8.) Town Meeting Song Chords by Cast - The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman
Tempo:
138.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
Cm
Ab
Gb
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Listen, everyone!
[Bm] There were objects [D] so peculiar [Ab] they were not to be [G] believed!
All [Bm] around, things to [C] tantalize my brain.
[Bm] It's a world [Em] unlike [Ab] anything I've [Gb] ever seen!
[Bm] And as hard as [C] I tried, [Gb] I can't seem [G] to describe like the most [Gb] [Bm] improbable dream.
[Gb] But you must [G] believe [C] when I tell [Ab] you this.
[Bm] It's as real [Bb] as my skull, [Ab] and it [F] does [Gb] exist!
Here, [Bm] let me show you.
This is [Bb] a thing called a [D] present.
[G] The whole thing [C] starts with a box. A [Gb] box?
[G] Is it [Gb] steel?
Is it filled with a box?
A box?
How do I fill a box?
[Ebm] If you [Bm] please.
Just a box [Bb] with bright [D] colored paper.
[Ab] [G] And the whole [Em] thing's topped with a bow.
[Gb] A bow?
[G] But why?
How odd [Gb] can it be?
That's the point of a thing not to know.
[Em] Is it [Eb] bent?
[G] Is it [Db] wrapped?
Will [G] it break?
[Gb] Perhaps it's [Em] the head [B] that I [Em] found in the lake.
Listen now, you [Gbm] don't [Em] understand.
That's not the [B] point of Christmas [Em]
Land.
[Cm] Now pay attention.
We pick up [B] an [Eb] oversized sock, [A] [Fm] and hang it like this [Db] on the wall.
[G] Oh yes, it [Abm] does exist.
[G] Let me see, let me look.
Has it rotted and come back?
Let me [Abm] explain.
[Cm] There's no foot [Eb] inside, but there's candy.
[Ab] Or sometimes it's filled with [Fm] small toys.
Small [G] toys?
Do they bite?
Do they snap?
Or explode in a sack?
Or perhaps they just spring out and scare girls and boys.
What [Fm] a [E] splendid idea.
[Ab] This Christmas sounds fun.
[G] I [Fm] fully endorse it.
[C] Let's try [Fm] it at once.
Everyone, please.
[Gm] Now not [Fm] so fast.
[Db] There's [C] something [Fm] here that [C] you don't [Fm] quite grasp.
[G]
Well, I may as well give them what they want.
[Abm] And [Cm] the best, I must [Eb] confess, I [Cm] have saved for the [Ab] last.
For [Cm] the ruler of this Christmas [Db] Land
is [Cm] a fearsome [Dm] king with [A] a deep, [Db] mighty voice.
[G] At least, that's what I've come to [Cm] understand.
And I've also heard it [Eb] told that he's something to [Ab] behold,
[Cm] like a lobster, huge [Db] and red.
[Cm] When he sets out [Fm] to slay [Eb] with his reindeer [D] on,
[Cm] carting [Db] bulging sacks [G] with his big, [Ab] great arms,
[Cm] that is so [G] I've heard [Cm] it said.
[B] And on a dark, [Cm] cold night, [Db] under full [A] moon light,
[Cm] he flies [B] into a fog [Eb] like a vulture [G] in the sky.
[C] [Bm] And [A] they call him [C] [G]
Sandy [Fm] [Cm] Claus.
He-he-he.
[B]
Well, at least they're [Cm] excited, but [Db] they don't [Cm] understand
that special kind [Dm] of feeling [Ebm] in Christmas [G] Land.
Oh, well.
[Bm] There were objects [D] so peculiar [Ab] they were not to be [G] believed!
All [Bm] around, things to [C] tantalize my brain.
[Bm] It's a world [Em] unlike [Ab] anything I've [Gb] ever seen!
[Bm] And as hard as [C] I tried, [Gb] I can't seem [G] to describe like the most [Gb] [Bm] improbable dream.
[Gb] But you must [G] believe [C] when I tell [Ab] you this.
[Bm] It's as real [Bb] as my skull, [Ab] and it [F] does [Gb] exist!
Here, [Bm] let me show you.
This is [Bb] a thing called a [D] present.
[G] The whole thing [C] starts with a box. A [Gb] box?
[G] Is it [Gb] steel?
Is it filled with a box?
A box?
How do I fill a box?
[Ebm] If you [Bm] please.
Just a box [Bb] with bright [D] colored paper.
[Ab] [G] And the whole [Em] thing's topped with a bow.
[Gb] A bow?
[G] But why?
How odd [Gb] can it be?
That's the point of a thing not to know.
[Em] Is it [Eb] bent?
[G] Is it [Db] wrapped?
Will [G] it break?
[Gb] Perhaps it's [Em] the head [B] that I [Em] found in the lake.
Listen now, you [Gbm] don't [Em] understand.
That's not the [B] point of Christmas [Em]
Land.
[Cm] Now pay attention.
We pick up [B] an [Eb] oversized sock, [A] [Fm] and hang it like this [Db] on the wall.
[G] Oh yes, it [Abm] does exist.
[G] Let me see, let me look.
Has it rotted and come back?
Let me [Abm] explain.
[Cm] There's no foot [Eb] inside, but there's candy.
[Ab] Or sometimes it's filled with [Fm] small toys.
Small [G] toys?
Do they bite?
Do they snap?
Or explode in a sack?
Or perhaps they just spring out and scare girls and boys.
What [Fm] a [E] splendid idea.
[Ab] This Christmas sounds fun.
[G] I [Fm] fully endorse it.
[C] Let's try [Fm] it at once.
Everyone, please.
[Gm] Now not [Fm] so fast.
[Db] There's [C] something [Fm] here that [C] you don't [Fm] quite grasp.
[G]
Well, I may as well give them what they want.
[Abm] And [Cm] the best, I must [Eb] confess, I [Cm] have saved for the [Ab] last.
For [Cm] the ruler of this Christmas [Db] Land
is [Cm] a fearsome [Dm] king with [A] a deep, [Db] mighty voice.
[G] At least, that's what I've come to [Cm] understand.
And I've also heard it [Eb] told that he's something to [Ab] behold,
[Cm] like a lobster, huge [Db] and red.
[Cm] When he sets out [Fm] to slay [Eb] with his reindeer [D] on,
[Cm] carting [Db] bulging sacks [G] with his big, [Ab] great arms,
[Cm] that is so [G] I've heard [Cm] it said.
[B] And on a dark, [Cm] cold night, [Db] under full [A] moon light,
[Cm] he flies [B] into a fog [Eb] like a vulture [G] in the sky.
[C] [Bm] And [A] they call him [C] [G]
Sandy [Fm] [Cm] Claus.
He-he-he.
[B]
Well, at least they're [Cm] excited, but [Db] they don't [Cm] understand
that special kind [Dm] of feeling [Ebm] in Christmas [G] Land.
Oh, well.
Key:
G
Cm
Ab
Gb
Fm
G
Cm
Ab
Listen, everyone!
[Bm] There were objects [D] so peculiar [Ab] they were not to be [G] believed!
All [Bm] around, things to [C] tantalize my brain.
[Bm] It's a world [Em] unlike [Ab] anything I've [Gb] ever seen!
[Bm] And as hard as [C] I tried, [Gb] I can't seem [G] to describe like the most [Gb] _ [Bm] improbable dream.
_ [Gb] But you must [G] believe [C] when I tell [Ab] you this.
[Bm] It's as real [Bb] as my skull, [Ab] and it [F] does [Gb] exist!
_ _ Here, [Bm] let me show you.
_ _ _ This is [Bb] a thing called a [D] present.
[G] The whole thing [C] starts with a box. A [Gb] box?
[G] Is it [Gb] steel?
Is it filled with a box?
A box?
How do I fill a box?
[Ebm] If you [Bm] please.
Just a box [Bb] with bright [D] colored paper.
[Ab] [G] And the whole [Em] thing's topped with a bow.
[Gb] A bow?
[G] But why?
How odd _ [Gb] can it be?
That's the point of a thing not to know.
[Em] Is it [Eb] bent?
[G] Is it [Db] wrapped?
Will [G] it break?
[Gb] Perhaps it's [Em] the head [B] that I [Em] found in the lake.
Listen now, you [Gbm] don't [Em] understand.
That's not the [B] point of Christmas [Em]
Land.
[Cm] _ Now pay attention.
We pick up [B] an [Eb] oversized sock, [A] [Fm] and hang it like this [Db] on the wall.
[G] Oh yes, it [Abm] does exist.
[G] Let me see, let me look.
Has it rotted and come back?
Let me [Abm] explain.
[Cm] There's no foot [Eb] inside, but there's candy.
[Ab] Or sometimes it's filled with [Fm] small toys.
Small [G] toys?
Do they bite?
Do they snap?
Or explode in a sack?
Or perhaps they just spring out and scare girls and boys.
What [Fm] a [E] splendid idea.
[Ab] This Christmas sounds fun.
[G] I [Fm] fully endorse it.
[C] Let's try [Fm] it at once.
Everyone, please.
[Gm] Now not [Fm] so fast.
[Db] There's [C] something [Fm] here that [C] you don't [Fm] quite grasp.
_ _ _ [G]
Well, I may as well give them what they want.
[Abm] And [Cm] the best, I must [Eb] confess, I [Cm] have saved for the [Ab] last.
For [Cm] the ruler of this Christmas [Db] Land
is [Cm] a fearsome [Dm] king with [A] a deep, [Db] mighty voice.
[G] At least, that's what I've come to [Cm] understand. _
And I've also heard it [Eb] told that he's something to [Ab] behold,
[Cm] like a lobster, huge [Db] and red. _
[Cm] When he sets out [Fm] to slay [Eb] with his reindeer [D] on,
[Cm] carting [Db] bulging sacks [G] with his big, [Ab] great arms,
[Cm] that is so [G] I've heard [Cm] it said. _
[B] And on a dark, [Cm] cold night, [Db] under full [A] moon light,
[Cm] he flies [B] into a fog [Eb] like a vulture [G] in the sky.
_ _ _ [C] [Bm] And [A] they call him [C] _ _ [G]
Sandy [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ Claus. _
_ He-he-he.
[B] _ _
_ Well, at least they're [Cm] excited, but [Db] they don't [Cm] understand
that special kind [Dm] of feeling [Ebm] in Christmas [G] Land.
Oh, well. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] There were objects [D] so peculiar [Ab] they were not to be [G] believed!
All [Bm] around, things to [C] tantalize my brain.
[Bm] It's a world [Em] unlike [Ab] anything I've [Gb] ever seen!
[Bm] And as hard as [C] I tried, [Gb] I can't seem [G] to describe like the most [Gb] _ [Bm] improbable dream.
_ [Gb] But you must [G] believe [C] when I tell [Ab] you this.
[Bm] It's as real [Bb] as my skull, [Ab] and it [F] does [Gb] exist!
_ _ Here, [Bm] let me show you.
_ _ _ This is [Bb] a thing called a [D] present.
[G] The whole thing [C] starts with a box. A [Gb] box?
[G] Is it [Gb] steel?
Is it filled with a box?
A box?
How do I fill a box?
[Ebm] If you [Bm] please.
Just a box [Bb] with bright [D] colored paper.
[Ab] [G] And the whole [Em] thing's topped with a bow.
[Gb] A bow?
[G] But why?
How odd _ [Gb] can it be?
That's the point of a thing not to know.
[Em] Is it [Eb] bent?
[G] Is it [Db] wrapped?
Will [G] it break?
[Gb] Perhaps it's [Em] the head [B] that I [Em] found in the lake.
Listen now, you [Gbm] don't [Em] understand.
That's not the [B] point of Christmas [Em]
Land.
[Cm] _ Now pay attention.
We pick up [B] an [Eb] oversized sock, [A] [Fm] and hang it like this [Db] on the wall.
[G] Oh yes, it [Abm] does exist.
[G] Let me see, let me look.
Has it rotted and come back?
Let me [Abm] explain.
[Cm] There's no foot [Eb] inside, but there's candy.
[Ab] Or sometimes it's filled with [Fm] small toys.
Small [G] toys?
Do they bite?
Do they snap?
Or explode in a sack?
Or perhaps they just spring out and scare girls and boys.
What [Fm] a [E] splendid idea.
[Ab] This Christmas sounds fun.
[G] I [Fm] fully endorse it.
[C] Let's try [Fm] it at once.
Everyone, please.
[Gm] Now not [Fm] so fast.
[Db] There's [C] something [Fm] here that [C] you don't [Fm] quite grasp.
_ _ _ [G]
Well, I may as well give them what they want.
[Abm] And [Cm] the best, I must [Eb] confess, I [Cm] have saved for the [Ab] last.
For [Cm] the ruler of this Christmas [Db] Land
is [Cm] a fearsome [Dm] king with [A] a deep, [Db] mighty voice.
[G] At least, that's what I've come to [Cm] understand. _
And I've also heard it [Eb] told that he's something to [Ab] behold,
[Cm] like a lobster, huge [Db] and red. _
[Cm] When he sets out [Fm] to slay [Eb] with his reindeer [D] on,
[Cm] carting [Db] bulging sacks [G] with his big, [Ab] great arms,
[Cm] that is so [G] I've heard [Cm] it said. _
[B] And on a dark, [Cm] cold night, [Db] under full [A] moon light,
[Cm] he flies [B] into a fog [Eb] like a vulture [G] in the sky.
_ _ _ [C] [Bm] And [A] they call him [C] _ _ [G]
Sandy [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ Claus. _
_ He-he-he.
[B] _ _
_ Well, at least they're [Cm] excited, but [Db] they don't [Cm] understand
that special kind [Dm] of feeling [Ebm] in Christmas [G] Land.
Oh, well. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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