How Many Cookies Can Santa Claus Eat? chords by Tom Paxton

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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) Last
Christmas Eve in our house,
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before  (G major) we went to bed
Daddy smiled at Mama,
and this is what he said
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 (C major) It's a long, night for Santa,
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around the world and  (F major) back
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I believe Saint Nick'll get  (C major) hungry,
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 (G major) I  believe he'd like a snack  (C major) 
So sister, get a glass of milk,
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and  (G major) brother, get the jar
Look inside and tell me
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how many ginger snaps there  (C major) are
We're leaving some for Santa,
what a friendly thing to do
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 (F major) For it's hungry pork he's  (C major) do ing
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and we don't  (G major) want to leave too  (C major) few
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So how  (F major) many cookies can
Santa Claus eat?
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Can  (C major) Santa Claus eat?
Can Santa Claus eat?
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How  (F major) many cookies can Santa Claus eat?
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How  (D major) hungry will he  (G major) be?
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We'd  (F major) better pile the plates so high
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With  (C major) cookies nearly to the sky
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To feed St.  (G major) Nick
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so  (C major) he can fly
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 (F major) to  (C major) kids like  (G major) you and  (C major) me  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
We found some oatmeal cookies,
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 (G major) some peanut butter, too
And though we had no chocolate chip,
Dad said the peas would do
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 (C major) We left them by the chimney
with a little note that said
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 (F major) We'd love to send it from  (C major) the
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kids all  (G major) fast to Stephen (C major) burg
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And how  (F major) many cookies can
Santa Claus eat?
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Can Santa  (C major) Claus eat?
Can Santa Claus eat?
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How  (F major) many cookies can Santa Claus eat?
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How  (D major) hungry will he be?  (G major) 
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We'd  (F major) better pile plates so high
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with  (C major) cookies nearly to the sky
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To feed Saint  (G major) Nick
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so  (C major) he can fly
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 (F major) to  (C major) kids like  (G major) you and  (C major) me  (G major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
Next morning we were happy
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 (G major) with the presents round the tree
We were so excited
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that it took a while to  (C major) see
That the glass was empty
and on the plate one crumb
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 (F major) And a note to us from Santa  (C major) saying,
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 (G major) Thank you, yum yum  (C major) yum!
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And how  (F major) many cookies
can Santa Claus eat?
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Can Santa  (C major) Claus eat?
Can Santa Claus eat?
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 (F major) How many cookies can Santa Claus eat?
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How  (D major) hungry will he  (G major) be?
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We'd  (F major) better pile the plates so high
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With  (C major) cookies nearly to the sky
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Defeat St.  (G major) Nick
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so  (C major) he can fly  (F major) to  (C major) kids like you  (G major) and  (C major) me.
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Defeat St.  (G major) Nick
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so  (C major) he can  (F major) fly to  (C major) kids like you  (G major) and  (C major) me.