The Christmas Song
(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
Nat King Cole 1946, Whitney Houston 2003
Writers: Robert Wells, Mel Torme
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C/E
Chestnuts
F
roasting
G7
on an
C/G
open
fire,
C/E
Jack Frost
C7
nipping at your
F
nose,
Fm6/D
C/E
yuletide
Fm
carols being
C/G
sung by a
F#m7
choir
and folks dressed
Fm7
up like
Bb7/F
Eski
Ebmaj7
mos.
G7/D
Everybody
C/E
knows
a
G7
turkey and some
C
mistletoe,
Gm7/F
C7/E
F
help to
E
make the season
Am/E
bright,
Fm
C/E
tiny
Bb7/Ab
tots with their
C/G
eyes all ag
F#m7
low,
will
Em7
find it
A7
hard to
Dm7
sleep
G7/F
to
C/E
night.
They know that
Gm7
San
C7/E
ta’s on his
Gm7
way?
C7/E
He’s loaded
Gm7
lots of toys and
C7/E
goodies on his
Fmaj7
sleigh.
Everybody’s
Fm7
mother’s
child
Bb7/D
is gonna
Ebmaj7
spy
to see if
Am7/G
reindeers really
Ab7/Gb
know how to
Dm7/F
fly.
G
And
C/E
so I’m
F
offeri
G7
ng this
C/G
simple
phrase
to
C/E
kids from
C7/G
one to ninety-
F
two,
Fm6/D
alt
C/E
hough it’s been
Fm
said many
C/G
times, many
F#m7
ways
–
F7
Merry
Em7
Christmas,
Am
Merry
Em7
Christmas,
Am
Merry
Em7
Christmas,
Am
Dm
G7/F
to
C
you.
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