The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)

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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