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It Must Be Christmas

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[Intro]
D D Bm Bm G G A A D D Bm Bm G G A A
[Verse]
DWeather's getting Bmcold again
GThe leaves are falling Aoff the trees
DYou can almost sense Bmit's time
GFor jingle bells and wrappAing things
GEvery driveway's Dfull of cars
GKids out of school Ain the yards
[Chorus]
WheDn there's lights on every street
The snowfEmlakes on everything
Well it's Gjust what you've been waiting for all DyearA  
When you beDlieve in Santa Claus
When you Emgive gifts just because
And you dBmrive all night Aonly to be neGarD  
ThEm7e ones you love
Well it Amust be DChristmas
Bm Bm G G G G
[Verse]
DAll you see is Bmred and green
GAnd people wearing wAinter coats
GEvery church has a DNativity
For everyGone to see
That's Ahow you know
[Chorus]
When there's Dlights on every street
The snowEmflakes on everything
Well it's Gjust what you've been waiting for all DyearA  
When you bDelieve in Santa Claus
When you Em7give gifts just because
And you Bmdrive all night Aonly to be neGarD  
TEm7he ones you love
Well it Amust be DChristmas
[Solo]
Em Em Em Em G G G G Bm D A A
[Chorus]
DWhen you believe in Santa Claus
When you Emgive gifts just because
And you Bmdrive all night Aonly to be neGar
TEm7he ones you love
Well it Amust be DChristmas
Bm Bm G G
        D   Bm         G   A   A   D(Repeat  Dtill end)
It must be Christmas

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It Must Be Christmas

by Chris Young

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

[Intro]

D D Bm Bm G G A A D D Bm Bm G G A A

[Verse]

D Bm

Weather's getting cold again

G A

The leaves are falling off the trees

D Bm

You can almost sense it's time

G A

For jingle bells and wrapping things

G D

Every driveway's full of cars

G A

Kids out of school in the yards

[Chorus]

When there's lights on every street

The snowflakes on everything

G D A

Well it's just what you've been waiting for all year

When you believe in Santa Claus

When you give gifts just because

Bm A G D

And you drive all night only to be near

Em7

The ones you love

A D

Well it must be Christmas

Bm Bm G G G G

[Verse]

D Bm

All you see is red and green

G A

And people wearing winter coats

G D

Every church has a Nativity

For everyone to see

That's how you know

[Chorus]

When there's lights on every street

The snowflakes on everything

G D A

Well it's just what you've been waiting for all year

When you believe in Santa Claus

Em7

When you give gifts just because

Bm A G D

And you drive all night only to be near

Em7

The ones you love

A D

Well it must be Christmas

[Solo]

Em Em Em Em G G G G Bm D A A

[Chorus]

When you believe in Santa Claus

When you give gifts just because

Bm A G

And you drive all night only to be near

Em7

The ones you love

A D

Well it must be Christmas

Bm Bm G G

D Bm G A A D D

(Repeat till end)

It must be Christmas

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