Chords for James Brown Let's Make Christmas Mean Something This Year

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[F] _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] Let's _ _ make [C] this Christmas _ _ mean [Bb] something _ _ _ [F] to you. _ _ _
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Make [C] this Christmas _ _ _ [Bb] mean _ something _ [F] to you.
Hi everybody, this is James Brown.
This is [Dm] a very, very unusual way to come to you.
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But I gotta start by saying thanks.
Thanks for such a wonderful [Dm] year.
_ _ [F] Not only to you, to God, number one.
To you, [Dm] number two.
_ _ [F] And for all the wonderful things.
You know when I look at [Dm] a beautiful day,
_ [Db] I say, _ [F] God is happy. _ _
[C] Make this Christmas _ _ _ [Bb] mean _ something _ [F] to you. _ _
_ _ Do you mind if I sing one time?
Make [C] this Christmas _ _ _ [Bb] mean something _ _ [F] to _ you. _
_ I say it's happy because the bread is [Dm] sweetened,
_ _ [F] the sun is shining,
the wind is blowing,
the breeze,
[Dm] the leaves are flying,
_ [Db] everybody feels [F] nice.
_ [Db] We just say, oh God, [Dm] thanks for all the wonderful things.
_ [F] Even see a little snow sometimes.
_ But you know, God [Dm] only knows how the Christmas is gonna look.
[Db] So one more time [F] I'll say.
Let's _ _ _ [C] make this Christmas _ _ _
[Bb] mean something to you.
_ [F] _ One more time I want you to sing, one more time.
_ _ No, no.
[C] Make this Christmas _ _ _ [Bb] mean something _ _ _ [F] to _ you. _
_ _ _ [Db] Now let's make our next [Dm] year be a nicer next year.
[Db] Now Christmas gotta be [F] the kind of a Christmas that we remember a long time ago.
You remember [Dm] when everybody used to look [Db] forward to [F] the Santa Claus?
You know, _ you didn't want to know [Db] what you're gonna have the next day.
You couldn't wait [Dm] until Christmas morning and jump [Db] up.
But that's the morning that you wouldn't [F] go to your table.
You go straight to your little sack,
[Dm] hanging on the mantel,
[A] over the fireplace.
_ [F] _ Let's _ _ [C] make this Christmas _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ mean _ [F] something to you. _ _ _
_ _ _ Let's make Christmas _ [C] _ mean _ _
_ [Bb] something _ _ _
_ [F] to you. _ _ _
_ _ You know, I just enjoyed this.
[Dm] And I can't really find enough [Db] words that would [F] really make me express myself.
The good feelings that I have,
but [Dm] I want to say, thanks, thank [Db] God.
And now [F] let's make Christmas the kind of a Christmas that we remember.
You know, [Dm] you made Christmas very, very beautiful for [Db] me in my past years.
[F] But let's make this Christmas good for everybody.
[Db] The kind of a Christmas [Dm] that mom, [Db] dad, [F] granddad,
let's make Christmas _
_ [C] an old-fashioned way.
Na, na, na, na.
[Bb] Ah!
Ah! _
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Let's _ _ _ make [C] this Christmas _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Ah! _ _ _
[F] One more time. _ _ _
Let's _ _ make it a beautiful,
[C] _ a lovable, _
[Bb] a Christmas.
Enjoy this Christmas.
Na, na, na.
[F] _ _ Oh!
Let the violins play.
_ _ Let the violins [C] play now. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Oh, now. _ _ _
[F] _ _ Play!
Play the song one more time.
Feels so good.
Come on.
Let's make [C] this Christmas
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Yeah!
_ _ _ [F] _
_ Yeah!
Yeah! _ _
_ _ Thank you.
Let's [C] make this Christmas
I'll see you, I'll see you
[Bb] Christmas morning, if I _ don't
you [F] see Santa Claus.
_ _ _ [Bb] [F] Let's _ _ _ [C] make this Christmas
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