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THE FIRST NOEL
RE LA SOL RE SOL RE
The first Noel the angels did say
SOL RE SOL RE SOL LA RE SOL LA RE
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay
LA7 RE LA SOL RE SOL RE
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep
SOL RE SOL RE SOL LA RE LA7 RE
On a cold winter's night that was so deep
LA7 SIm LA RE SOL RE
Noel Noel Noel Noel
SIm FA#m SOL RE SOL LA7 RE SOL LA7 RE
Born is the king of Is ra el
The looked up and saw a star
Shining in the East beyond them far
And to the earth in gave great light
And so it continued both day and night
refrain
And by the light of that same star
Three wise men came from country far
To seek for a King was their intent
And to follow the star wherever it went
refrain
This star drew nigh to the northwest
O'er Bethlelem it took its rest
And there it did both stop and stay
Right over the place where Jesus lay
refrain
Then entered in those wise men three
Full rev'rently upon their knee
And offered there in his presence
Their gold, and myrrh and frankincense
refrain
Then let us all with one accord
Sing praises to our heav'nly Lord
That hath made heav'n and earth of naught
And with his blood mankind hath bought
TAB
The First Noel, traditional English carol
arranged by John E. Norlin for two guitars
(also note that the second part could be played on a bass, if desired)
3/4 time
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G||o-----|----------0-|2--(2)------|------------|2--(2)------|------------|
D||o-4-2-|0-----2-4---|------------|------------|0--(0)------|------------|
A||--0---|--------0---|4--(4)--2---|0--(0)--2-4-|--------2-0-|0--(0)--4---|
E||----3-|2--(2)------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
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D||o-0---|0--(0)--0---|------------|4--(4)--0---|4--(4)--0-2-|----4-------|
A||------|0--(0)--2---|0-----------|0--(0)------|0--(0)------|----5-------|
E||--2---|------------|0--(0)--0---|--------3---|--------3---|2-------0---|
e-------------|------------|--------||----|------------|------------|
B-----0---2---|3-----------|--------||----|------------|--------3-2-|
G-2-----------|----2---0---|-------o||----|----------0-|2--(2)------|
D-0-----------|----0-------|4--(4)-o||4-2-|0-----2-4---|------------|
A-----2-------|0-------0---|0--(0)--||0---|--------2---|0--(0)--0---|
E---------3---|------------|--------||--3-|2--(2)------|------------|
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A-------------|----0---0---|0--(0)--||4---|0--(0)--2---|4--(4)--5---|
E-2---3---0---|2-3---------|--------||5---|------------|------------|
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B-0-------0---|------------|3---2---0---|----0---2---|3-----------|--------
G-------------|2------(2)--|------------|2-----------|----2---0---|--------
D---------0-2-|4-------2---|0---0---0---|0--(0)------|------------|4--(4)--
A-2-----4-----|------------|------------|------------|0--(0)--0---|0--(0)--
E-------------|------------|------------|--------3---|------------|--------
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B-0--(0)--0---|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------
G-------------|--------2---|--------0---|--------0---|------------|--------
D-------------|4--(4)------|4---4-------|4--(4)------|4---2--(2)--|0--(0)--
A-------0-2-4-|5--(5)--4---|2---0-------|5--(5)------|----0---0---|0--(0)--
E-3--(3)------|------------|--------3---|--------0---|2-3---------|--------
ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY
Intro
FA DO7 FA SIb DO FA FA DO7 FA
FA DO7 FA DO FA REm FA SIb DO FA
Once in royal David's city, stood a lowly cattle shed,
DO7 FA SOL7 DO7 FA REm FA SIb DO FA
where a mother laid her baby in a manger for His bed.
SIb FA DOsus4 DO FA SIb FA SIb DO FA
Mary was that mo - ther mild, Jesus Christ her little child.
FA DO7 FA DO FA REm FA SIb DO FA
He came down to earth from heaven, Who is God and Lord of all,
DO7 FA SOL7 DO7 FA REm FA SIb DO FA
And His shelter was a stable, and His cradle was a stall;
SIb FA DOsus4 DO FA SIb FA SIb DO FA
With the poor and meek and lowly, lived on earth our savior holy.
FA DO7 FA DO FA REm FA SIb DO FA
And through all His wondrous childhood, he would honor and obey,
DO7 FA SOL7 DO7 FA REm FA SIb DO FA
Love and watch the lowly mother, in whose gentle arms He lay.
SIb FA DOsus4 DO FA SIb FA SIb DO FA
Christian children all should be, mild, obedient, good as He.
FA DO7 FA DO FA REm FA SIb DO FA
And our eyes at last shall see Him, through his own redeeming love.
DO7 FA SOL7 DO7 FA REm FA SIb DO FA
For that child so dear and gentle, is our Lord in heaven above;
SIb FA DOsus4 DO FA SIb FA SIb DO FA
And He leads His children on, to the place where he is gone.
Not in that poor lowly stable, with the oxen standing by,
We shall see Him, but in heaven, set at God's right hand on high;
When like stars His children crowned, all in while shall wait around.
IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
DO FA DO
It came upon a midnight clear
FA RE7 SOL7
That glorious song of old
DO FA DO
From angels bending near the earth
FA SOL7 DO
To touch their harps of gold
MI7 LAM
"Peace on the earth, good will to men
SOL RE7 SOL
From heaven's all gracious King;"
DO FA DO
The world in solemn stillness lay,
FA SOL7 DO
To hear the angels sing
Still through the cloven skies they come
With peaceful wings unfurled,
And still their heavenly music floats
O'er all the weary world
Above its sad and lowly plains
They bend on hovering wing;
And ever o'er its Babel sounds
The blessed angels sing.
O ye, beneath life's crushing load
Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way
With painful steps and slow
Look now! for glad and golden hours
Come swiftly on the wing;
O rest beside the weary road
And hear the angels sing
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
FA DO7 FA
1 On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me
SIb FA DO FA
A partridge in a pear tree
FA DO7 FA
2 On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me
3 third day
4 fourth day
DO7 FA SIb FA DO7 FA
2 Two turtle doves and a Partridge in a pear tree
3 Three French Hens
4 Four calling birds (sing in reverse order)
FA DO7 FA
5 On the fifth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
SOL7 DO7
Five golden rings
6 On the sixth day of Christmas my true love sent to me
7 seventh
12 Twelfth
FA SIb DO7 FA
5-12 And a partridge in a pear tree
FA SIb DO7
5-12 Four calling birds, three french hens, two turtle dove
DO7 FA SOL7 DO7
6 Six geese a laying five golden rings
7 Seven swans a swimming
8 eight maids a milking
9 nine ladies dancing
10 ten lords a leaping
11 eleven pipers piping
12 twelve drummers drumming (sing in reverse order )
ROCKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
key of Ab
intro SOL# FAm DO# MIb
SOL# MIb
verse1 Rocking around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop
MIb SOL#
Mistletoe hung where you can see every couple tries to stop
SOL# MIb
Rocking around the Christmas tree, let the Christmas spirit ring
MIb SOL#
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie and we'll do some caroling
DO# DOm
bridge You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
FAm SIb MIb
Voices singing let's be jolly, deck the halls with boughs of holly
SOL# MIb
Rocking around the Christmas tree, have a happy holiday
MIb SOL#
Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way
verse2 inst.
bridge same
same
same
MIb MIb MIb MIb SOL# DO# SOL#
Everyone dancing merrily in the new old - fa - shioned way
finis Ab9
JINGLE BELL ROCK
key of D
intro
D DM7 D6 DM7 (DM7=Dmaj7)
verse1 Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
RE6 REM7 MIm LA
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
MIm LA MIm LA
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
MI LA+5
Now the jingle hop has begun
RE REM7 RE6 REM7
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
RE6 REM7 MIm LA
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
MIm LA MIm LA
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
MI LA RE RE7
In the frosty air
SOL SOLm
bridge1 What a bright time, it's the right time
RE
To rock the night away
MI
Jingle bell time is a swell time
LA
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh
RE REM7 RE6 REM7
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
RE6 REM7 SI
Jingle around the clock
SOL SOLm
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
MI LA RE
That's the jingle bell rock
verse2 Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock (repeat verse1's
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time last 4 lines)
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air
bridge2 What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
SOL SOLm
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
MI LA
That's the jingle bell
MI LA
That's the jingle bell
MI LA RE
That's the jingle bell rock(may try to post guitar lick here too)
GRAMMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER
This arrangement combines the melody and some backup. If you sing along you
can follow the chords using this:
Basic Accompaniment Pattern: follow chord progression.
DO
|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|----1-----1-----1-----1-|
|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|------------------------|
|-3-----------3----------|
|-------3-----------3----|
The song is in 4/4 time. Almost every note is an 1/8 note. When you see 0^2 it
means play the string open then quickly hammer on at the 2nd fret. It is
called a grace note. The hammer should fall on the beat.
Intro
DO
|----0-----0--------------|
|----1-----1--------------|
|----0-----0--------------| <--play twice
|-------------------------|
|-3-----------3-----0--2--|
|-------3--------3--------|
DO
Grand-ma got run o-ver by a reindeer.
|------0-------0----------------|-------0--0------0------0-|
|------1-------1----------------|-------1--1------1------1-|
|------0-------0----------------|-0-----0--0------0------0-|
|-0^2-----0^2-----0^2--2--0-----|----2--------0^2---0^2----|
|----------------------------3--|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
FA
Walking home from our house Christmas eve.
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|------------------------------------|----1-----1-----1-----1--|
|--------------0---------------------|----2-----2-----2-----2--|
|2--2----2---------3----2-------0--2-|-3-----------3-----------|
|------------------------------------|-------3-----------3-----|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------|
DO
You can say there's no such thing as Santa, but
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|2---2---2----2-----2---2-----0-----|-0------0---0------0------0-|
|---------------------------------3-|----2----------0^2----0^2---|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|
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SOL7 DO
as for me and grandpa we be-lieve.
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|----0-----------------------|------1-----1------------|
|----0-----------------------|------0-----0------------|
|0------0^2--3---2---0-------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------3--2-|-3-------------3-----0--2|
|----------------------------|---------3--------3------|
SOL7
(see additional lyrics for verses 2 and 3)
She'd been drinking too much egg-nog,
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|--------------------------------|---------0---0------0------0-|
|----2----2----2---2----0--------|-----------------------------|
|3---------------------------3---|-3--2-----------0^2----0^2---|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
DO
and we begged her not to go
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|---------------------------|-----1------1----1-------1--|
|------------0--------------|-----0------0----0-------0--|
|----0--2----------0------0-|-2-----0^2-----2----0^2-----|
|----------------------3----|----------------------------|
|-3-------------------------|----------------------------|
DO7 FA
but she forgot her med-i - ca-tion, and she
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|----------------------------|----------1--1-------1---------|
|-----------------------0--0-|-2--------2--2-0^2---2---------|
|2--------------2---2--------|------3------------------3---2-|
|----3---3---3---------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
SOL7 DO
stag - gered out the door in - to the snow.
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|------------------------------------|-----1-------1-------1-------|
|------------------------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------|
|-0-----0-----2---3---2---0----------|--------0^2-----0^2----------|
|------------------------------3---2-|--3---------------------3--2-|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
LAm MIm
When we found her Christmas morning,
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|--------------------------------|------------0--0-----0-----0--|
|--------------------------------|------------0--0-----0-----0--|
|----2---2----2----2----0--------|------------------------------|
|-0--------------------------3---|---3---2----------------2-----|
|--------------------------------|------------------0-----------|
SOL7 DO
at the scene of the at - tack,
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|---------------------------|-----1---------1------1-------1--|
|---------------------------|-----0---------0------0-------0--|
|---0--2-----3---0------0---|--2-------0^2------2----0^2------|
|--------------------3------|---------------------------------|
|3--------------------------|---------------------------------|
FA
she had hoof-prints on her forehead, and in -
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|------------------------------|-------------1--1-------1--------|
|-----------------------0---0--|---2---------2--2-0^2---2--------|
|------------2-----2-----------|-------3-------------------3--2--|
|3---3---3---------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
SOL7 DO
crim-in-a-ting Claus marks on her back
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|----------------------------------|-------1-----1--------------|
|----------------------------------|-------0-----0--------------|
|-0---0--2--3----2-----0-----------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------3---2--|--3-------------3-----0--2--|
|----------------------------------|----------3--------3--------|
Additional Lyrics
Verse2
Now we're all so proud of grandpa
He's been taking this so well
See him in there watching footbal
drinking beer and playing cards with Cousin Mel
It's not Christmas without Grandma
All the family's dressed in black
and we just can't help but wonder
Should we open up her gifts or send them back.
verse 3.
Now the goose is on the table
and the pudding made of fig
and the blue and silver candles
that would just have matched the hair on grandma's wig
I've warned all my friends and neighbors
better watch out for yourselves
they should never give a license
to a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS (WAR IS OVER)
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So this is Christmas
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And what have you done?
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Another year older
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And a new one just begun....
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And so this is Christmas
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I hope you had fun
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The near and the dear one
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The old and the young
SOL
A merry merry Christmas
LA
and a happy new year
MIm7 SOL
let's hope its a good one
RE MIsus7 MI7
without any fear
And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight
{Refrain}
And so this is Christmas
And what have we done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
Ans so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
{Refrain}
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WAR IS OOOOOVER
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IF YOU WANT IT
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WAR IS OOOOOVER
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWW
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY
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