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Tom Lehrer - A Christmas Carol Chords

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A Christmas Carol Chords

(ver. 2)
Tom Lehrer
[Intro]
     D    D/C#     D/B   D/C#
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x2]


[Verse 1]
    D              B7                E7         A7
Christmas time is here, by golly, disapproval would be folly,
 D        D/C       G/B      Gm/Bb
Deck the halls with hunks of holly,
 D                 E7         A7
Fill the cup, and don't say, 'When!'
 D                 B7
Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens,
E7                     A7
    Mix the punch, ...drag out the Dickens,
 D     D/C       G/B      Gm/Bb     D      Em7     A7      D
Even though the prospect sickens, brother, here we go a - gain!


[Verse 2]
      D      D/C     G/B 
On Christmas day you can't get sore,
      Gm/Bb         D/A
Your fellow man you must adore,
         Bm    Gm/Bb    D/A      E7
There's time to rob him all the more,
      A           E7         A7   A9    A7 *
The other three hundred and six - ty - four!


[Verse 3]
        D             B7             E7                A7  
Re - lations, sparing no expense'll send some useless old utensil,
D        D/C     G/B     Gm/Bb     D                E7        A7
   Or a matching pen and pencil, "Just the thing I need! How nice!"
     D            B7             E7
It doesn't matter how sincere it is,
                 A7               D     D/C       G/B     Gm/Bb
Nor how heart - felt the spirit, senti- ment will not en - dear it,
  D          Em7    A7       D
What's im - portant is the price!


[Bridge]
  D              A7  D/F#   D     D/A   A7
'Hark the 'Her - ald Tri - bune' sings------,
D/F#     G     D/A     A7    D
Adver - tising wond - rous things!'

      Bm       F#   Bm     F#m    G  D   G   F#   Bm    Em    F#
'God rest ye merry merch - ants, may ye make the yule - tide pay!'

 D    A7   D   A     A7      D   D/A    D   A7  D    A7        D
'An - gels we have heard on high,      tell us to go out, and buy!'


[Verse 4]
A7          D                             B7
So----, ...let the raucous sleigh bells jingle,
 E7                A7
Hail our dear old friend, Kris Kringle,
  D            A7         B7       Em
Driving his reindeer a - cross the sky----,
 B7    Em                    A9     A7     D        A7 D
Don't stand underneath when they ...fly ...by----!            
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