Intro: A E F# C#
Verso 1:
A Amaj7 A7
Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news
D7 Ebdim7
Oh what a Christmas to have the blues
A D A A/G# F#m7
My baby's gone I have no friends
B7 E7 E
To wish me greetings once again
Verso 2:
Crowds will be singing Silent Night
Christmas carols by candlelight
Please come home for Christmas, please come home for Christmas
B7 E7 A A7
If not for Christmas, by New Year's night
Ponte:
D Dm
Friends and relations send salutations
A E+ A A7
Sure as the stars shine above
D Dm
But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear
B7/Eb E
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
A C#7 F#m7 F#m/E D Ebdim7
There'll be no more sorrow, no grief and pain
A F#m7 B7 E7 A
And I'll be happy, 1: happy once again
2: Christmas
Outro:
A D A A E F# C# (single notes on piano)
...again
Composição de Charles Brown / Gene Redd