Laverne And Shirley - Jolliest Fat Man chords by Television Music

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D A D  x2


Verse:
    D       A      D     Am7
It was Christmas Eve night at the poorhouse,
  G     A      D  A
And all of the paupers were there
  D     A       D
I stepped in because it was snowing,
  Bm      A      D
And snow always screws up my hair

    Bm            F#m
By the pot-bellied stove, sat a pot-bellied man,
  G        A      D   F#7
He spoke with some lumps in his throat
  Bm
His story was sad,
    F#m
And his diction was bad,
  G     A          D
And here is a song that he wrote:


Verse:
 D      A    D   Am7
I once was the jolliest fat-man
   G    A     D   A
With roses in all of my cheeks.
  D      A     D
I'd load up my sled every Christmas
  Bm   A       D
and go on a drunk for two weeks

  Bm             F#m
My friends said they saw me on rooftops
  G      A     D   F#7
and sliding down chimneys at dawn
    Bm
With my reindeer in hand
    F#m
I would glide 'cross the land
  G     A     D
and wake up on somebody's lawn.


Verse:
  D     A       D   Am7
One morning my wife left this message
   G       A     D
“Each Christmas I've spent by myself.
  D      A     D
I'm sick of your stupid traditions
    Bm     A      D
so I've run off to Spain with a elf.”

   Bm            F#m
Just then, the old man started dyin'
  G         A      D  F#7
He screamed, "May the Lord take my soul"
  Bm
We went through his wallet
  F#m
to see who he was
  G      A         D
His address read simply, "North Pole"


Verse:
    D       A        D    Am7
So, the next time you go by the poorhouse,
G     A      D
If by the poorhouse you go,
   Bm
Just take off your hat,
   F#m
To a dead guy who's fat,
  G     A       D
And whisper a silent... "HO, HO".