Merry Christmas darling

Intro: [Am7]

Verse 1:

Greeting cards have [Bm] all been sent;

[C] The Christmas rush is [G] through;

[Em] But I still have one wish to make;

[Am7] A special one for [Bm7]* you.

* Barr 2 this Bm7 Chord. Essentially it’s a Bm chord without the pinky note. Typical throughout this song.

Verse 2:

[G] Merry Christmas, [Bm7] darling.

[G] We're apart, that's [Bm7] true.

[Am7] But I can [Bm7] dream and in my [Em] dreams

[Am7] I'm Christmasing with [D] you.

Verse 3:

[G] Holidays are [Bm7] joyful:

[G] There's always something [Bm7] new.

But [Am7] every [Bm7] day is a holi- [Em] day

[Am] When I'm near to [D] you.

Bridge 1:

The [Bb] lights on my [Am7] tree;

[Am] I wish you could [Bm7] see;

[Bb] I wish it [Am7] every [Am] day (Ah ah ah ah…..)

[Dm] Logs on the fire; Fill me with [Am] desire;

[G] To see you and to [Bm7] say:

Verse 4:

That I [G] wish you merry [Bm7] Christmas;

(Merry Christmas, [D] darling)

Happy New Year [Am7] too. (Ahh……………………….….)

I've… just one [D] wish on this [Bm7] Christmas Eve;

(……………………........ahh……………………………………….……)

(On this Christmas [Am7] Eve)

I wish [Bm7] I were [G] with you…

Instrumental:

Ahh….. Ah….. Ah….. [Am] Ahh…… [Am7] Ah…… [Am7] ……….

[Dm] Ah….. [Dm] ….. [Bb], [F], Ahh….. ([F] & [C] Ah [Dm] Ah)*

* Count the beat……………………………. (.1....&…2…&…..1………)

Bridge 2:

The logs on the fire; Fill me with [Am] desire;

[G] To see you and to [Bm7] say:

Verse 5:

That I [G] wish you merry [Bm7] Christmas;

(Merry Christmas, [D] darling)

Happy New Year [Am7] too. (Ahh…….……………….…..)

I've… just one [D] wish on this [Bm7] Christmas Eve;

(………………………...ahh………………………….…………………)

(On this Christmas [Am7] Eve)

I wish [G] I were with [Bm7] you……….

Outro:

[Am7] I wish I were… [Bm7] with [G]* you…………………………..…………….……..

* Barr 3 this G chord. Strum until the end segment of Row

3.

** Row 1:

(Female vocalist 1) Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas…………………………..……...

(Female vocalist 2)……..……Merry, Merry Christmas…………………......................

(Male vocalist 1 High)……………….…Merry Christmas…………………....................

(Male vocalist 2 Middle)….………….Merry Christmas.......Merry Christmas.…

** Row 2:

(Female vocalist 1)……………………...Merry Christmas………………………………….

(Female vocalist 2)………………...……Merry Christmas..........................................…

(Male vocalist 1 High)…………….……Merry Christmas…….…………………………..

(Male vocalist 2 Middle)….…..….….Merry Christmas.......……………………….……

** Row 3:

(Female vocalist 1)………………………..……................ [D]* dar- [Bm7] ling……......

(Female vocalist 2)………………………......................... [D]* dar- [Bm7] ling……......

(Male vocalist 1 High)………………………..…………... [D]* dar- [Bm7] ling……......

(Male vocalist 2 Middle)…………………………………. [D]* dar- [Bm7] ling…….....

(Male vocalist 3 Base)…..…Merry Christmas……. [D]* dar- [Bm7] ling…….....

* Barr 5 this D chord.

** The

Outro choir segment goes something like this. Mapping it out just for fun.