During instrumental play Bass line the same way you play superstition Initial climb up just hammer on to B from A whilst playing G - strum the rest Back to G - D string - 5 2 Back to A - A string 7 5 E string 7 Back to Em (in A section) E string 5h7 A string 5 Final riff before hand on G - E string 5 7 5
G e|-------------3-3-------| B|-------------3-3-------| G|-------------0-0-------| D|-------------0-0-------| A|--0-2-0------2-2-------| E|---------3---3-3-------|
[Verse 1] [C] So, so you think you can t [D/F#] ell, Heaven from H [Am/E] ell, blue skies from pa [G] in. Can you tell a green [D/F#] field from a cold steel ra [C] il, a smile from a ve [Am] il Do you think you can t [G] ell?
[Verse 2] Did they get you to tr [C] ade your heroes for [D/F#] ghosts, Hot ashes for tr [Am/E] ees, hot air for a coo [G] l breeze, cold comfort for cha [D/F#] nge, And did you exchan [C] ge a walk on part in the [Am] war for a lead role in a ca [G] ge?
[Instrumental] Em7 G Em7 G Em7 A7sus4 Em7 A7sus4 G
[Verse 3] [C] How I wish, how I wish you were [D/F#] here We're just [Am/E] two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, [G] year after year, [D/F#] Running over the same old ground. [C] What have we found? The same old [Am] fears. Wish you were here! [G]
[Intro - No drums - stacatto down strokes] C C F/C G/C
[Verse 1] You [C] better watch [C] out you [F] better not [G] cry You [C] better not [C] pout I'm [F] telling you [G] why [C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town [C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town [C] Santa [Am] Claus is [F] comi [G] ng to [C] town [F][G]
[Verse 2 - Half time B x bB S] He's [C] making a [C] list and [F] checking it [G] twice He's [C] gonna find [C] out who's [F] naughty or [G] nice [C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town [C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town [C] Santa [Am] Claus is [F] comi [G] ng to [C] town [C7]
[Bridge 1 - Straight quiet drums] He [Gm] sees you [C] when you're [F] sleeping He [Gm] knows when [C] you're [F] awake He [D7] knows if you've been bad or good (dru [G6] ms B SS B S) - You better be good for goodness sake better be good for goodness sake (triplet fill - full drums in - start on upstroke of strum)
[Verse 3] You [C] better watch [C] out you [F] better not [G] cry You [C] better not [C] pout I'm [F] telling you [G] why [C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town [C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town (next chords play straight) [C] Santa [Am] Claus is [F] comin [G] g to [C] town [C][F][G]
[Solo on Verse Chords] C C F G x 4 C Am F G - C C C7 C7
[Bridge 2] He [Gm] sees you [C] when you're [F] sleeping He [Gm] knows when [C] you're [F] awake He [D7] knows if you've been bad or good You [G6] better be good for goodness sake better be good for goodness sake
[Verse 4 - C/Bb-6x555x] You [C] better watch [C/Bb] out you [F/A] better not [Ab] cry You [C] better not [C/Bb] pout I'm [F/A] telling you [Ab] why [C][C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town [C][C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town [C][C] Santa [Am] Claus is [F] coming to [G] tow [C]
[Tag - Quiet bit as per intro] C C F/C G/C [C] Santa Claus is [F] coming to [G] town (repeat a few times)
[Ending - Slow] [C] Santa [Am] Claus is [Dm] coming [G] to to [C] wn
