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Old Fashioned Christmas Carol
Eraserheads
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Old Fashioned Christmas Carol by: Eraserheads
Intro: G-F-C-G-; (2x)
G,F#-F--
Bb-C,D (hold)
Em (/Eb) (/D)
We are the carol kings and we'd
A
like to say hello
Em (/Eb) (/D)
We're here to sing you every
A
little Christmas song we know
Em
So get ready close or open
(/Eb)
your windows,
(/D)
Ain't gonna hide your money,
A
honey we don't care
C
We're here to sing the staples,
Old-fashioned Christmas carols
D D--
A here we go again
Chorus:
G
(Merry) Merry Christmas
F
everybody,
C G
Happy new year too
G F
Merry Christmas everybody,
Bb C,D(hold)
Happy New Year too.
(Do 1st stanza chords)
We'll sing of chestnuts frostin'
On a telegraph comin' to town
We'll sing of building a snowman
If you're telling me it's Jackson
Browne
Silver bells, silver bells,
Silver all the way
What fun is to give love
On The Warmest Christmas day,
It doesn't really matter,
We're falling on the ladder
Cause all we really wanna say
is...
Chorus 2:
G
Merry Christmas
F
everybody,
C G
Happy new year too
G F
Merry Christmas everybody,
C G
Happy New Year too.
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Ad Lib: G (break)
(drums)
Bridge:
G D
Come they told me the Lord has
G-D, G (break)
come
C D Bm-Em
Let earth in heavenly peace
Whisphering hope, may we smoke hope,
A B A B A-Em-D-A, D
We'll go down in history,
Bb-C,D (hold)
History.
(Do 1st stanza chords)
We are the carol kings and we'd
like to thank you all
You've been so very kind
We hope that you'll have a
Christmas bough
We really have to go
'Cause there's a dozen houses
more
Well, next year we'll be knocking
on your door again
And soon we'll all be singin'
The same song that you're
hearin'
Now people let me hear you
sing.
(Repeat Chorus 2)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Coda:
Bb-C,D (hold)
G-F-C-G
Oooh...
G F
Merry Christmas everybody,
C G
Happy new year too.