Christmas Songbook Lyrics and Chords for Select Christmas Tunes Lyrics and Chords for Select Christmas Tunes This book is not for sale www.ClassicalGuitarShed.com Piece Page Number All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth 1 Ave Maria 2 Baby it’s Cold Outside 4-5 Blue Christmas 3 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire 6 Christmas Day 7 Christmas Time’s A-Coming 8 Christmas Waltz 9 Deck the Halls 10 Feliz Navidad 11 Frosty the Snowman 12-13 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 14 Good King Wenceslas 15 Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer 16 Hard Candy Christmas 17 Happy Xmas 18-19 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 20 Holly Jolly Christmas 21 I’ll be Home for Christmas 22 I Saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus 23 It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 24-25 Jingle Bells 26 Jingle Bell Rock 27 Joy to the World 28 Let it Snow 29 Little Drummer Boy 30 Marshmallow World 31 My Favorite Things 32 It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 33 It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 34 O Come all Ye Faithful 35 O Holy Night 36 Oh Little Town of Bethlehem 37 Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree 38 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 39 Santa baby 40 Santa Claus is Coming to Town 41 Silent Night 42 There’s No Place like Home for the Holidays 43 The First Noel 46 The Twelve Days of Christmas 44-45 We Three Kings 47 We Need a Little Christmas 48-49 We Wish You a Merry Christmas 50 White Christmas 51 You’re a Mean 0ne, Mr. Grinch 52-53 1 All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth C D 1. All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, G7 C ​ my two front teeth, see, my two front teeth! D ​ Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth, G G7 C - C7 ​ then I could wish you "Merry Christmas." F D7 It seems so long since I could say, C G C - E "Sister Susie sitting on a thistle!" Am Gosh, oh gee, how happy I'd be, D7 G G7 if I could only whistle (thhhh). C D 2. All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, G C my two front teeth, see, my two front teeth! F D7 ​ Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth, G G7 C ​ then I could wish you "Merry Christmas." + CHORUS ​ + repeat verse 2 + C F Gee, if I could only have my two front teeth, G G7 C then I could wish you "Merry Christmas. 2 Ave Maria G - Em D - D7 - Em C -D G 1. A......ve Mari.....….......a, gra..tia plena, Em F# Am Em Maria gratia plena, Maria gratia plen....a. D E D - A D Ave, ave dominus, dominus tecum. D7 G D Em Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus, D B7 Am A A7- D - D7 et benedictus fructus ventris, ventris tuis, Je....sus. G - Em D - D7 - G - G - G7- G7- C - Cm - G ~ ~ A.......ve Mari..............a ! Ave Maria C Dm G C Am DD7 A…ve Mari…a, gratia plena G - G7 C Am D - D7 G Do…...minus tecum, benedi….cta tu Gm Dm G C In mulieribus et benedictus Am Dm G C Fructus ventris tui Jesus. C7 F D Cm Sancta Maria, Sancta Maria, Fm - G C Mari…..a ora pro nobis, G G7 Nobis peccatoribus, Cm C F G G7 Nunc et in ho…ra in hora mortis nostrae. C7 F G C Amen. Amen. 3 Blue Christmas (orig. =capo 2nd) 1.I'll have a blue Christmas without you, A7 D - D7 I'll be so blue just thinking about you. D D7 G Em ​ Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree, E A A7 won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me. D A 2. And when those blue snowflakes start fallin', A7 D - D7 ​ that's when those blue memories start callin'. D D7 G E ​ You'll be doin' alright with your Christmas of white, A D - A ​ but I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas. 3. Instrumental = verse 2, lines 1 & 2 D D7 G E ​ You'll be doin' alright with your Christmas of white, A D - G - D ​ but I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas. 4 Baby it’s Cold Outside C C/G C C/G The neighbors might think C C/G I really can't stay ​ C C/G (Baby, it's bad out there) ​ (Baby, it's cold outside) Dm Dm/G Dm Dm/G Say, what's in this drink? I've got to go away Dm Dm/G Dm Dm/G (No cabs to be had out there) (Baby, it's cold outside) C C/G C C/G I wish I knew how This evening has been C C (Your eyes are like starlight) ​ Gm (Been hoping that you'd drop in) ​ Gm To break this spell ​ So very nice C7 C7 (I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell) ​ (I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice) F F/C F F/C F I ought to say no, no, no, sir My mother will start to worry F F/C D/F# F/C (Mind if I move in closer?) ​ (Beautiful, what's your hurry?) D/F# D D/F# D At least I'm gonna say that I tried My father will be pacing the floor G G (What's the sense in hurting my pride?) (Listen to the fireplace roar) C C/G C I really can't stay A So really I'd better scurry ​ A (Baby, don't hold out) (Beautiful, please don't hurry) Dm D G7 C But maybe just a half a drink more Oh, but it's cold out - side G C Am Dm G (Put some records on while I pour) C Eb Ab G 5 G C C/G (Never such a blizzard before) I simply must go C C/G C C/G (Baby, it's cold outside) I've got to get home Dm Dm/G The answer is no C C/G Dm Dm/G (But baby, you'll freeze out there) (Baby, it's cold outside) Dm Dm/G Say, lend me your coat Dm Dm/G C C/G (It's up to your knees out there) This welcome has been C C C/G (How lucky that you dropped in) You've really been grand Gm C ​ ​ So nice and warm (I thrill when you touch my hand) C7 Gm ​ (Look out the window at that storm) But don't you see C7 ​ F F/C (How can you do this thing to me?) My sister will be suspicious F F/C F F/C (Gosh, your lips look delicious) There's bound to be talk tomorrow D/F# D F F/C ​ My brother will be there at the door (Think of my lifelong sorrow) G D/F# D (Waves upon a tropical shore) At least there will be plenty implied G C (If you caught pneumonia and died) My maiden aunt's mind is vicious A C C/G (Ooh, your lips are delicious) I really can't stay A7 ​ Dm (Get over that hold out) But maybe just a half a drink more D7 G7 C ​ Oh, but it's cold out - side 6 Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire C – Fm – F – G C – Fm – F – G C Dm C - Dm 1. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, C Gm F - Fm Jack Frost nipping at your nose. Am Fm C B7 Yuletide carols being sung by a choir, E Fm Dm - G and folks dressed up like Eskimos. C Dm C - Dm ​ 2. Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe, C Gm F - Fm help to make the season bright. Am Fm C B7 Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow, Em Dm F G C will find it hard to sleep tonight. Gm - C Gm - C ​ They know that Santa's on his way, Gm C F ​ he's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh. Fm - Bb Eb ​ And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy, Am - D F - G7 to see if reindeer really know how to fly. C Dm C - Dm 3. And so, I'm offering this simple phrase, C Gm F - Fm to kids from one to ninety-two, Am Fm C B7 although it's been said many times, many ways, F - G C - G "Merry Christmas to you!" C – F C – Dm C – F C - Dm (3x) 7 Christmas Day (The Beach Boys) (orig. = capo 3rd) G Am - D - Am - D ​ 1. The Christmas spirit grows with each new day, Am D Am D G ​ and it's so close but seems so far away. G Bm ​ And yet it comes only once a year, Em A and 'fore you know it, it's already here. Em ​ The streets are filled with laughter, A Am - D ​ and so many hearts are gay. G Am - D - Am - D 2. Everybody helps to make the spirit bright, Am D Am D G ​ the houses turn on their Christmas lights at night. C Cm ​ It's worth the wait the whole year through, G A just to make happy someone like you, Am D G - D ​ and I'll never outgrow the thrill of Christmas day.