It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Michael Buble, Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition), 2011,

Perry Como, 1951, Bing Crosby, 1951

Writer: Meredith Wilson

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Note: original song by Meredith is in E (+2).

 
Gmaj7 
 
Dmaj9 
 
Fmaj7 
 
Em11 
 
Em9/A 
 
A7(b9) 
 
It’s be
D9 
ginning to look a  
Gmaj7 
lot like  
Dmaj9 
Christmas 
 
 
D6/A 
 
Dmaj7 
      
 
everyw
F#7aug 
here you go…  
Gmaj7 
 
B7 
 
Take a  
Em7 
look at the five and ten,  
A6 
 
it’s  
D6 
glistening once ag
D#dim 
ain
 
with  
A/E 
candy 
 
 
A#dim7 
canes and  
Bm7 
silver 
 
 
E7 
lanes that  
Em7 
glow. 
 
 
A7 
 
It’s be
Dmaj7 
ginning to look a  
Gmaj9 
lot like  
Dmaj7 
Christmas –  
D6/A 
 
Dmaj7 
toys in  
F#7aug 
every 
 
store
Gmaj7 
… 
 
 
B7 
 
But the  
Em7 
prettiest sight to  
Fdim7 
see
 
is the  
D6/F# 
holly 
 
 
D/C 
that will  
B7 
be
 
on your  
Em7 
own 
 
 
A6 
front 
 
 
D6 
door.
 
A pair of  
F#7 
Hopalong boots and a pistol that shootsis the  
Bm 
wish of  
F#7 
Barney and  
Bm 
Ben.
 
E7 
Dolls that’ll talk and will go for a walkis the  
A 
hope of  
E7 
Janice and  
A 
Jen.
 
And  
A7 
Mom and Dad can hardly waitfor school to  
D#dim7 
start 
 
ag
A7/E 
ain…
 
A 
It’s 
 
be
D9 
ginning to look a  
Gmaj7 
lot like  
Dmaj9 
Christmas 
 
 
D6/A 
 
Dmaj7 
      
 
everyw
F#7aug 
here you  
Gmaj7 
go… 
 
 
B7 
 
There’s a  
Em7 
tree in the Grand Ho
A6 
tel,
 
D6 
one in the park as  
D#dim 
well 
 
 
it’s the  
A/E 
sturdy 
 
 
A#dim7 
kind that  
Bm7 
doesn’t 
 
 
E7 
mind the  
Em7 
snow. 
 
 
A7 
 
It’s be
Dmaj7 
ginning to look a  
Gmaj9 
lot like  
Dmaj7 
Christmas –  
D6/A 
 
Dmaj7 
     soon the  
F#7aug 
bells will  
Gmaj7 
start. 
 
 
B7 
 
And the  
Em7 
thing that’ll make ’em  
Fdim7 
ring
 
is the  
D6/F# 
carol 
 
 
D/C 
that you  
B7 
sing
 
right with
Em7 
in 
 
 
A6 
your 
 
 
Dmaj7 
heart.

Musical break

 
D9 
 
Gmaj7 
 
Dmaj9 
 
D6mA 
 
Dmaj7 
 
F#7aug 
 
Gmaj7 
 
B7 
 
Em7 
 
A6 
 
D6 
 
D#dim 
 
A/E 
 
A#dim7 
 
Bm7 
 
E7 
 
It’s be
Dmaj7 
ginning to look a  
Gmaj9 
lot like  
Dmaj7 
Christmas –  
D6/A 
 
Dmaj7 
toys in  
F#7aug 
every 
 
store
Gmaj7 
… 
 
 
B7 
 
But the  
Em7 
prettiest sight to  
Fdim7 
see
 
is the  
D6/F# 
holly 
 
 
D/C 
that will  
B7 
be
 
on your  
Em7 
own 
 
 
A6 
front 
 
 
F# 
door. 
 
 
B 
 
Sure, it’s Chr
Em9 
istmas 
 
 
B/A 
    
 
 
A7 
once 
 
 
D 
more… 
 
 
Dmaj7 
 
D6