Christmas songs: Deck The Halls

DECK THE HALLS
Old Welsh Air

D                   Bm
Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
A7          D      D  A  D
Fa la la la la, la la la la
D              Bm
Tis the season to be jolly, 
A7          D      D  A  D
Fa la la la la, la la la la
A7             D
Don we now our gay apparel,
D        Bm        E7    A
Fa la la la la la, la la la 
D                 Bm
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol,
G           D       D A7 D
Fa la la la la, la la la la

See the blazing Yule before us, Fa ...
Strike the harp and join the chorus, Fa ...
Follow me in merry measure, Fa ...
While I tell the Yuletide treasure, Fa ...

Fast away the old year passes, Fa ...
Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa ...
Sing we joyous all together, Fa ...
Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa ..

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Christmas songs: The Christmas Song

THE CHRISTMAS SONG
(as performed by Nat King Cole)


Db6       Ebm7           Fm7      Gbmaj7 (Fm7 Ebm7)
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Db6        Abm7    Db7     Gbmaj7  B9
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Db6      B9           Bbm7      Gm7  Gb7
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
    Fmaj7         F#m7    B9  Emaj7 Ebm7 D9        
And folks dressed up like Eskimos.......everybody

Db6     Ebm7            Fm7      Gbmaj7 (Fm7 Ebm7)       
knows a turkey and some mistletoe
Db6     Abm7     Db7    Gbmaj7  B9
Help to make the season bright
Db6  B9              Bbm7      Gm7  Gb7
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
     Fm7     E9      Ebm7  D9 Db6
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

               Abm7  Db7      Gbmaj7
They know that Santa's on his way
            Abm7             Db7            Gbmaj7
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
          F#m7           B7       Emaj7
And every mother's child is gonna spy
          Eb7                         Ab7
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

Db6        Ebm7          Fm7      Gbmaj7 (Fm7 Ebm7)
And so I'm offering this simple phrase
Db6        Abm7    Db7     Gbmaj7  B9
To kids from one to ninety-two
  Db6              B9        Bbm7        Gm7  Gb7
Although it's been said many times, many ways
      Fm7 E9 Ebm7 Ab7 Db6  
Merry Christmas   to you


CHORDS USED:
Db6   (x4332x)
Ebm7  (x68676)
Fm7   (x810898)
Gbmaj7(x91110119)
Abm7  (464444)
Db7   (x46464)
Gbmaj7(2x332x)
B9    (x2122x)

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Christmas songs: Blue Christmas

BLUE CHRISTMAS
start song with 5th string 2nd fret 2x, then 4th str.
2nd fret 2x, then 4th str. 4th fret 2x, then play E chord.
(these are the opening melody notes)

         E              B7
I have a blue Christmas without you
           B7                  E
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
     E         E7        A
Decorations of red, on a green Christmas tree
F#7                        B7
won't be the same dear, if you're not here with me.

               E                      B7
And when those blue snow flakes start falling,
                  B7                  E
that's when those blue memories start calling,
          E       E7               A            Bbdim7
you'll be doing alright, with your Christmas of white,
    B7                    E      
but I'll have a blue blue Christmas.

              E                B7
Ohh, ohh, ohh Ahhh   Ahh ahh a ahh ohhhh
          B7                   E    
ohh, ohh, ohh Ahhhhh Ahh ahh a ahh ohhhh
          E        E7              A            Bbdim7
You'll be doing allright with your Christmas of white
    B7                    E
but I'll have a blue blue Christmas,

           
CHORDS USED:
E  (022100)
B7 (x21202)
E7 (020100)
A  (x02220)
F#7(242322)
Bbdim7(x12020)

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Christmas songs: Away In a Manger

AWAY IN A MANGER
start song by strumming E chord, then hitting
7th fret 1st string 2x, then 5th fret, then 4th
fret 2x, then 2nd fret.
(this gives people starting melody notes)

  E                  A          E
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
    B7                     E
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head;
    E                       A             E
The stars in the sky looked down where He lay;
    A           E        B7          E
The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.

    E                      A         E
The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes.
    B7                    E
But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes;
  E                            A             E
I love Thee, Lord Jesus!  Look down from the sky,
     A         E           B7         E
And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. 
        
           
CHORDS USED:
E (022100)
A (x02220)
B7(x21202)

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Christmas song: Angels We Have Heard on High

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
open by playing a C chord. starting melody note is open 1st string
repeat CHORUS after every verse.

C              G        C
Angels we have heard on high,
C               G           C
Singing sweetly through the night,
C                 G  C
And the mountains in reply
C             G       C
Echoing their brave delight.

CHORUS:
C  A7  Dm  G  C  F  G
Gloria............... 
C  G  C  F  G
in excelsis Deo.
C  A7  Dm  G  C  F  G
Gloria...............
C  G  C F   G    C
in excelsis Deo.

C                   G   C
Shepherds, why this jubilee?
C                  G     C
Why these songs of happy cheer?
C                     G       C
What great brightness did you see?
C                G       C
What glad tiding did you hear?

ADDITIONAL VERSES:
Come to Bethlehem and see
Him whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee
Christ, the Lord, the new-born King.

See him in a manger laid
Whom the angels praise above;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
While we raise our hearts in love.

CHORDS USED:
C (x32010)
G (320003)
F (xx3211)
A7 (x02020)
Dm (xx0231)

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MY Top Ten Christmas Music Recordings

Here's a list of the top 10 christmas recordings that i listened to as a kid growing up in the 1960's and 1970s. my dad or i had all of these lps, and i pretty much wore them all out by the late 1980's:

1) jack jones "the jack jones christmas album"
2) "w. t. grant's volume iv"
3) "w. t. grant's volume v"
4) tennessee ernie ford "a christmas special" double lp
5) the blackwood brothers & the statesmen quartet "o come all ye faithful"
6) j. c. penney "spirit of christmas"
7) the carpenters "christmas portrait"
8) the king family "christmas with the king family"
9) roger whittaker "the roger whittaker christmas album"
10) big n "the gift of christmas"

of course there are many, many more great christmas lps that i grew up with, but these are the top 10

let us know what your top 10 favorite's are!!!

Some Tracks Of Me Singing!

This is a bunch of love songs that I recorded for an audtition tape about 16 years ago when I was trying out for the very first Wal-Mart Associates Choir in 1995, and I made it. I just came across the file the other day so I thought I'd share them with you all:

Dave's Love Songs