there, D E A This Christmas Eve in St. John's. 🎄 Verse 4: A Amaj7 D E They hear the old carols sung when they were young, D E D E They don't sound the same sung in this foreign tongue; A Amaj7 D E Their hearts are warmed but their eyes tell the tale, D E A This Christmas Eve in St. John's. 🎄 Chorus: Bm E Bm E Boas Festas, Feliz Navidad, D E D E In a faraway country a young girl is sad; A Amaj7 Bm E It's the night before Christmas, she misses her dad, D E A Spending Christmas Eve in St. John's. 🎄 Verse 5: A Amaj7 D E Back to their ships the sailors all go, D E D E To a crèche by a porthole and new fallen snow; A Amaj7 D E And soon it's back to the fish they must go, D E A This Christmas Eve in St. John's. Bm E Bm E Boas Festas, Feliz Navidad, D E D E In a faraway country a young girl is sad; A Amaj7 Bm E It's the night before Christmas, she misses her dad, D E A Spending Christmas Eve in St. John's. 🎄 Outro: D E A Spending Christmas Eve in St. John’s