Christmas Is

Words & Music by Percy Faith & Spence Maxwell
Recorded by Percy Faith Orchestra, 1966


Intro:

 D     D6 D    D9    D     E7sus4   G/B A7sus4  A7
Christmas is sleigh bells, Christmas is  shar - ing,

 D     D6 D  D9    D  E7sus4    G/B A7sus4 A7
Christmas is hol - ly, Christmas is  car - ing...


Melody:

D     D6  D   D9      D        G       G/F#   A7/6   A7   
Christmas is chil - dren who just can't go to sleep,

D     D6  D   D9     D         Em7        Em7sus4 F#7
Christmas is mem' - ries, the kind you al - ways keep;

G        G/F#     Em7/6     D    Bm7
Deck the halls and give a cheer,

   Bm7/E     A           G        A   A7   F#7   Bm
For all the things that Christmas is each year.

 G6       G5  Gm7 Gdim        D6      D
Christ - mas,      Mer - ry Christ - mas,

      A  Em7 A7sus4      A7    D    Cdim  G  A7  
When all your wish - es come true.


D     D6  D  D9    D       G      G/F#    A7/6   A7   
Christmas is car - ols to warm you in the snow,

D     D6  D   D9     D        Em7   Em7sus4   F#7
Christmas is bed - time where no one wants to go.

G        G/F#    Em7/6    D    Bm7
All the world is tinsel bright --

   Bm7/E     A         G       A  A7   F#7   Bm
So glad to know that Christmas is to -night.

G6       G5  Gm7 Gdim        D6      D
Christ - mas,     Mer - ry Christ - mas,

      A  Em7   A   A7sus3    F#7    B7
When all your wish - es come true.

E7/9     E7  G/B Edim        D           F#m
Christ - mas,     Mer - ry Christ - mas,

     A  Em7 A7sus4  A7       D  
May all your wish - es come true.


Instrumental interlude:  first two lines of verse


E7/9     E7  G/B Edim        D           F#m
Christ - mas,     Mer - ry Christ - mas,

     A  Em7 A7sus4  A7       D  
May all your wish - es come true.


Outro:

 D     D6 D    D9    D     E7sus4   G/B A7sus4  A7
Christmas is sleigh bells, Christmas is  shar - ing,

 D     D6 D  D9    D  E7sus4    G/B A7sus4 A7
Christmas is hol - ly, Christmas is  car - ing,

D     D6  D  D9    D  E7sus4    G/B A7sus4  A7     D6
Christmas is hol - ly, Christmas is  car - ing...


*Suggested by recent visitor Keith Eichholz


 
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