Key: F major
Verse 1
F
Bb
Gm
F
C
Bb
F
Twas the
night before Christmas,
F
Gm
Not a creature was stirring,
C
Bb
C
Gm
the chimney with care,
be there.
Bb
F
Bb
Gm
F
Verse 2
Bb
C
Gm
F
The children were nestled
Bb
F
C
Dm
While visions of sugar- plum
F
Bb
Gm
C
s danced in their heads.
Bb
C
and I in my cap,
F
Bb
Had just settled our brains
Gm
C
for a long winter's nap.
Verse 3
C
Bb
I sprang from the bed to see
F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Bb
F
Tore open the shutters
Gm
F
and threw up the sash.
Verse 4
F
Bb
Gm
The moon on the breast of
Gave the luster of mid- day
Bb
C
to objects below.
F
Bb
When, what to my wondering
Gm
C
eyes should appear,
Dm
Gm
Bb
and eight tinny reindeer.
Verse 5
Gm
F
Bb
little old driver, so lively and quick,
F
C
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
F
Gm
More rapid than eagles his
And he whistled, and shouted,
Bb
C
and called them by name!
F
"Now
Verse 6
Dasher! now, Dancer! now,
Bb
C
Prancer and Vixen!
F
Dm
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on,
Now dash away! Dash
away! Dash away all!"
Verse 7
Gm
C
the wild hurricane fly,
the coursers they flew,
Verse 8
St Nicholas too.
Bb
Gm
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
C
F
The prancing and pawing
Dm
Gm
Bb
of each little hoof.
F
C
F
Dm
As I drew in my head,
Bb
Gm
C
and was turning around,
Bb
C
Down the chimney St Nicholas
came with a bound.
Verse 9
was dressed all in fur,
C
Dm
And his clothes were all tar
F
Bb
Gm
C
nished with ashes and soot.
F
Gm
A bundle of Toys he had
F
Bb
And he looked like a peddler,
just opening his pack.
C
F
His
Verse 10
Gm
Bb
his dimples how merry!
F
C
His cheeks were like roses,
Bb
Dm
His droll little mouth was
Gm
C
drawn up like a bow,
F
Gm
And the beard of his chin was as
white as the snow.
F
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
Verse 11
F
And the smoke it encircled
his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and
Bb
F
a little round belly,
Gm
Bb
C
like a bowlful of jelly!
Verse 12
was chubby and plump,
Bb
Gm
Bb
a right jolly old elf,
Gm
F
Dm
And I laughed when I saw
F
Bb
F
Bb
A wink of his eye and
Gm
G
C
a twist of his head,
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F
Dm
Soon gave me to know I
Verse 13
Bb
F
spoke not a word,
Bb
Gm
but went straight to his work,
C
Gm
F
Gm
Bb
And filled all the stockings,
Gm
Bb
then turned with a jerk.
C
F
Bb
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
F
Bb
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!
Verse 14
Bb
F
Dm
He sprang to his sleigh,
F
Bb
to his team gave a whistle,
C
F
And away they all flew like
C
Bb
'ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all,
and to all a good- night!"
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