{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1716487,"song":"A Christmas Carol","artist":"Tom Lehrer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11362780-a-christmas-carol-chords-by-tom-lehrer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1716487?type=chord","rating":4.99139,"votes":10,"content":"A Christmas Carol\r\nby Tom Lehrer\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nChristmas time is here, by golly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nDisapproval would be folly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]F7[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nDeck the halls with hunks of holly,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nFill the cup and don't say \"when.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nKill the turkeys, ducks and chickens,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nMix the punch, drag out the dickens,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F7[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nEven though the prospect sickens,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Gm7[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBrother, here we go a-gain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]F7[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nOn Christmas day you can't get sore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bbm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYour fellow man you must adore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]      Db+     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThere's time to rob him all the more[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThe other three hundred and sixty-four.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nRel-ations, sparing no expense'll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nSend some useless old utensil,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F7[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nOr a matching pen and pencil.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nSPOKEN - \"just the thing I need! how nice!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt doesn't matter how sin-cere it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nIs, nor how heart-felt the spirit,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]F7[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nSenti-ment will not en-dear it,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]     [ch]C7[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat's im-portant is the price.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHark the her-ald tribune sings,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAd-ver-tis-ing wondrous things.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGod rest ye merry, merch-ants,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMay you make the yule-tide pay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAngels we have heard on high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTell us to go out and buy![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSo let the raucous sleigh bells jingle,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHail our dear old friend Kris Kringle,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nDriving his reindeer a-cross the sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]                    [ch]C7[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDon't stand underneath when they fly by.[/tab]","plain_text":"A Christmas Carol\nby Tom Lehrer","chords":["A","F","D7","G7","C7","F7","Bb","Bbm","Gm7","Dm","Db","C","Am","Gm","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}