Oh Santa tab by Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer

Intro

Tuning: G+G C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA (G+G C majorC E MajorE A augmentedA)

Notes:
Played and recorded using A,D,F#,B tuning w/no capo.
The A7A7 in the Intro, Chorus, Instrumental, and Interlude adds a 9th on and off in time with the lyrics

C:   0003
F:   2010
E7:   1202
A7:   0100 NB. A7add9: 0102
Ab7:  1323 or x323
G7:   0212
Bb:   3211
F7:   2310
Fmaj7: 5557
G:   0232
Abmaj7: 0343
Cm:   0333
F7sus2: 0313
Cmaj7: 0002

Intro:
N.C.
Here's a festive tale for you all

C majorC FF E7E7 A7A7 FF Ab7Ab7 G7G7 C majorC G7G7 C majorC

Verse 1:
      C majorC             Bb majorBb
It was the night before christmas and all around the house
   FF             F7F7
Were scattered small puddles of famous grouse
  C majorC         FF
An early gift from a maiden aunt
        A7A7             Ab7Ab7
I thought 'I'll drink this rot' although I shan't
  G7G7      C majorC            Bb majorBb
The plants got a good whiskey watering though
        FF            F7F7
After my risky sauntering home from the club
     C majorC          FF
Beyond a quick pop in to the pub
         A7A7             Ab7Ab7      G7G7
To extol tales of old to the proles in their ruddy lug-holes
         C majorC                Bb majorBb
Though they were cold I know they found my jolly stories rather droll
   FF            F7F7       C majorC
They went down gladly like a tory troll at a glory hole.
   FF             A7A7         Ab7Ab7
I degress, still barely made a crease in my Sunday best
   G7G7    C majorC          Bb majorBb
When I arrive home in a stupor 'Oh super' I thought
    FF              F7F7
'Father Christmas is a trouper, I'll leave him some port
     C majorC            FF
Under the tree as a treat, that'll set him on his way
   A7A7           Ab7Ab7      G7G7
And a carrot for Rudolph, the helper on his sleigh'

Bridge:
N.C.
I placed the offering beneath the tree
N.C.
With a note which read 'Santa, thanking ye
N.C.
Do enjoy these small treats that I've given thee'
N.C.
But when I woke the fat git had taken liberties!

Chorus:
   C majorC           FF
Just one glass of sherry, I thought that was clear
    E7E7       A7A7
And the carrot was food for the reindeer
  FF      Ab7Ab7    G7G7     C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again.
  C majorC       FF
An empty bottle beneath the tree
   E7E7          A7A7
And a carrot besmirched by faecal debris.
  FF      Ab7Ab7    G7G7     C majorC G7G7
Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again.

Verse 2:
C majorC    C majorC
I come down on christmas morning to a terrible sight
Bb majorBb
I thought at first a burglar had come in the night
     C majorC
A augmentedA sherry bottle on the fire and sherry dripping from the ceiling
Bb majorBb
 And now the christmas dinner seems somewhat unappealing.
     C majorC
Since he did that with a carrot my confidence is murky
  Bb majorBb
As to whether he didn't do something rather similar with the turkey.
C majorC
Next year though, I shall find out the truth
  Bb majorBb
I shall await the cheeky blighter with a shotgun on the roof

Chorus:
   C majorC              FF
If I may be permitted to state an actual fact,
    E7E7           A7A7
Father Christmas committed an unatural act
  FF      Ab7Ab7    G7G7     C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again.
  C majorC           FF
He finished my supply of fortified wine
    E7E7              A7A7
Then he popped (!) a carrot where the sun doesn't shine
  FF      Ab7Ab7    G7G7     C majorC G7G7
Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again.

Instrumental:
C majorC FF E7E7 A7A7 FF Ab7Ab7 G7G7 C majorC G7G7 C majorC

Interlude:
   C majorC    FF      E7E7      A7A7    FF Ab7Ab7 G7G7 C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Oh I wish he hadn't have done that on christmas da----a----ay

Chorus:
   C majorC              FF
If I may be permitted to state an actual fact,
    E7E7           A7A7
Father Christmas committed an unatural act
  FF      Ab7Ab7    G7G7     C majorC G7G7 C majorC
Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again.
  C majorC           FF
He finished my supply of fortified wine
    E7E7              A7A7
Then he popped (!) a carrot where the sun doesn't shine
  FF      Ab7Ab7    G7G7     C majorC
Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again.

Outro:
G7G7 C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7   G+G    Abmaj7Abmaj7 C minorCm F7sus2 Cmaj7Cmaj7
Why would he do such a thing at christmas?

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