Santa Claus Is Coming To Town tab by Frank Sinatra

Tabs

Title: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Artist: Frank Sinatra

Time: 4/4
Tempo: Q=120, quite fast
Capo: 0
Play bass quarters consequently with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
Emphasize the melody notes.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the E MajorE bass string (6th) 2nd fret with you left-hand thumb wrap around.

Verse: (2x)
  G+G                         C majorC              G+G
E MajorE|---------------------|---------------------------|-0---2---3----3------------|--------------------------|
BB|-----------------0---|-0---1---3----3--------3---|-----------------------0---|-0---1---3----3-------3---|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------------|---------0---------0-------|--------------------------|
D MajorD|------0------0-------|---------0---------0-------|---------------------------|---------0---------0------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------------|-3------------3------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-------3-----------|-3------------3------------|---------------------------|-3------------3-----------|
          You  bet-ter watch out,  you  bet-ter not cry,   you  bet-ter not pout,  I'm
          He's ma- king a list   and  checking it twice.     Gonna find out    who's

  C majorC            G+G           D7D7          G+G
E MajorE|-0----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|-----3---1----1---------|-0----3---------0----|------1--------------|---------------------|
G+G|------------------------|---------------------|-2--------------2----|-0-------------------|
D MajorD|---------2---------2----|------0----0----0----|------2---------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|-3------------3---------|---------------------|-0-------------------|-----------2---------|
E MajorE|------------------------|-3---------3---------|-----------2---------|-3-------------------|
  tel-ling you why:    San- ta  Claus is  com- ing    to   town.
  naughty and nice.    San- ta  Claus is  com- ing    to   town.

Transition:
             A minorAm          C majorC           A minorAm
E MajorE|----------------3----|-5----3----2----3----|-0----0---------3----|-5----3----2----3----|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------2---------2----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|-----------2---------|---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-3-------------------|-5---------3---------|-----------3---------|-5---------3---------|
         He   sees you when you're sleeping.   He   knows when you're a-

  C majorC           B minorBm          D MajorD           A minorAm    G7G7
E MajorE|-0--------------5----|-7----5----4----5----|------5----0---------|-5----3----1----0----|
BB|---------------------|---------------------|-7--------------7----|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D MajorD|------2---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------|---------------------|-0---------0---------|---------------------|
E MajorE|-----------3---------|-7---------4---------|---------------------|-5---------3---------|
  wake.     He   knows, if you've been bad or  good, so be good for goodness

Reprise:
                          C majorC              G+G            C majorC
E MajorE|--------------------|---------------------------|-0---2---3----3------------|--------------------------|
BB|-3--------------0---|-0---1---3----3--------3---|-----------------------0---|-0---1---3----3-------3---|
G+G|--------------------|---------------------------|---------0---------0-------|--------------------------|
D MajorD|------0------0------|---------0---------0-------|---------------------------|---------0---------0------|
A augmentedA|--------------------|---------------------------|-3------------3------------|--------------------------|
E MajorE|-3--------3---------|-3------------3------------|---------------------------|-3------------3-----------|
  sake.     You  bet-ter watch out,  you  bet-ter not cry,   you  bet-ter not pout,  I'm

             G+G           D7D7            G+G
E MajorE|-0----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
BB|-----3---1----1---------|-0----3---------0----|------1--------------|---------------------|
G+G|------------------------|---------------------|-2--------------2----|-0-------------------|
D MajorD|---------2---------2----|------0----0----0----|------2---------0----|------0---------0----|
A augmentedA|-3------------3---------|---------------------|-0-------------------|-----------2---------|
E MajorE|------------------------|-3---------3---------|-----------2---------|-3-------------------|
  tel-ling you why:    San- ta  Claus is  com- ing    to   town!

Outro:
  D7D7                     G+G
E MajorE|-7----7----3---------|-7----7---------7----|-3-------------------|-3------|
BB|----------------3----|---------------------|---------------------|-0------|
G+G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-0------|
D MajorD|------0---------0----|------0---------7----|------0---------0----|--------|
A augmentedA|---------------------|---------------------|-----------2---------|--------|
E MajorE|-7---------3---------|-7---------7---------|-3-------------------|-3------|