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The Christmas Song
Tekst/mel: Mel Tormé / Robert «Bob» Wells
Julesang skrevet i 1944. Nat King Cole spilte inn sangen med sin trio i 1946.
Del 1
C
Chestnuts
Chestnuts
Dm7
roasting on an
roasting on an
Em
open fire
open fire
Fmaj7
G7
Gm7
Jack Frost
Jack Frost
C7
nipping at your
nipping at your
Fmaj7
nose
nose
Fm6
E7
Am
Juletide
Juletide
Fm6
carols being
carols being
Cmaj7/G
sung by a
sung by a
F#m7
choir
choir
B7
And
Emaj7
folks dressed
folks dressed
Fm7
up like
up like
Bb7
Eski
Eski
Ebmaj7
mos
mos
Del 2
G7
Everybody
Everybody
C
knows a
knows a
Dm7
turkey and some
turkey and some
Em7
misteltoe
misteltoe
Fmaj7
G7
Gm7
Help to
Help to
C7
make the season
make the season
Fmaj7
bright
bright
Fm6
E7
Am
Tiny
Tiny
Fm6
tots with their
tots with their
Cmaj7/G
eyes all a
eyes all a
F#m7
glow
glow
B7
Will
Em7
find it
find it
A7
hard to
hard to
Dm7
sleep
sleep
G7
to
to
C
night
night
Fm/C
C
Del 3
They know that
Gm7
Santa's
Santa's
C7
on his
on his
Gm7
way
way
C7
He's loaded
Gm7
lots of toys and
lots of toys and
C7
goodies om his
goodies om his
Fmaj7
sleigh
sleigh
And every
Fm7
mother's child
mother's child
Bb7
is gonna
is gonna
Ebmaj7
spy
spy
To see if
G/D
reindeer really
reindeer really
D7
know how to
know how to
Gsus4
fly
fly
G7
Del 4
And
C
so I'm
so I'm
Dm7
offering this
offering this
Em7
simple phrase
simple phrase
Fmaj7
G7
To
Gm7
kids from
kids from
C7
one to ninety-
one to ninety-
Fmaj7
two
two
E7
Am
Although it's been
Although it's been
Fm6
said many
said many
C
times,
times,
Dm7
many
many
Em7
ways
ways
Eb11
Merry
Merry
Dm7
Christ
Christ
F/G
mas
mas
G7
to
to
C
you
you