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The Christmas Song
by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé
Arr. for guitar by James A Martin
(12/5/2021)
In 4/4         
          //   /   /
 INTRO:  F/G  G6 G7(no3)
  //              //             //           /    /    
 Cmaj7(BAR-3)     Dm7(BAR-5)     Em7(BAR-7)  Am7--C/G
Chestnuts         roasting on an open fire
  //          //              //      //
 Gm7(BAR-3)   C7              FM7     E7                     
Jack Frost   nipping at your nose

 //      //            //         //
  Am7    G7sus4/Ab     C/G        B7
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir

  //               //             //      
 E/D#             Bb7            EbM7   
And folks dressed up like    Eski-mos
 /     \ \         /
 F/G   G6 G7(no3) Cmaj7 
Every-bod-y       knows ...
   /   //              //        /   /
 Cmaj7 Dm7(fig-1)     Em7       Am7-C/G
  A   turkey and some mistletoe
 //         //              //    //
 Gm7(BAR-3) C7              FM7   E7
Help to     make the season bright
  //         //              //         //
  Am7        G7sus4/Ab       C/G        B7
 Tiny little tots with their eyes all a-glow Will                                                                                       
   /        /        /       \    \        //
  Em7(open) Am7     Dm7(open) G6   G7(no3) C
 find it  hard to   sleep    to--------night

    //               //     /         /         //
     C7              Gm7    C9(no5)   C7        FM7 
 ||: They know that San—--ta's        on  his   way
  //           //                /        /      /    /
  Dm7(open)    Gm7              C9(no5)  C7     Am7-/E  
   He's loaded lots of toys and goodies  on his sleigh
//          //            //          //
 Dm7(open)  Fm7           Bb7         EbM7   
  And every mother's child-- is gonna spy
//           //              //          /           /
 Cm9         Am7             D7          Dm7(open)--/A   
  To see if  reindeer really know how to fly
 /   /        //      //            //              /   / 
 G6  G7(no3) Cmaj7   Dm7(BAR-5)    Em7(BAR-5)     Am7 C/G       
     And     so I'm  offering this simple phrase
    //       //             //     
     Gm7       C7            FM7   
To  kids from one to ninety-two
:1st ending:
//    //            //           //          /
 E7   Am7            G7sus4/Ab   C/G         B7
Al-though it's been said many   times, many ways
 /     /          /     /          \   \        //  
 B7    Em7(open) Am7   Dm7(open)  G6   G7(no3)  C  
Merry Christ-----mas               to           you :||

:2nd ending:
 //    //              //         //         /
 E7   Am7             G7sus4/Ab  C/G         D9/F#
  Al-though it's been said many  times, many ways
 /        /         /     /
 D9/F     Em7(open) Am7   Dm7(open)   
Merry  Christ----mas
/   \   /          /       /
 G6-/F  Em7(open) E7/G#   Am7  
Merry Christ----mas
/  \      /         /     /        \  \            /   /   /
 G6-/F   Em7(open) Am7   Dm7(open)  G6 G7(no3)    Am7 C/G D9/F#
Merry   Christ---mas             to         you
 /      /         /   /              /  /       /
 Dm9/F  Em7(open) Am7 Dm7(open)     G6 G7(no3) CM7
Merry   Christ---mas                to         you.


PERFORMANCE NOTES 

1. /= THE BEAT   
2. \= THE HALF BEAT or (and) of the Beat