Chords for "Christmas Time's A'Coming" by Bill Monroe

[E] playing records.
I started playing records as a disc jockey in 1951.
And back in those years, at Christmas time, country disc jockeys didn't have a lot to play that was seasonal.
We had Ernest Tubbs' record of Blue Christmas,
might have had [B] something for Mr.
Red Foley,
_ and we had Bill [Em] Monroe's record of Christmas Time's a-Coming, and that was about it.
That was before country, country, I think maybe Ernest had cut, uh,
How'd You Like to Spend Christmas on Christmas Island?
But the country folks had not recorded many country songs.
And Bill, I remember we used to play your song, we just wore it out every year.
Where [B] did Christmas, and Bill's gonna sing it for us now, where did this song come from?
Ralph, a good friend of mine from Texas wrote this _ song, Tex Logan, he was the writer of it.
Didn't he work with Will Milley and Stoney?
[E] I think so, pretty sure he did.
Yeah, Tex is sort of a genius, I think he is some sort of scientific genius with Bell Laboratories.
That's right.
Plays banjo.
[B] He's a really good fiddler.
And this is an all-time great country Christmas [E] song.
And here's Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys to do it for you.
Bill, if you will, [Bb] please.
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_ _ _ _ holly's in the window, [B] _ homeward the wind [E] blows,
And we'd walk around [B] and Christmas [E] time's at be.
_ And you hear them bells a-ringing, [A] joy to all, don't you hear them [E] sing,
When it's snowing I'll be going, [B] back to my [E] country home. _
_ Christmas time's a-coming, [B] Christmas time's a-coming, [E] Christmas time's a-coming,
[B] And I know [E] I'm going home. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Why can the burn [B] of my old heart yearn, [E] For the folks at home [B] when Christmas [E] time's at be.
_ And you hear them bells a [A]-ringing, joy to all, don't you hear [E] them sing,
When it's snowing I'll be going, back to my country home.
_ _ _ Christmas time's a-coming, [B] Christmas time's a-coming, [E] Christmas time's [Bm] a-coming,
And I know I'm [E] going home. _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ Snowflakes a-calling, [B] my old home's a-calling, [E] Tall climes a-humming, [B] Christmas [E] time's a-coming.
_ And you hear them bells a-ringing, [A] joy to all, don't you hear them sing,
[E] When it's snowing I'll be going, [B] back to my [E] country home.
_ _ _ Christmas [G] time's a-coming, [B]
Christmas time's a-coming, [E] Christmas time's a-coming,
[Bb] [E] And I know I'm [B] going [Em] home.
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