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

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (B minor)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 'Twas the night before Christmas in  (G major) Texas,
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you know  (E minor) 
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 (D major) Way out on the prairie,  (B minor) 
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without  (E major) any snow  (A major) 
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Asleep  (D major) in their cabin were  (G major) Buddy and Sue
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A  (D major) dreamin' of Christ (B minor)  (E major) mas like me and  (D major) you

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

Verse 4
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"Come  (E major) on  (A major) Buck,
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Poncho and  (D major) Prince to the right
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 (A major) There'll be plenty trav
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 (E major) elin' for you all tonight"
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 (A major) The  (D major) driver in Levis and a
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 (G major) shirt that was red  (E minor) 
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Had a  (D major) ten- gallon  (B minor) Stetson on  (E major) top
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of  (A major) his  (D major) head
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Verse 5
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 (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
As he stepped from his buckboard,
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he was  (G major) really a sight
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A  (D major) beard and mous (B minor) tache,
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so  (E major) curly and white
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 (A major) As he  (D major) burst in the cabin,
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the  (G major) children awoke
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 (E minor) And were  (D major) so aston (B minor) ished that
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 (E major) neither  (A major) one spoke  (D major) 

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

Verse 7
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"Am  (A major) I  the real Santa? Well,
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 (D major) what do you think?"
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And he  (A major) smiled as  (E major) he gave
a mysterious wink
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 (A major) Then he  (D major) leaped in the buckboard
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and  (G major) set him his drawl
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To the  (D major) children of  (B minor) Texas,
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Merry  (B minor) Christ (E major) mas you  (A major)  (D major) all