Chords for Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa (Atlantic Records 1968)

_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ [Bb] [F] They call me back though Santa, _ I make my runs about to break [Bb] a day.
[F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ [C] [Bb] They call me back though Santa, I make my [Fm] runs about to break a [Bb] [F] day.
Ho, ho, ho.
[C] I make all the little girls happy, [Bb] _
while [Fm] the boys are out to play.
[Bb] _ [F] _ Look at here.
I ain't like old Saint Nick, _ he don't come but once a year.
_ _ Ho, ho, ho, ho.
[Bb] I ain't like old Saint Nick, he don't come [F] but once a year. _ _
Look at here.
[C] I come running with my [Bb] presents, _
[Fm] every [F] time you call me dear. _
[Eb] Look at here.
[F] I keep some change in my pocket, in case the children ain't home.
I give them [Bb] a few pennies, [F] so that we can [Eb] be alone.
[Bb] _ [F] I leave the back door open, so if anybody smells a mouse,
and who knows Santa [Eb] be in [Bb] trouble.
[F] If ain't no chimney [Eb] in the [Bb] house, they call me back though Santa, _
I make my [Fm] runs about to break a day. _
[Bb] Look at [C] here.
I make all the little girls [Bb] happy, while the [Fm] boys are out to [Bb] play.
[F] _ _
That's what they call me, back though Santa.
That's what they call me.
They call me back though Santa.
That's what all the girls call me.
I give them all the presents, that's what they call me.
They call me back though Santa, and I like when they call me that.
They call me back though Santa, and I like it, I like it, I like it, I like it. _ _ _ _ _ _