The Night Before Christmas Chords by Stan Freberg
Tempo:
91 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Gb
Db
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Okay, [Db] Kitty, it's Christmas [E] Eve.
Time [Ab] for Betty-bye.
Look, what story are you going to hit the [Eb] sack, huh?
All right, Uncle Stan.
[Ab] How about The Night Before Christmas?
Yeah, how about that?
The poem.
Say it, please.
[Em] Please.
Okay, okay.
Close your eyes, huh?
Now get the picture.
Now, it was just here a [D] dark night, [Db] see, and there was, you know, like snow.
And this house was sitting out there, [D] see, and Mom [Eb] and I were settling down for a long winter's nap.
She in her black denim kerchief and I in my motorcycle cap, see.
And there arose these here hooves and a rooves, a woofs [A] and a roofs.
I tell you what it was.
It was more like a clatter up there.
You got the [Gm] picture?
But, Uncle Stan, do it from the start, like, "'Twas the night before.
Okay, okay.
Now close your eyes, huh?
"'Twas the night before, uh, the night before Christmas.
Oh, yeah, Christmas.
And all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, right?
Right.
Okay.
[Gb] Now, the children were snestled all smug in their beds.
Well, they weren't exactly snestled, you know.
They were, uh
I tell [B] you, they had these here visions of, you [Gb] know, like sweet plums [Abm] Sugar [Db] plums.
Look, uh, just close your eyes, huh?
Okay, Uncle Stan, but when does the Santa Claus part come?
I'm coming to it.
I'm coming to it.
I
[B] get the picture, huh?
[Gb] Remember when I told you about that there [Gb] rooves, roofs, what there arose out such a clatter of on there?
Remember?
Yes.
Well, that clatter come from this little bitty sleigh, what was fashioned like through these eight tiny deers,
what had the deer feets, you know?
Uh-huh.
Well, this sleigh was drove by a guy what had whiskers, kind of like Mitch Miller, only white.
You dig?
I dig.
His eyes how they twinkled.
His dimples how merry.
His cheeks, uh
Well, what he had was this here [N] jelly belly.
I mean, uh, he was pretty funny, but with that ho-ho-ho and all, and, uh, I had to laugh like a spider myself, you know?
But Uncle Stan
Close your eyes, huh?
But the reindeer, you forgot where Saint Nick whistled and shouted and called them by [E] name.
Oh, okay, I'm coming to that.
Get the picture, huh?
[Ab] You ready for the name?
Yes, yes.
[Ebm] You sure you're snestled in your [G] bed?
I'm [Ab] snestled, I'm snestled.
Okay, here they come, boy.
Now Dasher.
How does his name say, now Dasher?
Now Dancer.
Now Prancer.
Now Marilyn.
Now [Gb] Gina.
Hold [Ab] it!
Now Lola.
Hold it!
Brigida.
Uncle Stan.
Remember deer names?
It's Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cobbler, Cupid, [Eb] Donner, and Blitzen.
Close your eyes, huh?
Remember that jelly belly fellow I told you about was steering the deers?
Yes.
Well, he came sliding through his fireplace, spread a bunch of toys around, and took off, you know?
And, uh, the silly one [Ab] that got to the moon there, he [Bb] looked over his shoulder and, uh, [Fm] he hollered a darling ad lib, which [Db] escapes me [Eb] for the moment.
[Ab] Uncle Stan's [Bbm] asleep, but what Saint Nick really [Eb] said was,
[Ab] Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Okay, okay, they get the picture.
Close your eyes, huh?
[N]
Time [Ab] for Betty-bye.
Look, what story are you going to hit the [Eb] sack, huh?
All right, Uncle Stan.
[Ab] How about The Night Before Christmas?
Yeah, how about that?
The poem.
Say it, please.
[Em] Please.
Okay, okay.
Close your eyes, huh?
Now get the picture.
Now, it was just here a [D] dark night, [Db] see, and there was, you know, like snow.
And this house was sitting out there, [D] see, and Mom [Eb] and I were settling down for a long winter's nap.
She in her black denim kerchief and I in my motorcycle cap, see.
And there arose these here hooves and a rooves, a woofs [A] and a roofs.
I tell you what it was.
It was more like a clatter up there.
You got the [Gm] picture?
But, Uncle Stan, do it from the start, like, "'Twas the night before.
Okay, okay.
Now close your eyes, huh?
"'Twas the night before, uh, the night before Christmas.
Oh, yeah, Christmas.
And all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, right?
Right.
Okay.
[Gb] Now, the children were snestled all smug in their beds.
Well, they weren't exactly snestled, you know.
They were, uh
I tell [B] you, they had these here visions of, you [Gb] know, like sweet plums [Abm] Sugar [Db] plums.
Look, uh, just close your eyes, huh?
Okay, Uncle Stan, but when does the Santa Claus part come?
I'm coming to it.
I'm coming to it.
I
[B] get the picture, huh?
[Gb] Remember when I told you about that there [Gb] rooves, roofs, what there arose out such a clatter of on there?
Remember?
Yes.
Well, that clatter come from this little bitty sleigh, what was fashioned like through these eight tiny deers,
what had the deer feets, you know?
Uh-huh.
Well, this sleigh was drove by a guy what had whiskers, kind of like Mitch Miller, only white.
You dig?
I dig.
His eyes how they twinkled.
His dimples how merry.
His cheeks, uh
Well, what he had was this here [N] jelly belly.
I mean, uh, he was pretty funny, but with that ho-ho-ho and all, and, uh, I had to laugh like a spider myself, you know?
But Uncle Stan
Close your eyes, huh?
But the reindeer, you forgot where Saint Nick whistled and shouted and called them by [E] name.
Oh, okay, I'm coming to that.
Get the picture, huh?
[Ab] You ready for the name?
Yes, yes.
[Ebm] You sure you're snestled in your [G] bed?
I'm [Ab] snestled, I'm snestled.
Okay, here they come, boy.
Now Dasher.
How does his name say, now Dasher?
Now Dancer.
Now Prancer.
Now Marilyn.
Now [Gb] Gina.
Hold [Ab] it!
Now Lola.
Hold it!
Brigida.
Uncle Stan.
Remember deer names?
It's Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cobbler, Cupid, [Eb] Donner, and Blitzen.
Close your eyes, huh?
Remember that jelly belly fellow I told you about was steering the deers?
Yes.
Well, he came sliding through his fireplace, spread a bunch of toys around, and took off, you know?
And, uh, the silly one [Ab] that got to the moon there, he [Bb] looked over his shoulder and, uh, [Fm] he hollered a darling ad lib, which [Db] escapes me [Eb] for the moment.
[Ab] Uncle Stan's [Bbm] asleep, but what Saint Nick really [Eb] said was,
[Ab] Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Okay, okay, they get the picture.
Close your eyes, huh?
[N]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Gb
Db
E
Ab
Eb
Gb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Okay, [Db] Kitty, it's Christmas [E] Eve.
Time [Ab] for Betty-bye.
Look, what story are you going to hit the [Eb] sack, huh?
All right, Uncle Stan.
[Ab] How about The Night Before Christmas?
Yeah, how about that?
The poem.
Say it, please.
[Em] Please.
Okay, okay.
Close your eyes, huh?
Now get the picture.
_ Now, it was just here a [D] dark night, [Db] see, and there was, you know, like snow.
And this house was sitting out there, [D] see, and Mom [Eb] and I were settling down for a long winter's nap.
She in her black denim kerchief and I in my motorcycle cap, see.
And there arose these here hooves and a rooves, a woofs [A] and a roofs.
I tell you what it was.
It was more like a clatter up there.
You got the [Gm] picture?
But, Uncle Stan, do it from the start, like, "'Twas the night before.
Okay, okay.
Now close your eyes, huh?
"'Twas the night before, uh, the night before_ Christmas.
Oh, yeah, Christmas.
And all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, right?
Right.
Okay.
_ [Gb] _ Now, the children were snestled all smug in their beds.
_ Well, they weren't exactly snestled, you know.
They were, uh_
I tell [B] you, they had these here visions of, you [Gb] know, like sweet plums_ [Abm] Sugar [Db] plums.
Look, uh, just close your eyes, huh?
Okay, Uncle Stan, but when does the Santa Claus part come?
I'm coming to it.
I'm coming to it.
I_
[B] get the picture, huh?
[Gb] Remember when I told you about that there [Gb] rooves, roofs, what there arose out such a clatter of on there?
Remember?
Yes.
Well, that clatter come from this little bitty sleigh, what was fashioned like through these eight tiny deers,
what had the deer feets, you know?
Uh-huh.
Well, this sleigh was drove by a guy what had whiskers, kind of like Mitch Miller, only white.
You dig?
I dig.
His eyes how they twinkled.
His dimples how merry.
His cheeks, _ uh_
Well, what he had was this here [N] jelly belly.
I mean, uh, he was pretty funny, but with that ho-ho-ho and all, and, uh, I had to laugh like a spider myself, you know?
But Uncle Stan_
Close your eyes, huh?
But the reindeer, you forgot where Saint Nick whistled and shouted and called them by [E] name.
Oh, okay, I'm coming to that.
Get the picture, huh?
[Ab] You ready for the name?
Yes, yes.
[Ebm] You sure you're snestled in your [G] bed?
I'm [Ab] snestled, I'm snestled.
Okay, here they come, boy.
Now Dasher.
How does his name say, now Dasher?
Now Dancer.
Now Prancer.
Now Marilyn.
Now [Gb] Gina.
Hold [Ab] it!
Now Lola.
Hold it!
Brigida.
Uncle Stan.
Remember deer names?
It's Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cobbler, Cupid, [Eb] Donner, and Blitzen.
Close your eyes, huh?
Remember that jelly belly fellow I told you about was steering the deers?
Yes.
Well, he came sliding through his fireplace, spread a bunch of toys around, and took off, you know?
And, uh, the silly one [Ab] that got to the moon there, he [Bb] looked over his shoulder and, uh, [Fm] he hollered a darling ad lib, which [Db] escapes me [Eb] for the moment.
[Ab] _ _ Uncle Stan's [Bbm] asleep, but what Saint Nick really [Eb] said was,
[Ab] Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Okay, okay, they get the picture.
Close your eyes, huh? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ Okay, [Db] Kitty, it's Christmas [E] Eve.
Time [Ab] for Betty-bye.
Look, what story are you going to hit the [Eb] sack, huh?
All right, Uncle Stan.
[Ab] How about The Night Before Christmas?
Yeah, how about that?
The poem.
Say it, please.
[Em] Please.
Okay, okay.
Close your eyes, huh?
Now get the picture.
_ Now, it was just here a [D] dark night, [Db] see, and there was, you know, like snow.
And this house was sitting out there, [D] see, and Mom [Eb] and I were settling down for a long winter's nap.
She in her black denim kerchief and I in my motorcycle cap, see.
And there arose these here hooves and a rooves, a woofs [A] and a roofs.
I tell you what it was.
It was more like a clatter up there.
You got the [Gm] picture?
But, Uncle Stan, do it from the start, like, "'Twas the night before.
Okay, okay.
Now close your eyes, huh?
"'Twas the night before, uh, the night before_ Christmas.
Oh, yeah, Christmas.
And all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, right?
Right.
Okay.
_ [Gb] _ Now, the children were snestled all smug in their beds.
_ Well, they weren't exactly snestled, you know.
They were, uh_
I tell [B] you, they had these here visions of, you [Gb] know, like sweet plums_ [Abm] Sugar [Db] plums.
Look, uh, just close your eyes, huh?
Okay, Uncle Stan, but when does the Santa Claus part come?
I'm coming to it.
I'm coming to it.
I_
[B] get the picture, huh?
[Gb] Remember when I told you about that there [Gb] rooves, roofs, what there arose out such a clatter of on there?
Remember?
Yes.
Well, that clatter come from this little bitty sleigh, what was fashioned like through these eight tiny deers,
what had the deer feets, you know?
Uh-huh.
Well, this sleigh was drove by a guy what had whiskers, kind of like Mitch Miller, only white.
You dig?
I dig.
His eyes how they twinkled.
His dimples how merry.
His cheeks, _ uh_
Well, what he had was this here [N] jelly belly.
I mean, uh, he was pretty funny, but with that ho-ho-ho and all, and, uh, I had to laugh like a spider myself, you know?
But Uncle Stan_
Close your eyes, huh?
But the reindeer, you forgot where Saint Nick whistled and shouted and called them by [E] name.
Oh, okay, I'm coming to that.
Get the picture, huh?
[Ab] You ready for the name?
Yes, yes.
[Ebm] You sure you're snestled in your [G] bed?
I'm [Ab] snestled, I'm snestled.
Okay, here they come, boy.
Now Dasher.
How does his name say, now Dasher?
Now Dancer.
Now Prancer.
Now Marilyn.
Now [Gb] Gina.
Hold [Ab] it!
Now Lola.
Hold it!
Brigida.
Uncle Stan.
Remember deer names?
It's Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Cobbler, Cupid, [Eb] Donner, and Blitzen.
Close your eyes, huh?
Remember that jelly belly fellow I told you about was steering the deers?
Yes.
Well, he came sliding through his fireplace, spread a bunch of toys around, and took off, you know?
And, uh, the silly one [Ab] that got to the moon there, he [Bb] looked over his shoulder and, uh, [Fm] he hollered a darling ad lib, which [Db] escapes me [Eb] for the moment.
[Ab] _ _ Uncle Stan's [Bbm] asleep, but what Saint Nick really [Eb] said was,
[Ab] Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Okay, okay, they get the picture.
Close your eyes, huh? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _