Pirate Stu’s

Christmas Picnic Table

Song Book For Ukulele (and Guitar)

Updates posted at http://piratestu.com/song-books

12 Jan 2020

All songsheets in this songbook were formatted by Stu Hutchinson

and are intended for private, educational, and research purposes

only, and NOT for financial gain in ANY form. It is acknowledged

that all song copyrights belong to their respective parties.

Introduction: The genesis of this song book was Thursday night jam sessions at the Converse Texas

American Legion Post 593, where several of us would gather around picnic tables on the patio with a bucket

of beer and take turns swapping songs. Like a lot of these kind of get togethers, people wouldn’t know all the

words, or would get verses mixed up, or didn’t know all the chords, especially me!

So I set about to create a song book that would have several very deliberate features.

1) The font had to be as large as possible. This makes it easy to read when printed out and laid on a picnic

table. This feature has to be balanced with keeping songs on one page, so sometimes there are lines that

have a slightly smaller font to keep them on a single page.

2) Songs had to fit on 1 page. Now there are a few exceptions in this book, but every effort is made to

ensure that songs can fit on a single page. In my earlier printed versions, all 2 page songs were opposite

each other, so when placed in a 3 ring binder, you didn’t need to flip any pages. One of the main ways I

accomplish this is to only write out the chorus once, and then simply write “Chorus” when you need to repeat

it.

3) The chords had to be in-line with the lyrics. Too many times I’ve seen people try to put the chords

above the lyrics, and it always ends in disaster. As soon as the font is changed, the chords no longer line up!

Plus it takes up another line of text, making it hard to fit on one page.

4) There had to be visual cues. These consists of chords and other musical instructions being in red, having

the chorus clearly identified, and using as much space as possible between verses.

5) There is no punctuation. If that drives some of you batty, I’m sorry. As a grammar wonk, I understand.

But the elimination of punctuation can often mean keeping a line of lyrics on just one text line, or a song on a

single page. If you need punctuation to help you sing the song, you need to just become more familiar with

the song. Punctuation had to go…

6) I am not religious about chording out all the intro’s, outro’s, and instrumental breaks. Sometimes

they are there, and sometimes they are not. Most picnic table sing-a-longs, don’t do instrumental breaks like

bluegrass jam sessions do.

7) Chords are kept as simple as possible. I try to remain as true to the song as possible, but this means

this book may be frustrating to a musical purist. But remember, this book was made for the beer drinking,

Turn Back Now!

You may or may not find the songs in this book to be family friendly. As long

as there has been music, people have sung about murder, adultery and

religion. If you are easily offended or think you have the right to dictate what I

include in my song book, it’s best to go no further.

Turn Back Now!

picnic table sitting person that wants to have some fun with their friends, not for a Nashville studio recording

artist.

8) This book assumes you know guitar, but not ukulele. Guitar is my first instrument, and I took up the

ukulele 40 years later. So all I needed for guitar were the lyrics and the chord name, hence no chord charts

for the guitar. I was about 200 songs in, when I started playing the uke, and have gone back and added uke

chord charts for all the songs.

The songs in this book are ones that I either liked, or someone requested that I add. My original book

included some songs that were not appropriate for younger audiences, and I have removed them from this

digital version.

I have included some of my original songs, and if you want to know how to play those, you can look them up

on my Youtube channel at https://youtube.com/user/PirateStu1

As of 2019, I also maintain a Facebook page where I post a short daily joke, which are mostly family

friendly. Please like and follow it if you are so inclined, at https://www.facebook.com/PirateStu1

I hope this Song Book amuses you!

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See Songs Listed by Artist Last updated on 12 Jan 2020

♫♫ - Song Title – Artist - Key

Contents ♫♫ - Song Title – Artist - Key ................................................................................................................................................................. 4

♫♫ - Ukulele Chord Chart (GCEA Tuning) .............................................................................................................................................. 6

♫♫ - Baritone Ukulele Chord Chart (DGBE Tuning) ............................................................................................................................... 7

♫♫ - Left Handed Ukulele Chord Chart (GCEA Tuning) ......................................................................................................................... 8

A Truck Stop Christmas - BR549 - D ........................................................................................................................................................ 9

A Willie Nice Christmas - Kacey Musgraves - C ..................................................................................................................................... 10

Alice's Restaurant (Page 1) - Arlo Guthrie - C ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Alice's Restaurant (Page 2) - Arlo Guthrie – C ...................................................................................................................................... 12

Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley - C .......................................................................................................................................................... 13

Christmas Alphabet - The McGuire Sisters - C ...................................................................................................................................... 14

Christmas In Jail - Leroy Carr - D ........................................................................................................................................................... 15

Christmas In Paradise - Mary Gauthier - A............................................................................................................................................ 16

Christmas In Prison - John Prine - G ...................................................................................................................................................... 17

Christmas Must Be Tonight - The Band - G ........................................................................................................................................... 18

Christmas Time's A Coming - Bill Monroe - G ....................................................................................................................................... 19

Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas - Commander Cody - D ................................................................................................................ 20

Grateful For Christmas - Hayes Carll - A................................................................................................................................................ 21

Holly And Her Mistletoe - Jim Lauderdale - F ....................................................................................................................................... 22

I Got A Cold For Christmas - The Three Stooges - C .............................................................................................................................. 23

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey - G .................................................................................................................. 24

If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard - C ........................................................................................................................ 25

Jingle Piratopus - Stu Hutchinson - G .................................................................................................................................................... 26

Last Christmas - Wham - D .................................................................................................................................................................... 27

Merry Christmas From the Family (Page 1) - Robert Earl Keen - G ...................................................................................................... 28

Merry Christmas From the Family (Page 2) - Robert Earl Keen - G ...................................................................................................... 29

Nuttin For Christmas - Sugarland - C .................................................................................................................................................... 30

Pretty Paper - Roy Orbison - D .............................................................................................................................................................. 31

Silent Night - Traditional – C ................................................................................................................................................................. 32

Silent Night All Day Long - John Prine - G ............................................................................................................................................. 33

Snow Miser And Heat Miser - Dick Shawn/George Irving - G ............................................................................................................... 34

Suddenly It's Christmas - Loudon Wainwright - F ................................................................................................................................. 35

The Christmas Blues - Dean Martin - D ................................................................................................................................................. 36

When It’s Christmas Time In Texas - George Strait - C ......................................................................................................................... 37

Songs by Artist ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 38

♫♫ - Ukulele Chord Chart (GCEA Tuning)

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♫♫ - Baritone Ukulele Chord Chart (DGBE Tuning)

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♫♫ - Left Handed Ukulele Chord Chart (GCEA Tuning)

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A Truck Stop Christmas - BR549 - D https://youtu.be/2w7MqD6DiwU

[D] [G] [A] [G] [A] [D]

[D] They’ve Closed The Interstate [G] Nothing To Do But Wait A Pa-[A]rade Of Red Tail-[G]lights In Front Of [D] Me The Snow Is Assaulting Down Twelve [G] Hours From My Home Town And This [A] Ain’t No Way To [G] Spend No Christmas [D] Eve

[D] A Billboard Back There Said There’s A [G] Truckstop Up Ahead So I De-[A]cides To Pull Her [Em] Over To [G] Get My Hunger [D] Fed I Fumble For My Phone Cause I [G] Should Be Calling Home To [A] Tell Her I Can’t [Em] Make It But I’ve [G] Not A [A] Worse For [D] Dread

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But It [G] Looks Like This Is Going To [A] Be A Truckstop [D] Christmas [Bb] Miles From Where I Really Wanted To [A] Be And I [G] Hate To Know How [A] They’ll Be Missing [Bb] Me It’s Going To [G] Be A Truckstop [A] Christmas And A [G] Lonesome [A] Christmas [D] Eve ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] [G] [A] [G] [A] [D] I Done [A] Promised My Wife And Little Kids Of Mine [G] Daddy’s Going Get Back [D] Home [A] Last Five Days I’ve Been Hammering Down But Now [G] Daddy’s Gonna Be A-[D]lone

[D] In The Corner No Surprise [G] Old Men Telling Lies [A] Trying To Top Each Other As [G] If There Was A [D] Prize A Waitress In Jingle Bells And A [G] Trucker Plays Show And Tell As The [A] Man Behind The Counter And A [G] Boozer [A] Harmo-[D]nize I Wish To God That I Was Home As I [G] Stare Out At The Storm [A] Hands Around My Coffee Cup The Only [G] Part Of Me That’s [D] Warm No Other Place To Be Or Go And With-[G]out A Soul I Know And This [A] Truckstop Hunk Of Pie Just Seems To [G] Adds To [A] My For-[D]lorne

Chorus

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A Willie Nice Christmas - Kacey Musgraves - C https://youtu.be/d6-l4jJTHLg

[C] I'm Gonna Wrap My Presents Up In Red Ban-[G]danas And [G7] Leave Some Special Cookies Out For [C] Santa Throw My Troubles To The Wind Til We're Back [F] On The Road A-[Fm]gain Here's To [C] Finding Your Own [G7] Little Peace On [C] Earth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [G] And I [C] Hope You Have A Really A Really Really Willie Nice [G] Christmas

1. & 3. If [G7] You're In Luckenbach Or Waiki-[C]ki [C7] 2. And May It Be A Lot More Green Than [C] Blue

I [C] Hope You Have A Really A Really Really Willie Nice [F] Christmas [D7]

1. & 3. And May We [C] All Stay Higher Than The [G7] Angel On Top Of The [C] Tree 2. And A [C] Willie [G] Happy New Year [C] Too ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] Don't Get Caught Up In The Hustle And The [G] Bustle This Time Of Year Ain't Supposed To Be So [C] Stressful Here's To Easy Silent Nights And Finding [F] Your Own Para-[Fm]dise With [C] Whatever Family [G] You Might Call Your [C] Own

Chorus [G] [C] [F] [D7] [C] [G] [C]

[C] Have A [F] Willie Happy Hanukkah [Em] Feliz Navidad-Ukkah A [Dm] Willie Happy Kwanzaa Cause [C] It's All The Same A [F] Mele Kalikimaka Hey What-[Em]ever Way You Wanna [A] Say Just [D7] Have Your-[G]self A [C]

Chorus (skip 1st line) And May We All Stay Higher Than The [G7] Angel On [G] Top Of The [C] Tree Happy Holidays [G] From Willie and [C] Me

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Alice's Restaurant (Page 1) - Arlo Guthrie - C

[C] You Can Get Any-[A7]thing You Want

At [D7] Alice's [G7] Restau-[C]rant

[C] You Can Get Any-[A7]thing You Want

At [D7] Alice's [G7] Restaurant

[C] Walk Right In It's A-[C7]round The Back

[F] Just A Half A Mile From The [D] Railroad Track

[C] You Can Get Any-[A7]thing You Want

At [D7] Alice's [G7] Restau-[C]rant

Keep repeating the chorus chords for the verses. This song is called "Alice's Restaurant "It's about Alice, and the Restaurant, but "Alice's Restaurant" is not the name of the Restaurant That's just the name of the song That's why I call the song "Alice's Restaurant." Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago, two years ago, on Thanksgiving, When my friend and I went up to visit Alice at the restaurant But Alice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell tower with her husband Ray and Facha, the dog and livin' in the bell tower like that, they got a lot of room downstairs where the pews used to be, and havin' all that room (seein' as how they took out all the pews), they decided that they didn't have to take out their garbage for a long time. We got up here and found all the garbage in there and we decided that it'd be a friendly gesture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump So we took the half-a-ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW Microbus, took shovels and rakes and implements of destruction, and headed on toward the city dump. Well, we got there and there was a big sign and a chain across the dump sayin', "this dump is closed on Thanksgiving, " and we'd never heard of a dump closed on Thanksgiving before, and with tears in our eyes, we drove off into the sunset lookin' for another place to put the garbage We didn't find one till we came to a side road, and off the side of the side road was another fifteen-foot cliff, and at the bottom of the cliff was another pile of garbage. And we decided that one big pile was better than two little piles, and rather than bring that one up, we decided to throw ours down. That's what we did Drove back to the church, had a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, Went to sleep, and didn't get up until the next morning, when we got a phone call from Officer Obie. He said, "kid, we found your name on a envelope at the bottom of a half a ton of garbage and I just wanted to know if you had any information about it" And I said, "yes sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie. I put that envelope under that garbage." After speakin' to Obie for about forty-five minutes on the telephone, we finally arrived at the truth of the matter and he said that we had to go down and pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and Speak to him at the Police Officer Station. So we got in the red VW microbus with the shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward the Police Officer Station Now, friends, there was only one of two things that Obie could've done at the Police Officer Station, and the first was that he could've given us a medal for bein' so brave and honest on the telephone (which wasn't very likely, and we didn't expect it), and the other thing was that he could've bawled us out and told us never to be seen drivin' garbage around in the vicinity again, which is what we expected But when we got to the Police Officer Station, there was a third possibility that we hadn't even counted upon, and we was both immediately arrested, handcuffed, and I said, "Obie, I can't pick up the garbage with these here handcuffs on." He said "shut up kid, and get in the back of the patrol car" And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car, and drove to The quote scene of the crime unquote I want to tell you 'bout the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where this is Happenin'. They got three stop signs, two police officers, and one police car, but when we got to the scene of the crime, there was five police officers and three police cars, bein' the biggest crime of the last fifty years and everybody wanted to get in the newspaper story about it And they was usin' up all kinds of cop equipment that they had hangin' around the Police Officer Station. They was takin' plaster tire tracks, footprints, dog-smellin' prints and they took twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy photographs with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explainin' what each one was, to be used as evidence against us Took pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner, the Southwest corner And that's not to mention the aerial photography! After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he was gonna put us in a cell He said "kid, I'm gonna put you in a cell I want your wallet and your belt" I said, "Obie, I can understand your wantin' my wallet, so I don't have any money to spend in the cell, but what do you want my belt for?" and he said "Kid, we don't want any hangin's I said, "Obie, did you think I was gonna Hang myself for litterin'?" Obie said he was makin' sure, and, friends, Obie was, 'cause he took out the toilet seat so I couldn't hit myself over the head and drown, and he took out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars, roll the toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an escape. Obie was makin' sure it was about four or five hours later that Alice (remember Alice? There's a song about Alice) Alice came by and, with a few nasty words to Obie on the side, bailed us out of jail, and we went back to the church, had another Thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, and didn't get up until the next morning, when we all had to go to court. We walked in, sat down, Obie came in with the twenty-seven 8 times 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, sat down Man came in, said, "All rise!" We all stood up, and Obie stood up with the twenty-seven 8 times 10 colored glossy pictures, and the judge walked in, sat down, with a seein' eye dog and he sat down. We sat down Obie looked at the seein' eye dog then at the twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one and looked at the seein' eye dog and then at The twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows And a paragraph on the back of each on and began to cry Because Obie came to the realization that it was a typical case of American blind justice, and there wasn't nothin' he could do about it, and the judge wasn't gonna look at the twenty-seven 8 by 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explainin' what each one was, to be used as evidence against us and we was fined fifty dollars and had to pick up the garbage in the snow

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Alice's Restaurant (Page 2) - Arlo Guthrie – C

[C] [A7] [D7] [G7] [C]

[C] [A7] [D7] [G7]

[C] [C7] [F] [D]

[C] [A7] [D7] [G7] [C]

But that's not what I'm here to tell you about I'm here to talk about the draft They got a buildin' down in New York City called Whitehall Street, where you walk in, you get injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected and selected! I went down and got my physical examination one day, and I walked in, sat down (got good and drunk the night before, so I looked and felt my best when I went in that morning, 'cause I wanted to look like the All-American Kid from New York City. I wanted to feel like I wanted to be the All-american Kid from New York), and I walked in, sat down, I was hung down rung down, hung up and all kinds of mean, nasty, ugly things And I walked in, I sat down, they gave me a piece of paper that said "Kid See the psychiatrist in room 604" I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I want to kill! I want to see blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth! Eat dead, burnt bodies! I mean Kill. Kill!" And I started jumpin' up and down, yellin' "KILL! Kill!" and he started Jumpin' up and down with me, and we was both jumpin' up and down, yellin' "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!" and the sergeant came over, pinned a medal on me sent me down the hall, said "You're our boy". Didn't feel too good about it Proceeded down the hall, gettin' more injections, inspections, detections neglections, and all kinds of stuff that they was doin' to me at the thing There, and I was there for two hours three hours four hours I was there for a long time goin' through all kinds of mean, nasty, ugly things And I was just havin' a tough time there, and they was inspectin', injectin', every single part of me, and they was leavin' no part untouched! Proceeded through, and I finally came to see the very last man. I walked in, Sat down, after a whole big thing there. I walked up, and I said, "what do you want?" He said, "kid, we only got one question, have you ever been arrested?" And I proceeded to tell him the story of Alice's Restaurant Massacree with full orchestration and five-part harmony and stuff like that, and other phenomenon He stopped me right there and said, "kid, have you ever been to court?" And I proceeded to tell him the story of the twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one He stopped me right there and said, "kid, I want you to go over and sit down on that bench that says 'Group W'" And I walked over to the bench there, and there's Group W is where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army after committin' your special crime There was all kinds of mean, nasty, ugly-lookin' people on the bench there There was mother-rapers father-stabbers father-rapers! Father-rapers sittin' right there on the bench next to me! And they was mean And nasty and ugly and horrible and crime fightin' guys were sittin' there On the bench, and the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one the meanest Father-raper of them all was comin' over to me, and he was mean and Ugly and nasty and horrible and all kinds of things, and he sat down next to me. He said, "Kid, what'd you get?" I said, "I didn't get nothin'. I had to pay fifty dollars and pick up the garbage." He said, "What were you arrested for, kid?" and I said, "litterin'" And they all moved away from me on the bench there, with the hairy eyeball And all kinds of mean, nasty things, till I said, "And creatin' a nuisance" And they all came back, shook my hand, and we had a great time on the Bench talkin' about crime, mother-stabbin', father-rapin', all kinds of groovy things that we was talkin' about on the bench, and everything was fine We was smokin' cigarettes and all kinds of things, until the sergeant came over, had some paper in his hand, held it up and said "Kids, this-piece-of-paper's-got-47-words-37-sentences-58-words-we-wanna-know-details-of-the-crime-time-of-the-crime-and-any-other-kind-of-thing-You-gotta-say-pertaining-to-and-about-the-crime-I-want-to-know-arresting-Officer's-name-and-any-other-kind-of-thing-you-gotta-say" And he talked for forty-five minutes and nobody understood a word that he said But we had fun fillin' out the forms and playin' with the pencils on the bench there I filled out the Massacree with the four-part harmony. Wrote it down there Just like it was and everything was fine. And I put down my pencil, and I turned over the piece of paper, and there on the other side in the middle of the other side away from everything else on the other side in parentheses capital letters quotated read the following words "kid, have you rehabilitated yourself?" I went over to the sergeant. Said, "Sergeant, you got a lot of god-damned gall to ask me if I've rehabilitated myself! I mean I mean I mean that you send I'm sittin' here on the bench I mean I'm sittin' here on the Group W bench, 'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough to join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug" He looked at me and said, "kid, we don't like your kind! We're gonna send your fingerprints off to Washington"! And, friends, somewhere in Washington, enshrined in some little folder, is a study in black and white of my fingerprints And the only reason I'm singin' you the song now is 'cause you may know somebody in a similar situation Or you may be in a similar situation, and if you're in a situation like that, there's only one thing you can do Walk into the shrink wherever you are, just walk in, say, "Shrink, you can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant", and walk out You know, if one person, just one person, does it, they may think he's Really sick and they won't take him And if two people do it, in harmony, they may think they're both faggots and They won't take either of them And if three people do it! Can you imagine three people walkin' in, singin' A bar of "Alice's Restaurant" and walkin' out? They may think it's an Organization! And can you imagine fifty people a day? I said FIFTY people a day Walkin' in, singin' a bar of "Alice's Restaurant" and walkin' out? Friends they may think it's a Movement, and that's what it is THE Alices's Restaurant anti-massacre movement! And all you gotta do to join is to sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar with feelin' You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant Walk right in, it's around the back Just a half a mile from the railroad track You can get anything you want at Alice's restaurant

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Blue Christmas - Elvis Presley - C

[F] I’ll Have A Blue Christmas With-[C]out You I’ll Be So [C7] Blue Thinking A-[F]bout You Deco-[Cm]rations Of [F] Red On A [A#(5)] Green Christmas Tree [A(4)] [G#] [G] [G] Won’t Be The Same If [C] You’re Not Here With [C7] Me And When Those [F] Blue Snowflakes Start [C] Falling And When Those [C7] Blue Memories Start [F] Calling You’ll Be [Cm] Doin All [F] Right With Your [Bb] Christmas Of [G7] White But [C] I’ll Have A Blue Blue Blue Blue [F] Christmas [F] [C] [C7] [F] You’ll Be [Cm] Doin All [F] Right With Your [Bb] Christmas Of [G7] White But [C] I’ll Have A Blue Blue Blue Blue [F] Christmas Deco-[Cm]rations Of [F] Red On A [A#(5)] Green Christmas Tree [A(4)] [G#] [G] [G] Won’t Be The Same If [C] You’re Not Here With [C7] Me I’ll Have A [F] Blue Christmas That’s [C] Certain And When That [C7] Blue Heartache Starts [F] Hurtin You’ll Be [Cm] Doin All [F] Right With Your [Bb] Christmas Of [G7] White But [C] I’ll Have A Blue Blue Blue Blue [F] Christmas

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Christmas Alphabet - The McGuire Sisters - C https://youtu.be/LAGT-61p0aY

[C] C Is For The [Am] Candy Trimmed

A-[C]round The Christmas [Am] Tree

[C] H Is For The [Am] Happiness

With [Dm] All The Fami-[G]ly

[Dm] R Is For The [G] Reindeer

Prancing [Dm] By The Window [G] Pane

[D] I Is For The [D7] Icing

On The [G] Cake As Sweet As [G7] Sugar Cane

[C] S Is For The [C7] Stocking

[F] On The Chimney Wall

[D] T Is The [D7] Toys

Be-[G]neath The Tree So [G7] Tall

[C] M Is For The [Am] Mistletoe

Where [C] Every One Is [A] Kissed

[F] A Is For The [Em] Angels

Who Make [Am] Up The [E] Christmas [Am] List

[F] S Is For Old [Fm] Santa

Who Makes [C] Every Kid His [A] Pet Be [Dm] Good And He'll [Em] Bring You [F] Every-[G]thing In Your [Dm] Christmas [G] Alpha-[C]bet Repeat

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Christmas In Jail - Leroy Carr - D https://youtu.be/H5FcYhG2ecA

[D] These Blues Come Falling [G7] They Fall Like Drops Of [D] Rain [A7] [D] These [G] Blues Come Falling They Fall Like Drops Of [D] Rain [A] [D] [D] I've Got To [A] Spend My Christmas [E7] Locked Up In [G7] Jail A-[D]gain In [E7] Jail On Christmas [G] Eve A-[D]gain Ain't That A Pain Oh [A] Baby Baby [A7] Baby [E7] Ain't [G7] That A [D] Pain [D] Oh Santa Santa Santa [G7] Come Here To Me In [D] Jail Oh [G] Santa Santa Santa [G7] Come Here To Me In [D] Jail [A] Bring Me A Christmas [A7] Present [E7] Someone To [G7] Go My [D] Bail In [E7] Jail On Christmas [G] Eve A-[D]gain Ain't That A Pain Oh [A] Baby Baby [A7] Baby [E7] Ain't [G7] That A [D] Pain [D] This Food Here Santa [G] It Ain't Fit To [D] Eat [G] This Food Here Santa It Ain't Fit To [D] Eat Won't You [A] Come And Bring Me [E7] A Plate Of [G7] Turkey [D] Meat In [E7] Jail On Christmas [G] Eve A-[D]gain Ain't That A Pain Oh [A] Baby Baby [A7] Baby [E7] Ain't [G7] That A [D] Pain [D] The Jailhouse Blues Have Got Me [G] They've Got The Best Of [D] Me [D7] [G7] The Jailhouse Blues Have Got Me [G] They've Got The Best Of [D] Me [A] [D] My [A7] Baby Doesn't Love Me [E7] I Got No [G7] Christmas [D] Tree In [E7] Jail On Christmas [G] Eve A-[D]gain Ain't That A Pain Oh [A] Baby Baby [A7] Baby [E7] Ain't [G7] That A [D] Pain

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Christmas In Paradise - Mary Gauthier - A

https://youtu.be/ZvwicdP82b4

[A] Davey Stole A Christmas Tree From K-Mart Last Night Red Ribbons And Silver Bells Angels Dressed In White He [D] Tied It To The Bridge Rail So Passing Cars Could See [A] He Did A Little Dance Up There Looked [E] Down And Smiled At [A] Me

[A] My Bed Is A Lawn Chair Cushions Keep It Soft I Sleep In The Open Air Under The Southern [A7] Cross [D] Next To The Golf Course By The Hyatt Hotel [A] Davey He's A Friend Of Mine And We [E] Get Along Pretty [A] Well ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[A] Christmas In [D] Paradise Under The Cow Key [A] Bridge Where The Warm Breeze [E] Blows So Nice And The [E7] Landlord [A] Forgives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [A] Snowbirds On The Golf Course Wear Bermuda Shorts And Polo Shirts Some Play Pretty Good Some Play So Bad It [A7] Hurts [D] We Pick Up Their Golf Balls That Fly Over The Fence [A] We Shine Em Up A Little Bit [E] Sell Em Back For Fifty [A] Cents

Chorus [A] [E] [A] [E] [A] [D] [A] [E] [A]

[A] I Won't Lie We Just Get By But We'll Be Eating Good Tonight Christmas Dinner’s At 5 O'clock Over At The Church Of [A7] Light [D] They Don't Care Who You Are They Don't Ask What You've Done [A] Come On Down And Bring A Friend There's [E] Plenty For [E7] Every-[A]one

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[A] The Radio Plays [D] Christmas Songs While We Get [A] High And Davey Shouts Merry [E] Christmas Ya'll [E7] To The Cars Passing [A] By And Davey Shouts Merry [E] Christmas Ya'll [E7] To The Cars Passing [A] By

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Christmas In Prison - John Prine - G https://youtu.be/IO2Es61gBa4

[G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [G] It Was Christmas In Prison And The [C] Food Was Real Good We Had [G] Turkey And Pistols Carved Out Of [D] Wood And I [G] Dream Of Her Always Even [C] When I Don’t Dream Her [G] Names On My Tongue And Her [D] Blood’s In My [G] Stream ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Wait Awhile E-[C]terni-[G]ty [C] Old Mother Nature’s Got [G] Nothing On [D] Me [G] Come To Me Run To Me [C] Come To Me Now We’re [G] Rolling My Sweetheart We’re [D] Flowing By [G] God ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [G] She Reminds Me Of A Chess Game With [C] Someone I Admire Or A [G] Picnic In The Rain After A Prairie [D] Fire Her [G] Heart Is As Big As This [C] Whole Goddamn Jail And She’s [G] Sweeter Than Saccharine At A [D] Drug Store [G] Sale

Chorus [G] [C] [G] [D] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G]

[G] The Search Light In The Big Yard Swings [C] Round With The Gun And [G] Spotlights The Snowflakes Like The Dust In The [D] Sun It’s [G] Christmas In Prison There’ll Be [C] Music Tonight I’ll [G] Probably Get Homesick I [D] Love You Good-[G]night

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Christmas Must Be Tonight - The Band - G https://youtu.be/dipbjuy1a88

[G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em]

[Em] Come Down To The [G] Manger See The Little [Am] Stranger [D] Wrapped In Swaddling Oh The [C] Prince Of [G] Peace The [C] Wheels Start [G] Turning Torches Start [Am] Burning And The [D] Old Wise Men [C] Journey From The [G] East ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [G] How A [Em] Little Baby [Am] Boy Bring The [D] People So Much [G] Joy [C] Son Of A [Am] Carpenter [C] Mary Carried The [Am] Light [C] This Must Be [Am] Christmas [D] Must Be To-[G]night [Em] [G] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Em] A Shepherd On A [G] Hillside Where Over My [Am] Flock I Bide On A [D] Cold Winter Night A Band Of Angels [G] Sing In A Dream I Heard A Voice Saying Fear Not [Am] Come Rejoice It's The [D] End Of The Beginning Praise The [C] New Born [G] King

Chorus

[Em] Saw It With [G] My Own Eyes Written Up [Am] In The Skies But [D] Why A Simple Herdsmen [C] Such As [G] I [C] Then It [G] Came To Pass He Was [Am] Born At Last [D] Right Below The Star That [C] Shines On [G] High

Chorus

[Em] Son Of A [Am] Carpenter [C] Mary Carried The [Am] Light [C] This Must Be [Am] Christmas [D] Must Be To-[G]night [Em] Be To-[G]night [Em] Be To-[G]night [Em] Be To-[G]night

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Christmas Time's A Coming - Bill Monroe - G https://youtu.be/g-7v2Rn9EWY

[G] Holly's In The Window [D] Home Where The Wind Blows [G] Can't Walk For Running [D] Christmas Time’s A [G] Coming ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] Can't You Hear Them Bells Ringing Ringing [C] Joy To All Don’t Ya Hear Them Singing [G] When It’s Snowing And I'll Be Going [D] Back To My Country [G] Home [G] Christmas Times A Coming [D] Christmas Times A Coming [G] Christmas Times A Coming And I [D] Know I'm Going [G] Home ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [G] White Candle’s Burning [D] My Old Heart's A Yearning [G] For The Folks At Home When [D] Christmas Time’s A [G] Coming Chorus [G] Snowflakes A Falling [D] My Old Home Is Calling [G] Tall Pines Are Humming [D] Christmas Time’s A [G] Coming Chorus

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Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas - Commander Cody - D https://youtu.be/m5CCt-fWQF8

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[D] Daddy’s Drinking Up Our [G] Christmas 1. Gonna [D] Be Some Hard Times This [A] Year 2. Gonna [D] Be No Happy New [A] Year No [D] Tree Or Stockings Or [G] Presents Just [D] Bottles Of [A] Christmas [D] Cheer

No [G] New Frigidaire For [D] Momma No [G] Toy Trains For Brother [A] Jim [D] Daddy’s Drinking Up Our [G] Christmas Don’t Know [D] What’s Going To Be-[A]come Of [D] Him ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Quit His Job Last Friday Cashed His [G] Last Paycheck And [D] Ma Ain’t Seen Him [A] Since The [D] Cupboards Are Empty The [G] Phone’s Turned Off [D] Where We Gonna [A] Come Up With The [D] Rent

[D] We Ain’t Seen Daddy For [G] Two Days And Nights Tommy’s [D] Pa Said He Saw Him At The [A] Track Daddy [D] Lay Down That Bottle If [G] You Hear My Prayers Your [D] Mamma And [A] Me Want You [D] Back [G] [D] [A] [D]

[D] Got A Call From The Sheriff Said Dad [G] Wrecked The Family Car They A-[D]rrested Him And Threw Him In The [A] Tank We’ll Get You [D] Out Christmas Morning If [G] We Can Raise The Bail Daddy [D] Please Don’t [A] Take Another [D] Drink

Chorus

[D] Daddy’s Drinking Up Our [G] Christmas Don’t Know [D] What’s Going To Be-[A]come Of [D] Him

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Grateful For Christmas - Hayes Carll - A

https://youtu.be/asQmKZEm0Js

[A] Well We'd All Head To Waco For The Birth Of Our Lord My [D] Folks And My Brother In An 82 Ford We'd [E] Pull In The Driveway Filled Up With Cars Old [D] Aunts And Old Uncles [E] Lord I See Stars

And Then We'd [A] Run To The Kitchen You Know Kids And Their Games [D] Play Fetch With Old Buster Call Each Other Names Aunt [E] Betty'd Be Singing While Supper Was Cooking We'd [D] Unwrap The Gifts When [E] No One Was Looking ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Let's [D] All Gather [A] Round [D] Grandpa Say The [A] Blessing [D] Aunt Jane She [A] Fell Asleep Mary Kay She Burned The [E] Dressing [D] But We Got [A] All Of Our [D] Friends And Family [A] Here 1. & 2. And I'm [D] Grateful For [E] Christmas This [A] Year 3. And I'm [D] Grateful For [E] Christmas This [F#m] Year [D] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[A] This Year We're In Houston Let’s All Get Together [D] Man I Almost Saw Snow Can You Believe This Weather [E] Who's Gonna Be Here Uncle Frank Can't Make It [D] Since Grandpa Died I Don't Know If [E] Nana Can Take It

Well This [A] Present's A Sweater And The Pie Don't Taste Right And [D] Dad And The TV Are Starting To Fight I [E] Wish I Had A Drink Or Maybe A Dozen [D] Lord What I'd Give For One [E] Good Looking Cousin

Chorus [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [E] [A] [A] Hey Mom How You Doing Yeah I Miss Him Too [D] Nah All The Christmas Light Don't Make Your Hair Look Blue The [E] Cousins Ain't Coming Jon's Overseas And [D] I Guess My Wife Loves Her [E] Folks More Then Me

But The [A] Ladies From The Church Said They Might Stop By I [D] Brought You This Picture Ahh Mama Don't Cry [E] Let's Play Cards And Watch The News Channel [D] I Love You Too And [E] Thanks For The Flannel Chorus [D] Yeah I'm [A] Grateful For [E] Christmas This [A] Year

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Holly And Her Mistletoe - Jim Lauderdale - F (Capo on 1st fret for recording) https://youtu.be/G2Wh7-4aF4M

[F] [Bb] [C] [F] [F] Can’t Get [Bb] Through The [F] Winter Storm She Needs Me [Bb] There To [F] Keep Her [C] Warm [F] There’s A [Bb] Fire That’s [F] Burning Slow For Holly [Bb] And Her [C] Mistle-[F]toe [F] No Gifts [Bb] Yet Under-[F]neath The Tree Her Kisses [Bb] Are E-[F]nough For [C] Me [F] Santa [Bb] Wants Me [F] There To Go To Holly [Bb] And Her [C] Mistle-[F]toe [C] In De-[F]cember [C] Through The Eve Of A [F] Happy New Year [C] While I’m [F] With Her She [G7] Fills Me Up With [C] Such A Good Cheer [F] I Miss Her [Bb] More That [F] You Could Know My Holly [Bb] And Her [C] Mistle-[F]toe [F] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [C] [F] [C] In De-[F]cember [C] Through The Eve Of A [F] Happy New Year [C] While I’m [F] With Her She [G7] Fills Me Up With [C] Such A Good Cheer [F] Who’s That [Bb] Riding Rudolph [F] Through The Snow It’s Holly [Bb] And Her [C] Mistle-[F]toe I Love Holly [Bb] And Her [C] Mistle-[F]toe

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I Got A Cold For Christmas - The Three Stooges - C https://youtu.be/6nPTHr_OzpM

[C] I Was [Am] Good As [Dm] Solid [G] Gold And [C] Did The [Am] Things That [G] I Was Told The [C] Days Nobody [F] Had A Stove But [G] I Got A Cold For [C] Christmas [C] Johnny [Am] Got A [Dm] Brand New [G] Sled With [C] Shiny [Am] Runners [G] Painted Red [C] He’s Outside But [F] I’m In Bed [G] I Got A Cold For [C] Christmas [F] All The Other [C] Girls And Boys [G] Ran Downstairs To [C] Get Their Toys But [F] All I Did Was [C] Sneeze And Sniff And [D7] Use My Christmas [G] Handkerchief [C] It Can’t Be [Am] Right It [Dm] Isn’t [G] Fair I [C] Brushed My [Am] Teeth And [G] Combed My Hair But [C] Did It Get Me [F] Anywhere [G] I Got A Cold For [C] Christmas [C] Waited [Am] By The [Dm] Window-[G]sill [C] Just For [Am] Santa [G] Caught A Chill [C] Where’s My Peni-[F]cillin Pill [G] I Got A Cold For [C] Christmas [C] Granny [Am] Got A [Dm] Brand New [G] Gun And [C] Jim Got [Am] Electric [G] Trains That Run [C] I Got A Fever Of A [F] Hundred And One [G] I Got A Cold For [C] Christmas

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I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas - Gayla Peevey - G https://youtu.be/NsGaXEZSZ7Y

[G] I Want A Hippo-[Em]potamus For [G] Christmas Only A Hippo-[Em]potamus Will [D] Do [D7] Don't Want A Doll No [D] Dinky Tinker Toy [A] I Want A Hippopotamus To [D] Play With And En-[D7]joy [G] I Want A Hippo-[Em]potamus For [G] Christmas [G] I Don't Think Santa [Em] Claus Will Mind Do [D] You [D7] He Won't Have To Use A [D] Dirty Chimney Flue Just [A] Bring Him Through The Front Door That's The [D7] Easy Thing To Do ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [G7] I Can See Me Now On [C] Christmas Morning [G7] Creeping Down The [C] Stairs Oh What [D] Joy And What Surprise When I [G] Open Up My Eyes To See A [A7] Hippo Hero [D] Standing [D7] There ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[G] I Want A Hippo-[Em]potamus For [G] Christmas [G] Only A Hippo-[Em]potamus Will [D] Do No [D7] Crocodiles No [D] Rhinosauruses [A] I Only Likes [D] Hippopotamuses [A] And Hippopota-[D]muses Like Me [G] Too ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] [Em] [G] [G] [Em] [D] [D7] Mom Says A Hippo Would [D] Eat Me Up But Then [A] Teacher Says A Hippo Is A [D7] Vegetarian [G] [Em] [G] [G] [Em] [D] [D] There's Lots Of Room For Him In Our Two-Car Garage [A] I'd Feed Him There And [A7] Wash Him There And [D] Give Him His Ma-[D7]ssage

Refrain

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If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard - C

[C] [Dm] [G] [C] [A#] [F] [C] [C] If We Make It Through De-[F]cember Everything’s Gonna Be Alright I [C] Know [G] [Am] It's The [G] Coldest Time Of [Dm] Winter [G] And I [Dm] Shiver When I [G] See The Falling [C] Snow [A#] [F] [C] [C] If We Make It Through De-[F]cember Got Plans To Be A Warmer Town Come [C] Summer Time [G] [Am] Maybe Even Cali-[Dm]fornia [G] If We [Dm] Make It Through De-[G]cember We'll Be [C] Fine [A#] [F] [C] [C] Got Laid Off Down At The [Dm] Factory [G] And Their [Dm] Timing's Not The [G] Greatest In The [C] World [Am] Heaven [G] Knows I Been [Dm] Working Hard [G] Wanted [Dm] Christmas To Be [G] Right For Daddy's [C] Girl I Don't Mean To Hate De-[F]cember It's Meant To Be The Happy Time Of [C] Year [G] [Am] And My Little Girl Don't [Dm] Understand [G] Why Daddy Can't Afford No Christmas [C] Here [A#] [F] [C] [C] If We Make It Through De-[F]cember Everything’s Gonna Be Alright I [C] Know [G] [Am] It's The Coldest Time Of [Dm] Winter [G] And I [Dm] Shiver When I [G] See The Falling [C] Snow [A#] [F] [C] [C] If We Make It Through De-[F]cember Got Plans To Be A Warmer Town Come [C] Summer Time [G] [Am] Maybe [G] Even Cali-[Dm]fornia [G] If We [Dm] Make It Through De-[G]cember We'll Be [C] Fine [A#] [F] [C] [C] [Dm] [G] [C] [A#] [F] [C]

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Jingle Piratopus - Stu Hutchinson - G

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfk2riVw0Lg

[G] Splashing Through The Foam With A Stuffed Ole Octo-[C]pod O'er The Waves We [D7] Go Slashing All The [G] Way Snails With Belly Rings Making Rum At [C] Night Oh What Fun It [D7] Is To Sing A Pirate Song To-[G]night Oh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [G] Jingle Bells Tentacles Pirate Are So Fine [C] O What Fun It [G] Is To Slime [A7] With A Tankard Full Of [D7] Wine Hey [G] Jingle Bells Tentacles Pirate Are So Fine [C] O What Fun It [G] Is To Slime [D7] With A Tankard Full Of [G] Wine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A [G] Day Or Two Ago I Thought I'd Take A [C] Ride And Soon Pirato-[D7]pus Was Seated By My [G] Side His Arms Were Long And Cold And Evil Was His [C] Lot We Ran Into A [D7] Sunken Barge And Then He Coughed Up [G] Snot Oh

Chorus

[G] I Saw A Pretty Lass And Asked Her For A [C] Date But Then She Saw The [D7] Tentacles And Wouldn’t Take The [G] Bait An Extra Lot Of Rum Will Make It All [C] Alright So Let’s Get Drunk And [D7] Have Some Fun A Pirating To-[G]night Oh

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Last Christmas - Wham - D https://youtu.be/B8z9DVEXddg

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[D] Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart [Bm] But The Very Next Day You Gave It Away [Em] This Year To Save Me From Tears [A] I'll Give It To Someone Special ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chorus [D] [Bm] [Em] [A]

[D] Once Bitten And Twice Shy [Bm] I Keep My Distance But You Still Catch My Eye [Em] Tell Me Baby Do You Recognize Me [A] Well It's Been A Year It Doesn't Surprise Me [D] Merry Christmas I Wrapped It Up And Sent It [Bm] With A Note Saying I Love You I Meant It [Em] Now I Know What A Fool I've Been [A] But If You Kissed Me Now I Know You'd Fool Me Again

Chorus x 2 [D] [Bm] [Em] [A]

[D] A Crowded Room Friends With Tired Eyes [Bm] I'm Hiding From You And Your Soul Of Ice [Em] My God I Thought You Were Someone To Rely On [A] Me I Guess I Was A Shoulder To Cry On [D] A Face On A Lover With A Fire In His Heart [Bm] A Man Undercover But You Tore Me Apart [Em] Now I've Found A Real Love [A] You'll Never Fool Me Again

Chorus x 2

[D] A Face On A Lover With A Fire In His Heart [Bm] A Man Undercover But You Tore Him Apart [Em] Maybe Next Year I'll Give It To Someone [A] I'll Give It To Someone Special

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Merry Christmas From the Family (Page 1) - Robert Earl Keen - G https://youtu.be/GQdLtbUc1Sw

[G] [C] [G] [C]

[G] Mom Got Drunk And [C] Dad Got Drunk [G] At Our Christmas [C] Party [G] We Were Drinking [Em] Champagne Punch And [C] Homemade Egg-[D]nog [G] Little Sister Brought Her [C] New Boyfriend [G] He Was A [C] Mexican [G] We Didn't Know What To [Em] Think Of Him Until He [C] Sang Feliz Navi-[D]dad Feliz Navi-[G]dad [C] [G] [C]

[G] Brother Ken Brought His [C] Kids With Him [G] The Three From His [C] First Wife Lynn [G] And The Two I-[Em]dentical Twins From His [C] Second Wife Mary [D] Nell [G] Of Course He Brought His [C] New Wife Kay [G] Who Talks All A-[C]bout AA [G] Chain Smoking While The [Em] Stereo Plays No-[C]el No-[D]el The First No-[G]el [C] [G] [C] [C#] [D] Carve The Turkey Turn The Ball Game On [C] Mix Margaritas When The Eggnog's Gone [D] Send Somebody To The Quickpak Store [C] We Need Some Ice And An Extension Chord [D] A Can Of Bean Dip And Some Diet Rites [C] A Box Of Tampons Some Marlboro Lights [G] Halelluja Every-[Em]body Say Cheese Merry [C] Christmas From The [D] Fami-[G]ly [C] [G] [C]

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Merry Christmas From the Family (Page 2) - Robert Earl Keen - G https://youtu.be/GQdLtbUc1Sw

[G] Fran And Rita Drove From [C] Harlingen [G] I Can't Remember How I'm [C] Kin To Them [G] But When They Tried To Plug Their [Em] Motor Home In They [C] Blew Our Christmas [D] Lights [G] Cousin David Knew Just [C] What Went Wrong [G] So We All Waited Out On [C] Our Front Lawn [G] He Threw A Breaker And The [Em] Lights Came On And We [C] Sang Silent [D] Night Oh Silent [G] Night [C] Oh Holy [G] Night [C] [C#] [D] Carve The Turkey Turn The Ball Game On [C] Make Bloody Marys Cause We All Want One [D] Send Somebody To The Stop N Go [C] We Need Some Celery And A Can Of Fake Snow [D] A Bag Of Lemons And Some Diet Sprites [C] A Box Of Midol Some Salem Lights [G] Halelluja Every-[Em]body Say Cheese Merry [C] Christmas From The [D] Fami-[G]ly [C] [G] [C] Feliz Na-[D]vi-[G]dad

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Nuttin For Christmas - Sugarland - C https://youtu.be/fBXUEbCbv6I

[C] I Broke My Doll On [F] Penny's [C] Head Somebody Snitched On [G] Me [C] I Hid A Frog In My [F] Sister's [C] Bed Somebody [G] Snitched On [C] Me [Am] I Spilled Some Ink On [D] Mama's Rug [F] I Made Ronny [G] Eat A Bug [Am] Bought Some Gum With A [F] Penny [C] Slug Somebody [G] Snitched On [C] Me

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [C] I'm Getting Nothing For Christmas Mommy And Daddy Are [G] Mad [Am] I'm Getting Nothing For [F] Christ-[C]mas Cause I Ain't Been [G] Nothing But [C] Bad ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[C] I Put A Tack On [F] Teacher's [C] Chair Somebody Snitched On [G] Me [C] I Tied A Knot In [F] Sarah's [C] Hair Somebody [G] Snitched On [C] Me [Am] I Did A Dance On [D] Grandma's Plants [F] Climbed A Tree And I [G] Tore My Pants [Am] I Filled That Sugar Bowl [F] Up With [C] Ants And Somebody [G] Snitched On [C] Me

Chorus [C] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]

[C] I Won't Be Seeing Old [F] Santa [C] Claus Somebody Snitched On [G] Me [C] He Won't Come Visit [F] Me Be-[C]cause Somebody [G] Snitched On [C] Me [Am] Next Year I'll Be [D] Going Straight [F] Next Year I'll Be [G] Good Just You Wait [Am] I'd Start Now But [F] It's Too [C] Late Somebody [G] Snitched On [C] Me

Chorus x 2 I Can't Be [G] Nothing But [C] Bad

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Pretty Paper - Roy Orbison - D https://youtu.be/o7SUVBY6dzo

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[D] Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons Of [A] Blue Wrap Your [A7] Presents To Your [A] Darling From [D] You Pretty Pencils To [D7] Write I Love [G] You Pretty [D] Paper Pretty [A] Ribbons [A7] Of [G] Blue [D] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[D] Crowded Street Busy [A7] Feet Hustle [D] By Him Downtown Shoppers [A7] Christmas Is [D] Nigh There He Sits All A-[D7]lone On The [G] Sidewalk [E] Hoping That [E7] You Won't Pass Him [A] By [A7] Should You [D] Stop Better [A7] Not Much Too [D] Busy You're In A Hurry My [A7] How Time Does [D] Fly [D7] In The [D] Distance The [D7] Ringing Of [G] Laughter And In The [D] Midst Of The [A7] Laughter He [D] Cries

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Silent Night - Traditional – C

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[C] Silent Night Holy Night [G] All Is Calm [C] All Is Bright [F] Round Yon Virgin [C] Mother And Child [F] Holy Infant So [C] Tender And Mild [G7] Sleep In Heavenly [C] Peace Sleep In [G7] Heavenly [C] Peace

[C] Silent Night Holy Night [G] Shepherds Quake [C] At The Sight [F] Glories Stream From [C] Heaven Afar [F] Heavenly Hosts Sing [C] Alleluia [G7] Christ The Savior Is [C] Born Christ The [G7] Savior Is [C] Born

[C] Silent Night Holy Night [G] Son Of God [C] Love's Pure Light [F] Radiant Beams From [C] Thy Holy Face [F] With The Dawn Of [C] Redeeming Grace [G7] Jesus Lord At Thy [C] Birth Jesus [G7] Lord At Thy [C] Birth

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Silent Night All Day Long - John Prine - G https://youtu.be/NiULNYEJahw

[G] [C] [G] [D7] [G] [G] There's A Pine Tree In A Window In A House On A [D] Hill With A Tree Top Angel Sitting Perfectly [G] Still She's Watching The Shoppers [G7] Walk Through The [C] Snow With Their Arms Full Of [G] Treasures And Their [D] Hearts All A-[G]glow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We [C] Held Hands And Stared At The Lights On The [G] Tree As If Christmas Was Invented Just For You And For [D] Me When The [G] Angel On The Treetop Re-[G7]quested A [C] Song We Sang Silent [G] Night [D7] All Day [G] Long ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[G] There Is A Family That's Gathering In Some Living [D] Room Dinner On The Table That's Been Cooking Since [G] Noon The Stockings On The Mantle Are [G7] Hanging With [C] Care While Every-[G]body Is [D] Saying Their [G] Prayers

Chorus [G] [C] [G] [D7] [G]

[G] There's A Room Out There Somewhere With A Woman In A [D] Chair With Memories Of Childhood Still Lingering [G] There How Pretty The Paper The [G7] Lights And The [C] Snow How Precious Those [G] Memories Of [D] Long Long A-[G]go

Chorus

When The [C] Angel On The Treetop Requested A [G] Song We Sang Silent Night [D] All Day [G] Long

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Snow Miser And Heat Miser - Dick Shawn/George Irving - G https://youtu.be/Ux-cjDfucYk

[G] I'm Mister [C] White Christmas [G] I'm Mister [Em] Snow [G] I’m Mister [Em] Icicle [A] I’m Mister [D] Ten Below [B] Friends Call Me [Em] Snow Miser [B] Whatever I [Em] Touch Turns To Snow In My [A] Clutch [D] I’m Too [G] Much

[G] He’s Mister [C] White Christmas [G] He’s Mister [Em] Snow [G] He’s Mister [E] Icicle [A] He’s Mister [D] Ten Below [B] Friends Call Me [Em] Snow Miser [B] Whatever I [Em] Touch Turns To Snow In My [A7] Clutch [D] He’s Too [G] Much

I [C] Never Wanna Know A Day That’s Over Forty De-[C7]grees I’d [A7] Rather Have It 30 20 10 [A] 5 And Let It [D] Freeze

[G] He’s Mister [C] White Christmas [G] He’s Mister [Em] Snow [G] He’s Mister [E] Icicle [A] He’s Mister [D] Ten Below [B] Friends Call Me [Em] Snow Miser [B] Whatever I [Em] Touch Turns To Snow In My [A7] Clutch [D] He’s Too [G] Much

[G] I'm Mister [C] Green Christmas [G] I'm Mister [Em] Sun [G] I'm Mister [Em] Heat Blister [A] I'm Mister [D] Hundred And One [B] They Call Me [Em] Heat Miser [B] Whatever I [Em] Touch Starts To Melt In My [A] Clutch [D] I'm Too [G] Much [G] He's Mister [C] Green Christmas [G] He's Mister [Em] Sun [G] He's Mister [E] Heat Blister [A] He's Mister [D] Hundred And One [B] They Call Me [Em] Heat Miser [B] Whatever I [Em] Touch Starts To Melt In My [A7] Clutch [D] He's Too [G] Much

I [C] Never Want To Know A Day That's Under Sixty De-[C7]grees I'd [A7] Rather Have It 80 90 [A] One Hundred De-[D]grees [G] He's Mister [C] Green Christmas [G] He's Mister [Em] Sun [G] He's Mister [E] Heat Blister [A] He's Mister [D] Hundred And One [B] They Call Me [Em] Heat Miser [B] Whatever I [Em] Touch Starts To Melt In My [A7] Clutch [D] I'm Too [G] Much

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Suddenly It's Christmas - Loudon Wainwright - F (Capo on 1st fret for recording) https://youtu.be/J7YpvTJb7xc

[F] Suddenly It's [C7] Christmas Right [F] After Hallo-[Bb]ween [F] Forget About Thanksgiving It's Just A Buffet In Be-[C7]tween There's [F] Lights And Tinsel [C7] In The Windows They're [F] Stocking Up The [Bb] Shelves [F] Santa's Slaving At The North Pole In His [C7] Sweatshop Full Of [F] Elves

[F] There's Got To Be A [C7] Build-up To The [F] Day That Christ Was [Bb] Born The [F] Halls Are Decked With Pumpkins And The Ears Of Indian [C7] Corn [F] Dragging Through The [C7] Falling Leaves In A [F] One-Horse Open [Bb] Sleigh [F] Suddenly It's Christmas Seven [C7] Weeks Before The [F] Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Bb] Suddenly It's Christmas The Longest Holiday 1. When [F] They Say Season's Greetings They Mean Just What They [C7] Say

2. The [F] Season Is Upon Us A Pox It Won't Go A-[C7]way It's A [F] Season It's A [C7] Marathon [F] Retail Eterni-[Bb]ty It's Not [F] Over Till It's Over And You [C7] Throw Away The [F] Tree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Chorus~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[F] Outside It's Positively [C7] Balmy In The [F] Air Nary A [Bb] Nip [F] Suddenly It's Christmas Unbuttoned And Un-[C7]zipped [F] Yes They're Working [C7] Overtime [F] Santa's Little [Bb] Runts [F] Christmas Comes But Once A Year And Goes [C7] On For Two [F] Months

[F] Christmas Carols In De-[C7]cember [F] And November [Bb] Too It's No [F] Wonder We're Depressed When The Whole Thing Is [C7] Through [F] Finally It's [C7] January [F] Let's Sing Auld Lang [Bb] Syne [F] But Here Comes Another Heartache [C7] Shaped Like A Valen-[F]tine

Chorus [F] No It's Not Over Till It's Over And You [C7] Throw Away The [F] Tree x2

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The Christmas Blues - Dean Martin - D https://youtu.be/8pOcXvpMF88

[D] The Jingle Bells Are [Em] Jingling The [D] Streets Are White With [G7] Snow The [D] Happy Crowds Are [Em] Mingling But There's [D7] No One That I Know I'm [G7] Sure That You'll Forgive Me If [D7] I Don't En-[B7]thuse I [E7] Guess I've Got The [A7] Christmas [D7] Blues [D] I've Done My Window [Em] Shopping There's [D] Not A Store I've [G7] Missed But [D] What's The Use Of [Em] Stopping When There's [D7] No One On Your List You'll [G7] Know The Way I'm Feeling When You [D7] Love And You [B7] Lose I [E7] Guess I've Got The [A7] Christmas [D7] Blues When [F#m7] Somebody [B7] Wants You [F#m7] Somebody [B7] Needs You [Em] Christmas Is A Joy Of [E7] Joys But [G#7] Friends When You're [C#7] Lonely [G#7] You'll Find That It's [C#7] Only A [F#m] Thing For Little [B7] Girls And Little [Em] Boys [A7] May [D] All Your Days Be [Em] Merry Your [D] Seasons Full Of [G7] Cheer But [D7] Til It's Janu-[Em]ary I'll Just [D7] Go And Disappear ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Oh [G7] Santa May Have Brought You Some [D7] Stars For Your [B7] Shoes But [E7] Santa Only [A7] Brought Me The [F#m] Blues [B7] Those [E7] Brightly Packaged Tinsel Covered [A7] Christmas [D] Blues ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Refrain~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Refrain

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When It’s Christmas Time In Texas - George Strait - C https://youtu.be/lA8HK7lnyos

[F] [C] [A7] [D7] [G7] [C]

[C] When It's Christmas [F] Time In [C] Texas It's A Very Special Time For [C7] Me In [F] Texas We'll Be [B7] Swinging A-[C]round The Christmas Tree [D7] Dancing To A Christmas Melo-[G]dy

When It's [C] Christmas [B7] Time In [C] Texas It Might Look Just Like A Summer [F] Day There May Not Be [D7] Snow In [C] San Antoni-[A7]o But [D7] It's A Texas [G7] Christmas To [C] Me

When [F] Santa Crosses [E7] Over The [F] Border He'll [C] Sound A Little Different When He [C7] Sings Cause He'll [F] Hear Those [E7] Twin Fiddles [F] Playing Christmas [D7] Songs With A Touch Of Western [G7] Swing There [F] May Not In [C] San Antoni-[A7]o But [D7] It's A Texas [G7] Christmas To [C] Me

[F] [C] [A7] [D7] [G7] [C]

[C] It's Christmas [F] Time In [C] Texas I Love To Hear Those Christmas Carolers [C7] Sing [F] People On The Go Children's [C] Faces All Aglow [D7] Wondering What Santa's Gonna [G7] Bring [C] Grandpa Been [B7] Chasing [C] Grandma Around Trying To Catch Her [C7] Neath The Mistle-[F]toe Everything Is [D7] Right The [C] Lone Star’s Shining [A7] Bright And [D7] It's A Texas [G7] Christmas To [C] Me Repeat 3rd verse And Here's [F] Wishing You [D] All A Merry [C] Christmas [A7] Merry [D7] Christmas From [G7] Texas And [C] Me

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Songs by Artist

Artist Title Key

Arlo Guthrie Alice’s Restaurant C

Bill Monroe Christmas Time's A Coming G

BR549 A Truck Stop Christmas D

Christmas Movie Snow Miser And Heat Miser G

Commander Cody Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas D

Dean Martin The Christmas Blues D

Elvis Presley Blue Christmas C

Gayla Peevey I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas G

George Strait When It’s Christmas Time In Texas C

Hayes Carll Grateful For Christmas A

Jim Lauderdale Holly And Her Mistletoe F

John Prine Christmas In Prison G

John Prine Silent Night All Day Long G

Kacey Musgraves A Willie Nice Christmas C

Leroy Carr Christmas In Jail D

Loudon Wainwright Suddenly It's Christmas F

Mary Gauthier Christmas In Paradise A

Merle Haggard If We Make It Through December C

Robert Earl Keen Merry Christmas From the Family G

Roy Orbison Pretty Paper D

Stu Hutchinson Jingle Piratopus G

Sugarland Nuttin For Christmas C

The Band Christmas Must Be Tonight G

The McGuire Sisters Christmas Alphabet C

The Three Stooges I Got A Cold For Christmas C

Traditional Silent Night C

Wham! Last Christmas D Back to Index