Chords for Ray Stevens.........The King Of Christmas

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[C] Well, it was ten o'clock on Christmas [F] Eve, I was wiping eggnog on my [C] sleeve,
trying hard to fight those [G] Christmas blues. _
_ [C] I went to bed, turned out the [F] light, I woke up sometime around [C] midnight,
thought I heard somebody singing blue suede shoes.
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[C] Well, I got up, scratched my [F] head, I know that voice, but who, I [C] said,
opened the window, [G] looked outside, _ [C] I saw nine reindeer parked out [F] back,
hitched up to a long pink [C] Cadillac, they looked like [G] they'd just finished one [C] heck of a ride.
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[C] Well, my hair stood up on the back of my [F] neck, I went downstairs for one quick [C] check,
I just had to find out [G] for myself. _
_ [C] Well, he was big, that much was [F] true, but he looked like someone else I [C] knew,
not like that [G] white-haired, rosy [C]-cheeked old elf.
Well, [E] he was King, _ [C] King of Christmas, _ alive and [G] well and riding [C] in his sleigh. _
[F] And I just can't help [C] believing, those tabloids ain't deceiving,
[D] cause the King of Christmas passed me [C] on his way.
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [C] Now beneath his cap, jet-black [F] hair, sideburns hanging down to [C] there,
he wore a silver belt [G] around his waist, _ [C] then with a swivel of his [F] hip,
he softly curled his upper lip [C] with a look that [G] said, Merry Christmas [C] on his face.
[G] Then [C] with a karate kick, he hurled [F] around, I saw him writing something [C] down,
he took the note and he stuck it [G] in my sock, _ [C] then he put a record under the [F] tree,
just before he turned to [C] leave, he hummed a [G] little bit of [C] jailhouse rock.
Ah, [F] he's the King, _ [C] King of Christmas, _ _ alive and [G] well and riding [C] in his sleigh.
_ [F] And I just can't help believing, [C] those tabloids ain't deceiving,
[D] cause the King of Christmas passed me [C] on his way.
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Then [C] he pulled up his collar and he flipped his [F] hair and disappeared in too thin [C] hair.
I saw the sequins splitter [G] on his coat. _
[C] That 45 that laid [F] down was Santa Claus in Backing Town,
[C] and I played it [G] while I read the [C] words he wrote. _
I'll outlive rock and roll, it [F] said, and postage stamps that say I'm [C] dead,
and at the bottom he signed his [G] famous name. _
[C] Well, some say the King was put to [F] rest, but me and Santa, we know best,
[C] and I'll bet somewhere [G] there's elves who'll [C] say the same.
Oh, [F] he's the King, [A] _ [C] King of Christmas, _ alive and [G] well and riding [C] in his sleigh. _
[F] And as I heard that sleigh rev up and [C] fly, through the night they came to [D] cry,
Santa Claus has [C] left the building.
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[C] Oh, _ [D] _ [F] he's the [Am] King, King [C] of Christmas, _ alive and [G] well and riding in [C] his sleigh.
_ [F] And I just can't [Am] help believing,
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