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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOUby Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff
SHUFFLE ISLAND STRUM: d- du -uduTIMING: 1 strum per chord
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ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU(continued)
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BLUE CHRISTMASby Bill Hayes and Jay Johnson
SWING STRUM: d- du d- du TIMING: 1 strum per chord
INTRO Dm G7 C G7/
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FELIZ NAVIDADby José Feliciano
INTRO C C/
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JINGLE BELL ROCKby Joseph Beal and Jim Boothe
SWING STRUM: d- du d- duTIMING: 1 strum per chord; on split measure, play [d du - d du]
SHUFFLE ISLAND STRUM: d- du -udu TIMING: 1 strum per chord
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VERSE G G G [ Am - D ] Jingle-bell Jingle-bell Jingle Bell Rock Jingle bell swing and Jingle bells ring
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JINGLE BELLSby J.S. Pierpont
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F G7 G7 C � � 2ōHU�WKH�ƓHOGV�ZH�JR�� � ODXJKLQJ�DOO�WKH�ZD\ C C C F Bells on bob-tail ring making spirits bright
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CHORUS x2 C Am Last Christmas I JDYH you my heart But the YHU\ next day you JDYH it away
Dm G7 This year to VDYH me from tears I'll JLYH it to someone special
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LET IT SNOW!by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
INTRO G7 C/ // (two hits)
VERSE [ C - G7 ] C [ C - D7 ] G7� ��2K���WKH�ZHDWKHU�RXW�VLGH�LV��IULJKWIXO� %XW�WKH�ƓUH����LV��VR�� GH�OLJKWIXO [ Dm - A7 ] Dm G7 C� ��$QG�VLQFH�ZHYH�QR�SODFH�WR�JR�� � /HW�LW�VQRZ��OHW�LW�VQRZ��OHW�LW�VQRZ
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MELE KALIKIMAKAby Robert Alex Anderson
BACKBEAT STRUM: d D d DTIMING: 2 strums per chord;
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SHUFFLE ISLAND STRUM: d- du -uduTIMING: 2 strums per chord; on split measure, play 1 per chord
INTRO C
VERSE C C C G7 Mele Kalikimaka is the thing to say on a bright Hawaiian Christmas day
G7 G7 G7 C That's the island greeting that we send to you from the land where palm trees sway
C7 F Here we know that Christmas will be green and bright
A7 [ D - G7 ] the sun will shine by day and all the stars at night
C A7 [ D - G7 ] C C Mele Kalikimaka is Ha-waii's way to say Merry Christmas to you
ENDING C A7 Mele Kalikimaka is Ha-waii's way
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ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE
by Johnny Marks
SHUFFLE ISLAND STRUM: d- du -udu TIMING: 1 strum per chord
INTRO G Em C D VERSE G G D D Rockin' around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop
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RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEERby Johnny Marks
SHUFFLE ISLAND STRUM: d- du -udu TIMING: 1 strum per chord
237,21$/�,1752�� � ��������� Am / Bm7 / Am / G / (single strums) You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen
Am / Bm7 / Am / G / Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen
Em7 / A7 / Em7 / A7 / But do you re-call the most famous reindeer of
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G G G D $OO of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names
D D D G They�QHYHU�OHW�SRRU�Rudolph MRLQ in any reindeer games
BRIDGE C G D G Then one foggy ChrisWPDV�(YH����Santa came to say
D D A7 D “RuGROSK��ZLWK�\RXU�nose�VR�EULJKW���� ��won't you guide my sleigh�WRQLJKW"Ő�
VERSE G G G D Then how the reindeer ORYHG him as they shouted out with glee
D D D G “RuGROSK��WKH�UHG�QRVHG�reinGHHU��� you'll go down in histo-U\�Ő
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*practice singing the underlined syllables on the downbeat to build your singing-while-playing skills
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SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWNby Haven Gillespie and J. F. Coots
BACKBEAT STRUM: d D d DTIMING: 1 strum per chord; on split measure, play [d D - d D]
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SILENT NIGHTby Franz Xaver Gruber
WALTZ STRUM: pick d dTIMING: 1 per chord
orFINGERPICKING: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 2
TIMING: 1 per chord
INTRO G
VERSE G G G G Silent night holy night
D D G G all is calm all is bright C C G G� � Ō5RXQG�\RQ�YLUJLQ�� PRWKHU�DQG�FKLOG C C G G holy infant so tender and mild
D D G G� � 6OHHS�LQ�KHDYHQO\�� SHDFH� G D G G / �ŴRXULVK�� � VOHHS�LQ��KHDYHQO\�� SHDFH
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SILVER BELLSby Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
WALTZ STRUM: D du du, or pick d dTIMING: 1 per chord
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ENDING D D / G G / Soon it will be Christmas day