Chords for Leon Redbone- Christmas Ball Blues Live On New Visions TV Show

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_ Ben Sibrand [G] with you on a very special New Visions [Eb] Christmas.
It's special because we have [E] the meeting of some tremendous
[Eb] _ musical minds to [A] help us through the holidays.
The holidays aren't always easy.
They don't always go the way you want to.
That's [E] why sometimes you can get the blues.
Well, we've got [C] the masters of [Bbm] the blues here with us.
Of course, we've got
_ Leon Redbone over here, recently [Ab] crowned Colonel Redbone.
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Over to my immediate left, Ken Poplowski, [F] Baron _ Poplowski, Baron of the Blues.
And right there, [Gb] the good doctor himself,
Dr.
[Ab] John with Christmas Ball Blues.
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That's why _ _ I like [F] to hear _ _ [E] _
folks [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
who _ say _ that Christmas [F] is here.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ Christmas bells [Bb] will ring _ real soon, _ even in [Eb] the _ _ afternoon.
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There'll be [Bb] no chime bells ringing _ _ _
[F] at the Christmas _ [Bb] ball.
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_ _ _ Everyone must watch their [Bbm] _ step, all that [D] we do.
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_ _ Everybody's [Gm] pull up fast _ [F] _ at the Christmas _
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_ Your partner one _ _ _ and all, _ keep on dancing [Eb] _ round the hall.
_ _ If there's no one to [Bb] call, _ _ [F] _ don't you dare to [Bbm] stop.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ If your partner don't act [Bb] fast, _ _ don't [D] worry there's more over [Gm] there.
_ [Ebm] They get a [Bb] chance everywhere _ _ [F] at the Christmas _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] ball. _
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[F] _ _ Grab your partner [Bb] one _ _ and all, _ keep on dancing [Eb] _ round _ the [Bb] hall.
_ _ [Eb] If there's no [Bb] one to stop, _ _ [F] _ don't you dare to [Bbm] throw.
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_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] If your partner don't act _ fast, _ _ [D] don't worry there's more over [Gm]
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_ [Gb] Taking a [Bb] chance everywhere _ _ [F] _ at the _ Christmas _ [Bb] ball. _ _
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_ [G] Gentlemen, [Ab] there's something special [G] about a Christmas song.
I [E] don't know what makes a [Gm] Christmas song so special,
but anytime you put Christmas in the lyric or a melody, it's almost like there's a new reason to [G] do the tune.
And that was definitely a special tune.
I [A] hadn't heard it before.
[E] _ Dr.
John, what are some of [Gb] your other favorite Christmas songs?
[A] _ Well, _ [Bb] I always like Merry Christmas, Baby.
[Ab] But any of them that has a Happy New Year ending, you [Gb] gotta always say, [Ab] Happy New [Bb] Year!
Right?
It's always kind of the_
Get you through that one more week.
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Colonel [G] Redbone, any _ [E] favorites? _
Well, I'm just a [Gm] solemn kind of a fellow, so I like the [G] depressing [Gb] numbers myself.
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But it's [Bb] always nice [G] to have a happy [E] ending, I guess. _
I'm gonna take the good doctor's advice.
[G] I'm gonna search out for those happy [E] endings. _
_ _ Well, my happiest _ [Ab] Christmas moment, [Gb] my favorite Christmas song, is the one coming [Gm] up right now from Christopher Williams.
It's a Mel Torme composition, and it's called, quite [E] simply, the Christmas song,
although a lot of people think it's called Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. _ _ _