Chords for Lou Rawls – “Little Drummer Boy” (UK Capitol) 1967

_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Come, [Abm] they told me, [Dbm] pa rum pum pum pum
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ They're the newborn king to see, [Db] pa rum pum pum pum
_ _ [Ab] _ _ Our finest [B] gifts we [Ab] bring, pa rum pum pum pum
_ To _ _ _ lay [Db] before the king, pa rum [Gb] pum pum pum
Rum pum [Db] pum pum, rum [Ab] pum pum pum
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ So to [Ab] honor him, pa [Db] rum pum pum pum
_ _ _ [Ab] Oh when will he [Db]
come, _ _ that's when will he _ come
[Dbm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ Little baby, _ pa rum pum pum pum
_ _ I _ _ [C] am a poor [D] boy too, pa rum pum pum pum
_ _ _ _ [A] _
I have no gift to bring, pa rum pum pum pum _ _ _ _ _
That's fit to give our king, [D] pa rum pum [G] pum pum
Rum pum [D] pum pum, rum pum [A] pum _ pum _ _
[D] Oh when will he come _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Mmm, _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ Mary [G] _ _
[Ab] nodded, pa rum pum pum pum
[D] _ _
[Eb] _ I said the ox and [G] the lamb kept [Ab] time, pa rum pum pum pum _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ I [Bb] played on [Eb] my drum for him, pa rum pum [Ab] pum pum
Rum pum [Eb] pum pum, rum [Bb] pum pum pum _
_ [Eb] _ Yeah, now he [Bb] smiled at [Ab] me, pa rum [Eb] pum pum [Ab] pum _
Me and my drum, _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _
me [Eb] and my drum
_ [E] He smiled at me [Eb] and my drum
I _ started to play for him, _ _ _ pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum _ _ _ _ _ _