[Verse1]
Bells will be r[A]inging[Amaj7] the sad, sad n[A7]ews
Oh what a Ch[D]Christmas to have the [B7/D#]blues
My baby's g[A]gone [D] I have no fr[A]iends[A/G#] [F#m]
To wish me g[B7]greetings once ag[E]again [E+]
[Verse2]
Crowds will be singing "Silent Night"
Christmas carols by candlelight
Please come home for Christmas, please come home for Christmas
If not for C[B7]hristmas,[E7] by New Year's n[A]ight [A7]
[Bridge]
Friends and rel[D]relations send salu[Dm]salutations
[A]Sure as the s[E+]stars shine ab[A]above [A7]
But this is Chr[D]Christmas, yes, Christmas [Dm]my dear
The time of [B7]year to be with the one you l[E]love [E+]
[Verse3]
So won't you tell me you'll never more roam
Christmas and New Year's will find you home
There'll be no mo[A]more[C#7]re sorrow, [F#m] no[F#m/E] grief[D] a[D#dim]nd pain
And I'll be h[A]appy,[F#m] [1:ha[B7]ppy] on[E7]ce aga[A]in
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[Repeatverse3withguitarsolooverfirsttwolines]
[Outro]
A D A [Aef#c#] (single notes on piano)
[...again] / / / /
Whe[Bb]When the waitress said
[F]Closin' [Eb]time
[Bb]