Chords for American Bandstand 1957- The Christmas Song, Nat King Cole
Tempo:
134.65 bpm
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[Fm] That is Frankie Avalon with [Bb] Dee Dee Diner.
Watch that one, it's gonna grow.
[Fm]
Here's one that grows every year about this time and it is a beauty, a real
[Bb] pretty one.
Let's make it [Bbm] a lady's choice.
[B] Nat King Cole sings the Christmas [Ebm] song.
[D] [Bb] [Db]
[Gbm] [Db]
[Ebm] Chestnuts [F] roasting on an [Gb] open fire, [C] [Db] [C]
Jack Frost [F] nipping [Bbm] at your [B]
nose, [Bbm] [B]
Yuletide [Bbm] carols being [Gm] sung by a choir, [Gb] [Am] [Bb] and folks dressed [B] up like Eskimos.
[Bb] [Ebm]
[D] [Bbm] Everybody knows [Ebm] a turkey [Fm] and some [Bbm] [Gb] mistletoe
[Db] help [Ebm] to [Fm]
make [G] the season bright.
[B]
[Db] [B] Tiny [F] pots [Gm] with eyes of a [Gb] globe will find it [Db] hard to [D]
[Db] sleep tonight.
[Eb] [Bbm]
They [Db] know that Santa's [Bbm] on his way.
[Ebm] [C]
He's [B] loaded lots of [Db] toys and goodies [Bbm] on his sleigh.
[Ebm]
And [Gb] every mother's [F] child [Abm] is gonna spy [Dbm] to see if [Bbm] reindeers really [F] know [Ab] how to [Gb] fly.
[Ab]
And [Bbm] so [Ebm] I'm offering
[Fm] this supper [Gb] frame [Ab]
[Db] to kids [Ebm] from [F] one [Bbm] to ninety -two.
[Gbm]
[Bbm] [F] Although it's been said [Bb] many times many ways, [Fm] Merry [Ab] Christmas [Ebm]
[Eb] to [Db] you.
[Abm] [Db]
[Gb]
[Abm] [Db]
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Gbm] [B]
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[Db] And [Bbm] so [Ebm] I'm offering [Fm] [Bbm] this supper [Gb] frame
[Ab] [Bbm] to [Ebm] kids from [Fm] one to [Bbm] ninety-two.
[B]
[Db] Although [Abm] it's been said [Bbm] many times many [G]
ways,
[Bb] [Fm]
[Bm] [Gb] [Ebm] Merry Christmas [Ab] to [Fm]
[Db] you.
[Bbm] That's one that [N] will never die.
A pretty thing.
[Gb]
Nat Cole on the Christmas song.
American Bandstand [F] continues in [Bb] just a moment.
[B]
[Gbm] In the spirit of the holiday [Em] season when peace and goodwill fill the air, the [G] American Broadcasting Company [A] Television [C] Network joins its [F] family of stations and [B] stars in extending to you and your family [E] our very best wishes for a happy holiday and a bright [C] New Year.
[G] [Am]
[G] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm] [Bb] [Eb]
[Am]
[Dm] [G]
[Am] [Gbm] [G]
[Am]
[Gbm] [G] [B] All across the nation, it's season's greetings from [Gm] ABC.
[Bb]
Watch that one, it's gonna grow.
[Fm]
Here's one that grows every year about this time and it is a beauty, a real
[Bb] pretty one.
Let's make it [Bbm] a lady's choice.
[B] Nat King Cole sings the Christmas [Ebm] song.
[D] [Bb] [Db]
[Gbm] [Db]
[Ebm] Chestnuts [F] roasting on an [Gb] open fire, [C] [Db] [C]
Jack Frost [F] nipping [Bbm] at your [B]
nose, [Bbm] [B]
Yuletide [Bbm] carols being [Gm] sung by a choir, [Gb] [Am] [Bb] and folks dressed [B] up like Eskimos.
[Bb] [Ebm]
[D] [Bbm] Everybody knows [Ebm] a turkey [Fm] and some [Bbm] [Gb] mistletoe
[Db] help [Ebm] to [Fm]
make [G] the season bright.
[B]
[Db] [B] Tiny [F] pots [Gm] with eyes of a [Gb] globe will find it [Db] hard to [D]
[Db] sleep tonight.
[Eb] [Bbm]
They [Db] know that Santa's [Bbm] on his way.
[Ebm] [C]
He's [B] loaded lots of [Db] toys and goodies [Bbm] on his sleigh.
[Ebm]
And [Gb] every mother's [F] child [Abm] is gonna spy [Dbm] to see if [Bbm] reindeers really [F] know [Ab] how to [Gb] fly.
[Ab]
And [Bbm] so [Ebm] I'm offering
[Fm] this supper [Gb] frame [Ab]
[Db] to kids [Ebm] from [F] one [Bbm] to ninety -two.
[Gbm]
[Bbm] [F] Although it's been said [Bb] many times many ways, [Fm] Merry [Ab] Christmas [Ebm]
[Eb] to [Db] you.
[Abm] [Db]
[Gb]
[Abm] [Db]
[Gb] [Ebm]
[Gbm] [B]
[E] [B] [E]
[Abm] [Eb]
[A] [Ab] [Eb] [D]
[Db] And [Bbm] so [Ebm] I'm offering [Fm] [Bbm] this supper [Gb] frame
[Ab] [Bbm] to [Ebm] kids from [Fm] one to [Bbm] ninety-two.
[B]
[Db] Although [Abm] it's been said [Bbm] many times many [G]
ways,
[Bb] [Fm]
[Bm] [Gb] [Ebm] Merry Christmas [Ab] to [Fm]
[Db] you.
[Bbm] That's one that [N] will never die.
A pretty thing.
[Gb]
Nat Cole on the Christmas song.
American Bandstand [F] continues in [Bb] just a moment.
[B]
[Gbm] In the spirit of the holiday [Em] season when peace and goodwill fill the air, the [G] American Broadcasting Company [A] Television [C] Network joins its [F] family of stations and [B] stars in extending to you and your family [E] our very best wishes for a happy holiday and a bright [C] New Year.
[G] [Am]
[G] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm] [Bb] [Eb]
[Am]
[Dm] [G]
[Am] [Gbm] [G]
[Am]
[Gbm] [G] [B] All across the nation, it's season's greetings from [Gm] ABC.
[Bb]
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_ [Fm] _ That is Frankie Avalon with [Bb] Dee Dee Diner.
_ Watch that one, it's gonna grow.
[Fm]
Here's one that grows every year about this time and it is a beauty, a real
[Bb] pretty one.
Let's make it [Bbm] a lady's choice. _
[B] Nat King Cole sings the Christmas [Ebm] song. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ Chestnuts [F] roasting on an [Gb] open _ fire, [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _
Jack Frost [F] nipping [Bbm] at your _ _ [B]
nose, _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [B]
Yuletide [Bbm] carols being [Gm] sung by a choir, [Gb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] and folks dressed [B] up like Eskimos.
[Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[D] _ [Bbm] Everybody _ knows [Ebm] a turkey [Fm] and some [Bbm] _ [Gb] mistletoe _
_ [Db] _ help _ [Ebm] to [Fm]
make [G] the season bright.
[B] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [B] Tiny [F] pots [Gm] with _ eyes of a [Gb] globe will find it [Db] hard to [D] _
[Db] sleep tonight.
[Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
They [Db] know that _ _ _ _ Santa's [Bbm] on his _ way.
[Ebm] _ _ [C]
He's [B] loaded lots of [Db] toys and goodies [Bbm] on his sleigh.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _
And [Gb] every mother's [F] child _ [Abm] is gonna spy _ [Dbm] _ _ to see if _ [Bbm] reindeers really _ [F] know [Ab] how to [Gb] fly.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
And [Bbm] so _ [Ebm] I'm offering _
[Fm] this supper [Gb] frame _ _ [Ab] _
[Db] _ to kids [Ebm] from [F] one [Bbm] to ninety _ -two.
[Gbm] _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [F] Although it's been said [Bb] many times many _ ways, [Fm] Merry [Ab] Christmas _ [Ebm] _ _
[Eb] to [Db] _ _ you. _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
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[A] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
[Db] And [Bbm] so _ [Ebm] I'm offering _ [Fm] [Bbm] this supper _ [Gb] frame _
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] to _ [Ebm] kids from [Fm] one to [Bbm] ninety-two.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ Although [Abm] it's been said [Bbm] many times many [G] _
ways,
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Gb] [Ebm] Merry Christmas [Ab] to [Fm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] That's _ one that [N] will never die.
_ A pretty thing.
[Gb] _
Nat Cole on the Christmas song.
American Bandstand [F] continues in [Bb] just a moment. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] In the spirit of the holiday [Em] season when peace and goodwill fill the air, the [G] American Broadcasting Company [A] Television [C] Network joins its [F] family of stations and [B] stars in extending to you and your family [E] our very best wishes for a happy holiday and a bright [C] New Year. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Gbm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ All across the nation, it's season's greetings from _ _ [Gm] ABC. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Watch that one, it's gonna grow.
[Fm]
Here's one that grows every year about this time and it is a beauty, a real
[Bb] pretty one.
Let's make it [Bbm] a lady's choice. _
[B] Nat King Cole sings the Christmas [Ebm] song. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ Chestnuts [F] roasting on an [Gb] open _ fire, [C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _
Jack Frost [F] nipping [Bbm] at your _ _ [B]
nose, _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [B]
Yuletide [Bbm] carols being [Gm] sung by a choir, [Gb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] and folks dressed [B] up like Eskimos.
[Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[D] _ [Bbm] Everybody _ knows [Ebm] a turkey [Fm] and some [Bbm] _ [Gb] mistletoe _
_ [Db] _ help _ [Ebm] to [Fm]
make [G] the season bright.
[B] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [B] Tiny [F] pots [Gm] with _ eyes of a [Gb] globe will find it [Db] hard to [D] _
[Db] sleep tonight.
[Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
They [Db] know that _ _ _ _ Santa's [Bbm] on his _ way.
[Ebm] _ _ [C]
He's [B] loaded lots of [Db] toys and goodies [Bbm] on his sleigh.
_ [Ebm] _ _ _
And [Gb] every mother's [F] child _ [Abm] is gonna spy _ [Dbm] _ _ to see if _ [Bbm] reindeers really _ [F] know [Ab] how to [Gb] fly.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
And [Bbm] so _ [Ebm] I'm offering _
[Fm] this supper [Gb] frame _ _ [Ab] _
[Db] _ to kids [Ebm] from [F] one [Bbm] to ninety _ -two.
[Gbm] _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ [F] Although it's been said [Bb] many times many _ ways, [Fm] Merry [Ab] Christmas _ [Ebm] _ _
[Eb] to [Db] _ _ you. _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [D] _
[Db] And [Bbm] so _ [Ebm] I'm offering _ [Fm] [Bbm] this supper _ [Gb] frame _
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] to _ [Ebm] kids from [Fm] one to [Bbm] ninety-two.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ Although [Abm] it's been said [Bbm] many times many [G] _
ways,
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Gb] [Ebm] Merry Christmas [Ab] to [Fm] _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] That's _ one that [N] will never die.
_ A pretty thing.
[Gb] _
Nat Cole on the Christmas song.
American Bandstand [F] continues in [Bb] just a moment. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gbm] In the spirit of the holiday [Em] season when peace and goodwill fill the air, the [G] American Broadcasting Company [A] Television [C] Network joins its [F] family of stations and [B] stars in extending to you and your family [E] our very best wishes for a happy holiday and a bright [C] New Year. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [Gbm] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Gbm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ All across the nation, it's season's greetings from _ _ [Gm] ABC. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _