Chords for Carly Simon - The Night Before Christmas

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_ _ _ _ [G] Children carry [C] through the [G] streets a brightly painted [F] star
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Angels gather [C] around the hearth, [D]
strumming on [Em] guitars
_ [A]
Men of [B] great [C] renown and faith say [G] prayers on _ [Em] boulevards
It's the [G] night before [C] _ Christmas
_ But [D] you don't have to [G] be an angel [E] to sing [A] harmony
_ And you don't have to be a [A] child to love a [G] _
mystery
_ [E] And you [F] don't have to be a [Bb] wise man [G] on bended [Am] knee
The [Eb] heart of [Bb] this Christmas [Am] is in you [D] and me
[G] _
Christmas, _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ ooh, [G] the night of _ _ [C] Christmas
_ _ _ _ [G] If your heart's [C] been longing [G] and you've been afraid [F] to try
_ [G] And sorrows kept [C] you in company [D] and the dances passed [Em] you by
[A] I'll lift you [B] up [C] and blaze with you [G] across the [Em] moonlit sky
[G] On the night [C] before Christmas _ _ _
[D] Cause you don't have to [G] be an angel [E] to sing [A] harmony _
[D] And you don't have to [A] be a child to [G] love a mystery
[E] _ _
[F] And you don't have to [Bb] be a wise [G] man on bended [C]
knee
[A] The heart of [D] this Christmas [C] is in you [G] and me
[C] The heart of this [G] Christmas _ is in you _ _ _ [G] and _ _ me
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_ [C] _ _ [G] The night, _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] the night _ _ _ [C] before Christmas
_ _ _ [G] The night, _ _ _ [C] _ _
the _ _ [G] night before Christmas
[C] And all through the house
[G] Not a _
_ _ _ _ [C] creaking _ mouse
[G] Not a king's word
_ [C] But you need care
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