Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 11:34:52 -0700 (MST)
From: Barrie McCombs
Subject: Masochism
To: [email protected]
MIME-version: 1.0
THE CHRISTMAS SONG Time: 4/4 Tenor: C Bass: C
— Mel Torme, Robert Wells, 1946
— Source: RD-41-C, UF-26-Eb
C6 Dm7 G7 Cmaj9 Dm7/G G7-9
16 2m7 57 1maj7
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
C6 Gm7 C7 F E7
16 5m7 17 4
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Am Fm6 C F#m-5 B7-9
6m 4m6 1 77
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
E Fm7 Bb7-9 Eb
3 2m7 7b7 3b
And folks dressed up like Eski — mos
Dm7 G7 C Dm7/G Cmaj7 Dm7/g G7-9
2m7 57 1 2m7 1maj7 2m7 57
Ev’ry- body knows a turkey and some mistletoe
C Gm7 C7 F Bb9
1 2m7 17 4 7b7
Help to make the season bright
Am Fm6 C B7-9
6m 4m6 1 77
Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow
Em7-5 A7 Dm7-5 G7 C
3m7 67 2m7 57 1
Will find it hard to sleep to — night
Gm7 C9 Gm7
5m7 17 5m7
They know that San-ta’s on his way
C9 Gm7 C9 Fmaj9
17 5m7 17 4maj7
. He’s loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
Gm7 Bb9 Ebmaj9
4m7 7b7 3bmaj7
And ev’ry mother’s child is gonna spy
Am7 D7-5 G7
6m7 27 57
To see if reindeer really know how to fly
C9 B9 Bb9 A9 Ab9 G9 G7-9
17 77 7b7 67 57
And so I’m offer-ing this simple phrase
C Gm7 C7 F Bb9
1 5m7 17 4 7b7
To kids from one to ninety-two
Am7 Bb9 Cmaj7 D13-9
6m7 7b7 1maj7 27
Al-though it’s been said many times, many ways
Em7-5 am7 Dm7-5 G7-9 Cmaj7
3m7 6m7 2m7 57 1maj7
Merry Christ-mas_____ to you
NOTES:
— Ninth and other chords have been «simplified» to sevenths
— NOT ANY MORE!!!
— From the Readers’s Digest Merry Christmas Songbook, page 41
