(Everybody's Waiting For)
The Man With The Bag

Words & Music by Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley & Irv Taylor
Recorded by Kay Starr, 1950

G         D9         G7         C 
Old Mr. Kringle, is soon gonna jingle, 

     G             D7    Cdim      G      Am7  G
The bells that'll tinkle all your troubles a - way 

C          C/B       Cdim    D7      G        B7  E7
Ev' - ry - bod - y's waitin' for the man with the bag, 

Bm7-5   C       Am7    D9       Cdim   G    D7
'Cause Christ - mas is com - in' a - gain. 


G           D9                   G7         C 
He's got a sleigh - full, that's not gonna stay full 

G                  D7    Cdim       G      Am7  G
He's got stuff to drop at ev' - ry stop on the way 

C          C/B       Cdim    D7      G        B7  E7
Ev' - ry - bod - y's waitin' for the man with the bag, 

Bm7-5   C       Am7    D9       Cdim   G    G7
'Cause Christ - mas is com - in' a - gain.


G7   Fdim C   Am7         Cdim             D7
He'll be here,    with the answers to the prayers 

     C   Am7    D9   Cdim  G
That you made through the year 

G7    Fdim   C   Am7         
You'll get yours 

C  C/B    Am7  D9         Am7         D7    D7        Am7        D9
If you've done ev' - ry - thing you should, ex - tra spec - ial good. 


 D7    G             D9             G7               C 
He'll make this De - cem - ber, the one you'll re - mem - ber, 

     G            D7       Cdim     G       Am7  G
The best and the mer - ri - est you ev - er did have 

C          C/B       Cdim    D7      G        B7  E7
Ev' - ry - bod - y's waitin' for the man with the bag,

G        Em     C   Cdim   G
Christ - mas is here a - gain! 




G   G9   G       G9  C   C/B   Am7   Cdim
Old Mr. Kringle, is soon gonna jingle all the 

 G    Am7      G     D9       G7alt   Am7   G7
                              323000      320001
Bells that'll tinkle all your troubles a -  way 

C          C/B       Cdim    D7      G        B7  E7  G/B
Ev' - ry - bod - y's waitin' for the man with the bag, 

 C       Am7    D9       Cdim   G    G7
Christ - mas is here a - gain.	


C7                   C7/G   | C7  C7/G  |
Ev' - ry - bod - y's waitin'

G           B7        | E7       | 
They're all con - gre - ga - tin'

C          Am7     D9  Cdim      G  G7  C  Cm   AM7  Cdim  G
Wait - in' for the man with the bag.


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