Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Notes: Played and recorded using A,D,F#,B tuning w/no capo. The A7 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 F E7 A7 F Ab7 G7 C G7 C Verse 1: C Bb It was the night before christmas and all around the house F F7 Were scattered small puddles of famous grouse C F An early gift from a maiden aunt A7 Ab7 I thought 'I'll drink this rot' although I shan't G7 C Bb The plants got a good whiskey watering though F F7 After my risky sauntering home from the club C F Beyond a quick pop in to the pub A7 Ab7 G7 To extol tales of old to the proles in their ruddy lug-holes C Bb Though they were cold I know they found my jolly stories rather droll F F7 C They went down gladly like a tory troll at a glory hole. F A7 Ab7 I degress, still barely made a crease in my Sunday best G7 C Bb When I arrive home in a stupor 'Oh super' I thought F F7 'Father Christmas is a trouper, I'll leave him some port C F Under the tree as a treat, that'll set him on his way A7 Ab7 G7 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 F Just one glass of sherry, I thought that was clear E7 A7 And the carrot was food for the reindeer F Ab7 G7 C G7 C Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again. C F An empty bottle beneath the tree E7 A7 And a carrot besmirched by faecal debris. F Ab7 G7 C G7 Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again. Verse 2: C C I come down on christmas morning to a terrible sight Bb I thought at first a burglar had come in the night C A sherry bottle on the fire and sherry dripping from the ceiling Bb And now the christmas dinner seems somewhat unappealing. C Since he did that with a carrot my confidence is murky Bb As to whether he didn't do something rather similar with the turkey. C Next year though, I shall find out the truth Bb I shall await the cheeky blighter with a shotgun on the roof Chorus: C F If I may be permitted to state an actual fact, E7 A7 Father Christmas committed an unatural act F Ab7 G7 C G7 C Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again. C F He finished my supply of fortified wine E7 A7 Then he popped (!) a carrot where the sun doesn't shine F Ab7 G7 C G7 Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again. Instrumental: C F E7 A7 F Ab7 G7 C G7 C Interlude: C F E7 A7 F Ab7 G7 C G7 C Oh I wish he hadn't have done that on christmas da----a----ay Chorus: C F If I may be permitted to state an actual fact, E7 A7 Father Christmas committed an unatural act F Ab7 G7 C G7 C Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again. C F He finished my supply of fortified wine E7 A7 Then he popped (!) a carrot where the sun doesn't shine F Ab7 G7 C Oh Santa, don't darken my chimney again. Outro: G7 C Fmaj7 G Abmaj7 Cm F7sus2 Cmaj7 Why would he do such a thing at christmas?
