The Night Before Christmas (In Texas, That Is) chords by Gene Autry

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Verse 1
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'Twas the night before Christmas in Texas,
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you know
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Way out on the prairie,
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without any snow
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Asleep in their cabin were Buddy and Sue
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A dreamin' of Christmas like me and you

Verse 2
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Not stockin's but boots
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at the foot of their bed
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For this was in Texas,
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what more need be said
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When all of a sudden,
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from out of the still night
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There came such a ruckus,
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it  gave me a fright
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Verse 3
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And I saw 'cross the prairie
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like a shot from a gun
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A loaded up buckboard,
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come out at a run
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The driver was "Geein" and
"Hawin" with will
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The horses, not reindeer,
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he drove with such skill

Verse 4
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"Come on Buck,
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Poncho and Prince to the right
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There'll be plenty trav
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elin' for you all tonight"
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The driver in Levis and a
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shirt that was red
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Had a ten- gallon Stetson on top
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of his head
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As he stepped from his buckboard,
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he was really a sight
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A beard and moustache,
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so curly and white
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As he burst in the cabin,
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the children awoke
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And were so astonished that
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neither one spoke

Verse 6
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And he filled up their boots with
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such presents galore
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That neither could think
of a single thing more
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When Buddy recovered
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the use of his jaws
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He  asked in a whisper,
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"Are you Santa Claus?"

Verse 7
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"Am I  the real Santa? Well,
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what do you think?"
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And he smiled as he gave
a mysterious wink
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Then he leaped in the buckboard
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and set him his drawl
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To the children of Texas,
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Merry Christmas you all