Chords for Straight No Chaser: The 12 Days of Christmas (2008 Version)
Tempo:
91.55 bpm
Chords used:
B
Ebm
G
Gb
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
What's up YouTube viewers?
We are Straight No Chaser.
We've [Em] recorded a live version of 12 Days of Christmas [N] just for you on YouTube at Indiana University this past fall.
And thanks to you our new album Holiday Spirits is climbing the charts [Bb] and we are doing sold out concerts all over the country,
including right here in our home state of Indiana.
On
[D] the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a pear tree.
[Ab] On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtle [G] doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love [E] gave to me five golden rings.
Four calling great friends, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
[C] On the ninth day of Christmas [D] my true love gave to me eight [Db] eggs of milk,
seven eggs of milk, six [Eb] eggs of milk.
You better not shout, you [C] better not cry, you better not [G] eat a pear tree.
[Gb] On the eighth [F] day, deck the halls with boughs [E] of holly,
seven twigs on a horse, six easel legs, five golden rings.
[G] Four calling birds, three [F] French hens, two turtle [D] doves,
a boar's head and hen bear eye.
[F] We decked with bays and partridge in a pear [D] tree.
On the [B] eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me eleven pipers,
five kingtens, [G] a bunch of pink, pink, tiny ladies, ten, six gate maids,
and milking [B] seven swans, a swimming six geese, a lame five golden rings.
Four calling birds, three French hens, two [G] turtle doves, and fruit of the red-nosed reindeer.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me a little dreidel.
I made it out of clay.
[N]
I made it out of clay.
I [Ebm]
[F] made it out of clay.
[D] [C]
I made it out [Bb] of
[Eb] [G] clay.
On the twelfth day of Christmas [B] my true love gave to me
Do-do-do [Ebm]-do-do-do [B]-do
Do-do-do-do-do [Ebm]-do-do
On the [Fm] twelfth day my true love [Bbm] gave to me twelve [B] drummers,
drumming like [Gb] Olympus upon the [B] Syrian sea.
Bar-bar-bar-ba-ba [Db]-ba
Eleven Pipers, [Gb] piping,
dead [B] laws of the ending
Bar-bar-bar [Ebm]-ba-ba-ba-ba
[Abm] My lady's dancing, [B] they were dancing [Gb] for me
[Gb] Their pains of milking, they were milking just for [B] me
I have Christmas down in [Ab] Africa
I have Christmas down in Africa
[B] I have Christmas down in Africa
I have Christmas down in [Gb] Africa
[Abm] I have Christmas down in [Ab] Africa
I have [B] Christmas down in Africa
[Ebm] [B]
[Ebm]
[B] Batridge [Ebm] in a Big Bad Tree
[B]
Batridge in a Big Bad Tree
[N]
We are Straight No Chaser.
We've [Em] recorded a live version of 12 Days of Christmas [N] just for you on YouTube at Indiana University this past fall.
And thanks to you our new album Holiday Spirits is climbing the charts [Bb] and we are doing sold out concerts all over the country,
including right here in our home state of Indiana.
On
[D] the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me a pear tree.
[Ab] On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtle [G] doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love [E] gave to me five golden rings.
Four calling great friends, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
[C] On the ninth day of Christmas [D] my true love gave to me eight [Db] eggs of milk,
seven eggs of milk, six [Eb] eggs of milk.
You better not shout, you [C] better not cry, you better not [G] eat a pear tree.
[Gb] On the eighth [F] day, deck the halls with boughs [E] of holly,
seven twigs on a horse, six easel legs, five golden rings.
[G] Four calling birds, three [F] French hens, two turtle [D] doves,
a boar's head and hen bear eye.
[F] We decked with bays and partridge in a pear [D] tree.
On the [B] eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me eleven pipers,
five kingtens, [G] a bunch of pink, pink, tiny ladies, ten, six gate maids,
and milking [B] seven swans, a swimming six geese, a lame five golden rings.
Four calling birds, three French hens, two [G] turtle doves, and fruit of the red-nosed reindeer.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me a little dreidel.
I made it out of clay.
[N]
I made it out of clay.
I [Ebm]
[F] made it out of clay.
[D] [C]
I made it out [Bb] of
[Eb] [G] clay.
On the twelfth day of Christmas [B] my true love gave to me
Do-do-do [Ebm]-do-do-do [B]-do
Do-do-do-do-do [Ebm]-do-do
On the [Fm] twelfth day my true love [Bbm] gave to me twelve [B] drummers,
drumming like [Gb] Olympus upon the [B] Syrian sea.
Bar-bar-bar-ba-ba [Db]-ba
Eleven Pipers, [Gb] piping,
dead [B] laws of the ending
Bar-bar-bar [Ebm]-ba-ba-ba-ba
[Abm] My lady's dancing, [B] they were dancing [Gb] for me
[Gb] Their pains of milking, they were milking just for [B] me
I have Christmas down in [Ab] Africa
I have Christmas down in Africa
[B] I have Christmas down in Africa
I have Christmas down in [Gb] Africa
[Abm] I have Christmas down in [Ab] Africa
I have [B] Christmas down in Africa
[Ebm] [B]
[Ebm]
[B] Batridge [Ebm] in a Big Bad Tree
[B]
Batridge in a Big Bad Tree
[N]
Key:
B
Ebm
G
Gb
D
B
Ebm
G
What's up YouTube viewers?
We are Straight No Chaser.
We've [Em] recorded a live version of 12 Days of Christmas [N] just for you on YouTube at Indiana University this past fall.
And thanks to you our new album Holiday Spirits is climbing the charts [Bb] and we are doing sold out concerts all over the country,
including right here in our home state of Indiana.
On _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me _ a pear tree.
[Ab] On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtle [G] doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love [E] gave to me five golden rings.
Four calling great friends, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
[C] On the ninth day of Christmas [D] _ my true love gave to me eight [Db] eggs of milk,
seven eggs of milk, six [Eb] eggs of milk.
You better not shout, you [C] better not cry, you better not [G] eat a pear tree.
[Gb] On the eighth [F] day, deck the halls with boughs [E] of holly,
seven twigs on a horse, six easel legs, five golden rings.
[G] Four calling birds, three [F] French hens, two turtle [D] doves,
a boar's head and hen bear eye.
[F] We decked with bays and partridge in a pear [D] tree.
On the [B] eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me eleven pipers,
five kingtens, [G] a bunch of pink, pink, tiny ladies, ten, six gate maids,
and milking [B] seven swans, a swimming six geese, a lame five golden rings.
Four calling birds, three French hens, two [G] turtle doves, and fruit of the red-nosed reindeer.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me a little dreidel.
I made it out of clay.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I made _ it _ out of clay.
I _ [Ebm] _ _
_ [F] made it out of clay.
[D] _ _ _ [C] _
I made it out _ _ [Bb] of _
_ [Eb] _ _ [G] clay.
On the twelfth day of Christmas [B] my true love gave to me_
Do-do-do [Ebm]-do-do-do _ [B]-do_
Do-do-do-do-do [Ebm]-do-do_
On the [Fm] twelfth day my true love [Bbm] gave to me twelve [B] drummers,
drumming like [Gb] Olympus upon the [B] Syrian sea.
Bar-bar-bar-ba-ba [Db]-ba_
Eleven Pipers, [Gb] piping,
dead [B] laws of the ending_
Bar-bar-bar [Ebm]-ba-ba-ba-ba_
_ [Abm] My lady's dancing, [B] they were dancing [Gb] for me
[Gb] Their pains of milking, they were milking just for [B] me
I have Christmas down in [Ab] Africa
I have Christmas down in Africa
_ _ [B] I have Christmas down in Africa _
I have Christmas down in [Gb] Africa
[Abm] I have Christmas down in [Ab] Africa
I have [B] Christmas down in Africa _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Batridge [Ebm] in a Big Bad Tree
_ _ [B]
Batridge in a Big Bad Tree
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We are Straight No Chaser.
We've [Em] recorded a live version of 12 Days of Christmas [N] just for you on YouTube at Indiana University this past fall.
And thanks to you our new album Holiday Spirits is climbing the charts [Bb] and we are doing sold out concerts all over the country,
including right here in our home state of Indiana.
On _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me _ a pear tree.
[Ab] On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me two turtle [G] doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas my true love [E] gave to me five golden rings.
Four calling great friends, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree.
[C] On the ninth day of Christmas [D] _ my true love gave to me eight [Db] eggs of milk,
seven eggs of milk, six [Eb] eggs of milk.
You better not shout, you [C] better not cry, you better not [G] eat a pear tree.
[Gb] On the eighth [F] day, deck the halls with boughs [E] of holly,
seven twigs on a horse, six easel legs, five golden rings.
[G] Four calling birds, three [F] French hens, two turtle [D] doves,
a boar's head and hen bear eye.
[F] We decked with bays and partridge in a pear [D] tree.
On the [B] eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me eleven pipers,
five kingtens, [G] a bunch of pink, pink, tiny ladies, ten, six gate maids,
and milking [B] seven swans, a swimming six geese, a lame five golden rings.
Four calling birds, three French hens, two [G] turtle doves, and fruit of the red-nosed reindeer.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me a little dreidel.
I made it out of clay.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I made _ it _ out of clay.
I _ [Ebm] _ _
_ [F] made it out of clay.
[D] _ _ _ [C] _
I made it out _ _ [Bb] of _
_ [Eb] _ _ [G] clay.
On the twelfth day of Christmas [B] my true love gave to me_
Do-do-do [Ebm]-do-do-do _ [B]-do_
Do-do-do-do-do [Ebm]-do-do_
On the [Fm] twelfth day my true love [Bbm] gave to me twelve [B] drummers,
drumming like [Gb] Olympus upon the [B] Syrian sea.
Bar-bar-bar-ba-ba [Db]-ba_
Eleven Pipers, [Gb] piping,
dead [B] laws of the ending_
Bar-bar-bar [Ebm]-ba-ba-ba-ba_
_ [Abm] My lady's dancing, [B] they were dancing [Gb] for me
[Gb] Their pains of milking, they were milking just for [B] me
I have Christmas down in [Ab] Africa
I have Christmas down in Africa
_ _ [B] I have Christmas down in Africa _
I have Christmas down in [Gb] Africa
[Abm] I have Christmas down in [Ab] Africa
I have [B] Christmas down in Africa _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] Batridge [Ebm] in a Big Bad Tree
_ _ [B]
Batridge in a Big Bad Tree
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _