[Intro BPM 77 - Capo 3 - G6 = 320000 - Rhythm straight 8th notes for most of song] |Am | % | % | % | (Phrase - xxx21x xx2xxx)
[Verse 1 - Upstrum to simulate snare roll to start and heavy muted downstrum - and keep going during verse] [Am] Take a look at my [G6] girlfriend [Fmaj7] She's the only one I got [Am] Not much of a [G6] girlfriend I [Fmaj7] never seem to get a lot
[E7] Take a jumbo across the water [Am] Like to see America [E7] See the girls in California I'm [Dm] hoping it's going to come [G] true But there's [Dm] not a lot I can [G] do
[Verse 2] [Am] Could we have kippers for [G6] breakfast [Fmaj7] Mummy dear, Mummy dear (run E 1 3) [Am] They got to have 'em in [G6] Texas 'Cause [Fmaj7] everyone's a millionaire (hold F and play run E 1 0 then A 5 3)
[E7] I'm a winner, I'm a sinner Do you [Am] want my autograph [E7] I'm a loser, what a joker I'm [Dm] playing my jokes upon [G] you While there's [Dm] nothing better to [G] do, hey
[Hook] [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' do [Am] da do da do La la [F] la, la la [Dm] la, la la la [G] laaaaaaaa
[Verse 3] [Am] Don't you look at my [G6] girlfriend, girlfriend 'Cause [Fmaj7] she's the only one I got [Am] Not much of a [G6] girlfriend, girlfriend I [Fmaj7] never seem to get a lot - What's she got? Not a lot
[E7] Take a jumbo across the water [Am] Like to see America [E7] See the girls in California I'm [Dm] hoping it's going to come [G] true But there's [Dm] not a lot I can [G] do, hey
[Hook] [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do Hey [E7] u-um, hey u-um, hey [Am] u-um, hey u-um Hey [E7] u-um, hey u-um, hey u- [Am] um, hey u-um La la [F] la, la la [Dm] la, la la la [G] la ............... [End]
[Verse] When the [D] snowman brings the snow, Well he [G] just might like to know; He's put a [D] great big smile up- [Bm] on somebody's [Em] face. [A7]
If you [D] jump into your bed; quickly [G] cover [G/F#] up your [Em] head. Don't you [D]lock the doors; You know that [A]sweet... Santa Claus is on the [C] way. [D]
[Chorus] [B]Well I... [E] Wish it could be Christmas every- [A] day, When the [B] kids start singing and the band begins to [E] play. [B] Well I [E] wish it could be Christmas every- [A] day. [E/G#][F#m] So let the [E] bells, ring [B] out for [A] Christmas. [E]
[Verse] When we're [D] skating in the park, If the [G] snow cloud paints it dark; Then your [D] rosey cheeks will [Bm] light my merry [Em] way. [A7] Now the [D] frosticals appeared, And they've [G] frozen [G/F#] up my [Em] beard, So we'll [D]lie by the fire, 'Till the [A]sleep simply melts them all a- [C]way. [D]
[Chorus] [B] Well I... [E] Wish it could be Christmas every- [A] day, When the [B] kids start singing and the band begins to [E] play. [B] Well I [E] wish it could be Christmas every- [A] day. [E/G#][F#m] So let the [E] bells, ring [B] out for [A] Christmas. [E]
[Verse] When the [D] snowman brings the snow, Well he [G] just might like to know; He's put a [D] great big smile up- [Bm] on somebody's [Em] face. [A7] So if [D] Santa brings that sleigh, All a- [G] long The [G/F#] Milky [Em] Way, I'll sign my [D]name on the rooftop, in the [A]snow, Then he might decide to [C]stay. [D]
[Chorus] Well [B] I... [E] Wish it could be Christmas every- [A] day, When the [B] kids start singing and the band begins to [E] play. [B] Well I [E] wish it could be Christmas every- [A] day. [E/G#][F#m] So let the [E] bells, ring [B] out for [A] Christmas. [E]
[Chorus - Children join in] Well [B] I... [E] Wish it could be Christmas every- [A] day, When the [B] kids start singing and the band begins to [E] play. [B] Well I [E] wish it could be Christmas every- [A] day. [E/G#][F#m] So let the [E] bells, ring [B] out for [A] Christmas. [E]
[Break] Why don't you [Amaj7] give... Your [B] love, for... [A] Christmas? [E/G#][F#m][E]
[Outro] When the [E] snowman brings the snow, When the snowman brings the [A] snow. When the [E] snowman brings the snow, When the snowman brings the [A] snow. (Repeat to Fade)
[End - original run after Chorus] [E/G#][F#m][E,][A7]