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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Chords by Steve Perry

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town chords by Steve Perry

Guitar chords with lyrics

Capo on 1st
Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Db

🎅 Intro:

C     Gm  C




🎅 Verse 1:
C                F
You better watch out
     Bb         C
(You better not cry)
        F           Bb
Oh
I'm telling you why
Em    Am       D    G    C    Gm
Santa Claus is coming to town


🎅 Verse 2:
C             F
He's making a list
      Bb          C
(He's checking it twice)
                    F          Bb
Going to find who's naughty or nice
Em    Am       D    G    C
Santa Claus is coming to town


🎅 Chorus:
Gm            C           F
He knows when you've been sleeping
   Gm         C       F
He knows when you're awake
   Am         D           G
He knows when you've been bad or good
   Am7      D7       Dm7 G7
Be good for goodness sake


🎅 Verse 3:
C                F
You better watch out
     Bb         C
(You better not cry)
               F Bb
You better not cry
Em    Am       Dm G7     C
Santa Claus is coming to town


🎅 Chorus:
Gm            C           F
He knows when you've been sleeping
   Gm         C       F
He knows when you're awake
   Am         D           G
He knows when you've been bad or good
   Am7      D7       Dm7 G7
Be good for goodness sake


🎅 Verse 4:
    C            F
You better watch out
               Bb
You better not cry
C                         F           Bb
You better watch out
I'm telling you why
Em    Am       Dm  G     C
Santa Claus is coming to town


🎅 Interlude:
C


🎅 Bridge:
            D   C
Oh
Santa's coming
            D   C
Oh
Santa's coming
C
Watch out, watch out
Santa's coming
            G
Oh
Santa's coming


🎅 Outro:
Em    Am       D   C
Santa Claus is coming
Em    Am       Dm      G
Santa Claus is finally coming
Em   Am   Dm   G    C
Yes, he's coming to town
C
Oh yeah, he's coming
C
Santa coming
C
He gonna find out
C
Who's naughty or nice

Published: December 7, 2022

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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