intro: [A E F# C#] (single notes on piano)
verse 1:
LA LAmaj7 LA7
Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news
RE SI7/MIb
Oh what a Christmas to have the blues
LA RE LA LA/SOL# FA#m
My baby's gone I have no friends
SI7 MI MI+
To wish me greetings once again
verse 2:
Crowds will be singing "Silent Night"
Christmas carols by candlelight
Please come home for Christmas, please come home for Christmas
SI7 MI7 LA LA7
If not for Christmas, by New Year's night
bridge:
RE REm
Friends and relations send salutations
LA MI+ LA LA7
Sure as the stars shine above
RE REm
But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear
SI7 MI MI+
The time of year to be with the one you love
verse 3:
So won't you tell me you'll never more roam
Christmas and New Year's will find you home
LA DO#7 FA#m FA#m/MI RE MIbdim
There'll be no more sorrow, no grief and pain
LA FA#m SI7 MI7 LA
And I'll be happy, [1: happy] once again
[2: Christmas]
[repeat verse 3 with guitar solo over first two lines]
outro:
A D A [A E F# C#] (single notes on piano)
[...again] / / / /
SIb
When the waitress said
FA MIb
Closin' time
SIb
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