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The Christmas Song

Hootie & the Blowfish
Tab
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Song

CHRISTMAS SONG - Hootie and the Blowfish arrangement

Transposed up one step and simplified from Mel Torme's "Christmas Song" of 1946 [Mel

Robt. Wells (c) 1946]

Tabbed by Tyler Sinks (12/11/04)

Standard tuning

Intro: D

D A D A

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

D A G G Gm

Jack Frost nipping at your nose

Bm Bm Gm D D D G#m C#

Yuletide carols being sung by a choir

F#m Bm Em A D A

And folks dressed up like Eskimos

D

Everybody knows

A D A

a turkey and some mistletoe

D A G G Gm

Help to make the season bright.

Bm Bm Gm D D D G#m C#

Tiny tots with their eyes all a-glow

F#m Bm Em A D

Will find it hard to sleep tonight

Am Am

They know that Santa's on his way;

Am Am G

He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.

Gm C F

And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy

Bm E A

To see if reindeer really know how to fly.

D A D A

And so I'm offering this simple phrase

D A G G Gm

To kids from one to ninety-two;

Bm A D Bm Em A

Although it's been said many times, many ways

D Bm Em A D A

"Merry Christmas to you."

Solo: (1:31)-----------------------------------------------------------|

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---------------------------------------------------------------------9-|
---12-11-9----------------------9-----------------9-11-12-11-9-11-12---|
------------12-10-9-10-12---------12-10-9-10-12------------------------|
-10-----------------------10-10----------------------------------------|

In a round with second guitar:

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--10-10-10--7--9--5---11--13--10—10\  -12-10-------------------------------|
9-11-11-11--8--10-6---12--12--11—9\-  ------12-11-9------------------------|
------------------------------------  -------------12-11-9-----------------|
------------------------------------  ---------------------12-10-9-9h10----|(9)
------------------------------------  -------------------------------------|
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-------------------------------------------------------------12---12—(12--|
------9-10-12-10-9-10---------------------9--9--8-9--10-------------------|
10-12------------------7-10-7-10-10/12--12-12-11---7---9--10----10--10----|

Am

They know that Santa's on his way;

Am G

He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.

Gm C F

And ev'ry mother's child is gonna spy

Bm E E E A

To see if reindeer really know how to fly.

D A D A

And so I'm offering this simple phrase

D A G G Gm

To kids from one to ninety-two;

Bm A D Bm Em

Although it's been said many times, many ways

D Bm Em A D

"Merry Christmas to you."

D Bm Em A D D

"Merry Christmas to you."

CHORDS: D x5777x A 577655 Am 577555 G 355433 Gm 355333

E x7999x Em x79987 Bm x24432 F#m 244222 G#m 466444

C x3555x C# x4666x

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