The Christmas Song - Chords & Melody - Lesson Demo Chords

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[Ab] Hi there.
Hey, I want to show you [Eb] the [Gb]
changes to Matt [Db] Cole's The Christmas Song.
[Abm] Now, _ there's_
I read [E] an article, Mel Torme's favorite time of year, Mel Torme wrote it, is [Ab] February,
because that's when the royalty checks come in. _
[Gm] And this song, you [Gb] hear it over and over and over [E] again during Christmas.
Now, [Eb] there's many, many versions of the song, but, you know, let's go back to [Fm] the [F] original,
to Matt Cole's [Db] version, and _ that'll set the standard.
Now, if you've been working on a dirty dozen chords, you can do this song.
_ Now, they go by pretty quick, but you can get this down.
If you've been working on your dirty dozen jazz chords.
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Now, just to show you that this is the version that Matt Cole plays,
I'm going to go ahead and play it for you _ with the recording. _
And then later on, we're going to go over the _ _ _ _ _ chords one by one, and we'll rehearse it.
And then I've got a track for you with bass and drums,
and also a track with bass and drums [Bb] and melody played on a guitar.
So, I want you to get these changes down so you can play it in time, _
and this will make you a better player.
_ All right, let me show you Matt's version.
Here we go.
[Db] _ _ Chess [Ebm] nuts roasting [Fm] on an open [Gb] fire.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ Jack [Eb]
Frost [F] nipping at [Bbm] your nose.
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_ _ [Db] _ _ Mule [Abm] tied cows [Db] _ being [G] sung by [Ebm] wild _ [F] _ _ [Gb] folks dressed up like [E] _ Eskimos.
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[Db] Everybody _ knows [Ebm] _ a turkey [Fm] and some _ [Gb] mistletoe _ _ [Db] _
help _ [Ebm] to [F] make the [Db] season bright.
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_ [Abm] Tiny tots [Db] with their eyes [Bb] all aglow [Ebm] _ will [E] find it [Ebm] hard to [Dm] sleep _ [Ebm] tonight. _
_ [Db] _ _ [Abm] They know that _
_ [Db] _ _ [Gb] Santa's [Db] on his way.
_ _ He's [Abm] loaded lots of [Gb] toys and goodies on his [Db] sleigh.
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[Gb] And every mother's child _ [E] is gonna spy [Dbm] _ to [Bb] see reindeer _ [Eb] that really [Ab] know how to fly.
_ _ _ _ [Db] And so _ [Ebm] I'm offering [Fm] _
this simple [Gb] _ [Eb] phrase [Db] _ _
to [Ebm] kids from [Eb] one [Bbm] to ninety-two.
_ [B] _ _ _ [Db] Although _ [Abm] it's been said [Db] many [Gm] times, many [Ebm] ways, [Fm] Merry [B] Christmas [Ebm] _
_ [Ab] _ [Db] to you. _ _
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