Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer Gene Autrey

Dm Em Dm C
You know D asher, and D ancer, and P rancer, and V ixen

Dm Em Dm C
Comet, and C upid, and D onner and Bl itzen

Am D7 Am D7 G
But do you r ecall the most f amous re indeer of all

C G
R udolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny n ose

C
And if you ever saw it you would even say it g lows

C G
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him n ames

C C7
They never let poor Rudolph play in any reindeer g ames

F C Dm G C
Th en one foggy Chr istmas eve S anta c ame to s ay

D D#o7 Em A7 D

Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight

C G
T hen all the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with g lee

C C7
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer you'll go down in histo ry

Strum-a-Christmas
• Away In a Manger (Misc. Christmas)
• Come All Ye Faithful v1 (Misc. Christmas)
• Do they know it's christmastime? (Band Aid)
• FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (Misc. Christmas)
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Misc. Christmas)
 • I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS (T. Connor (c) 1952)
• Jingle Bells ()
• JOY TO THE WORLD (I.Watts, L.Mason. publ.1839)
• Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ((Sammy Cahn, J.Styne (c) 1945))
• Mary\'s Boy Child (Harry Belafonte)
• O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL (Adeste Fideles) (F.Oakeley, J.Reading. publ.1751)
• ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE (Misc. Christmas)
• Rudolph Red-Nosed Reindeer (Misc. Christmas)
• Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer (Misc. Christmas)
• Silent night (Christmas)
• Silent Night (Misc. Classical)
• The First Noel (Misc. Christmas)
• TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (Misc. Christmas)
• We three kings (Misc. Christmas)
• We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Traditional)
• winter wonder land (Misc. Christmas)

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Away In a Manger
words; Traditional, melody; William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)

A lullaby waltz in gentle 3/4 time

D G D
A- way in a manger, no crib for a bed

A7 G D
The little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head

D G D
The stars in the sky look down where he lay

A7 D Em A7 D
The little Lord Jesus a- sleep on the hay

...

D G D
The cattle are lowing, the Baby a- wakes;

A7 G D
But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes;
D G D
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky;

A7 D Em A7 D
And stay by my cradle 'til morning is nigh.

...

D G D
Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay,

A7 G D
Close by me forever, and love me, I pray.

D G D
Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,

A7 D Em A7 D
And fit us for Heaven to live with Thee there.
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Come All Ye Faithful v1
G D, GDG Am G D
O come, all ye faithful. Joyful and triumphant,

Em D A D G6 D G D A7 D D7
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem.

G D7 G D7 G
Come and behold Him,

D G Em Am D
born the King of angels:

G D G D7 G
O come let us adore Him,

G G D G D7 G D
O come let us adore Him,

G Am G Am A7 D G Am
O come let us adore Him,

G D7 GG
Christ the Lord.

G D, GDG Am G D
Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,
Em D A D G6 D G D A7 D D7
Sing, all yea citizens of heav'n above;

G D7 G D7 G
Glory to God, all

D G Em Am D
glory in the highest:

G D, GDG Am G D
Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this holy morning,

Em D A D G6 D G D A7 D D7
Jesus, to Thee be glory giv'n;

G D7 G D7 G
Word of the Father

D G Em Am D
now in flesh appearing:

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Do they know it's christmastime?

C F G C
It's Christmas time and there's no need to be afraid

F G C
At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade

F G C F
And in our world of plenty we can spread a smile of joy

F G C
Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time

F G C
But say a prayer - Pray for the other ones

F G C
At Christmas time it's hard, but when you're having fun

F G C F
There's a world outside your window - And it's a world of dread and fear

F G C
Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears

F G C F
And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom

F G C
Well to night thank God it's them instead of you

F G C
And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime

F G C
The greatest gift they'll get this year is life

F G C F
(Oooh) Where nothing ever grows, no rain nor rivers flow

F G C F C
Do they know it's Christmastime at all?

Am G Am G
(Here's to you) raise a glass for everyone - (Here's to them) underne ath that burning sun

F G C F C F C Dm G
Do they know it's Christmas time at all?

C F C F C Dm G
Feed the wo rld - Let them know it's Christmas time.

Repeat and fade

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FROSTY THE SNOWMAN

suggest Capo V

C FC
Frosty the Snow Man was a jolly happy soul

FC
With a corn-cob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of

G7 C G7
coal.

CFC
Frosty the Snow Man is a fairy tale they say

F F#dim C Am
He was made of snow but the children know how he came to

Dm7 G7 C
life one day.

F Em7 A7
There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
found,

G G#dim Am7 D7 G G7
For when they put it on his head he began to dance around.

C F F#dim C
Oh, Frosty the Snow Man was alive as he could be,
 F Em7 A7
And the children say he could laugh and play just the same as

Dm7 G7 C
you and me.

C FC
Frosty the Snow Man knew the sun was hot that day,

F C
So he said, 'Let's run and we'll have some fun now before I melt

G7 C G7
away.'
C FC
Down to the village with a broomstick in his hand,

F F#dim C Am
Running here and there all around the square, saying

Dm7 G7 C
'Catch me if you can.'

F Em7 A7
He led them down the streets of town right to the traffic cop,

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7

G G#dim Am7 D7
And he only paused a moment when he heard him holler,

G G7
'Stop!'

C F F#dim C
For Frosty the Snow Man had to hurry on his way,

F Em7 A7
But he waved good-bye, saying, 'Don't you cry; I'll be back

Dm7 G7 C
again some day.'

Thumpety thump thump, thumpety thump thump, Look at Frosty go. Thumpety

thump thump, thumpety thump thump, Over the hills of snow. [C G7, G7, G7

C.]
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God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
G B7 Em
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Traditional English Carol, 18th century
D
Em B7 Em comfort and joy!
God rest you merry, gentlemen;
G C B7 Em
Em C B7 O tidings of comfort and joy
let nothing you dis- may
Em B7 Em
Em B7 Em From God our heav'nly Father,
Re- member Christ our Savior
Em C B7
Em C B7 a blessed angel came;
was born on Christmas Day
Em B7 Em
Am B7 And unto certain shepherds
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
Em C B7
Em D brought tidings of the same;
when we were gone a- stray
Am B7
How that in Bethle- hem was born Em B7 Em
and laid with- in a manger
Em D
the Son of God by name. Em C B7
u- pon this blessed morn;
. . . . Refrain . . . .
Am B7
Em B7 Em The which His Mother Mar-y
'Fear not, then,' said the angel,
Em D
Em C B7 did nothing take in scorn.
'Let nothing you a- fright;
Em B7 Em . . . . Refrain . . . .

this day is born a Savior Em B7 Em

Now to the Lord sing praises,
Em C B7
of a pure virgin bright, Em C B7
all you with- in this place,
Am B7
to free all those who trust in him Em B7 Em
and with true love and charity
Em D
from Satan's power and might.' Em B7 Em
each other now em- brace;
. . . . Refrain . . . .
Am B7
Em B7 Em this holy tide of Christmas
In Bethlehem, in Israel,
Em D
Em C B7 doth bring redeeming grace.
this blessed Babe was born,
. . . . Refrain . . . .

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Jingle Bells

D G
Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open sleigh

Em A7 D
O're the fields we go, laughing all the way

D G
 Bells on bobtail ring, Making spirits bright,

Em A7 D
what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight.

D
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way

G D E7 A
Oh, what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh.

D
Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.

G D E7 A
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.

D G
A day or two ago, I thought I'd take a ride

Em A7 D
And soon Miss Fannie Bright, was seated by my side,

D G
The horse was lean and lank, Misfortune seemed his lot,
Em A7 D
He got into a drifted bank, and we, we got up-sot.

Chorus

D G
Now the ground is white, go it while you're young

Em A7 D
Take the girls tonight, and sing this sleighing song,

D G
Just get a bobtail nag, two forty for his speed,

Em A7 D
Then hitch him to an open sleigh, and crack, you'll take the lead.

Chorus
 F C7 F
Oh, the weather out side is frightful,

Abdim C7
But the fire is so deli ghtful,

Gm D7 Gm
And since we've no place to go,

C7 F
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

It doesn't show signs of stopping,

And I brought some corn for popping;

The lights are turned way down low,

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

C C
When we finally kiss good night,
Dm7 G7 C
How I'll hate going out in the storm;

C C
But if you really hold me tight,

D7 G7 C7
All the way home I'll be warm.

The fire is slowly dying,

And, my dear, we're still good-bye-ing,

But as long as you love me so.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

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Mary's Boy Child

G C D G
Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible say,

G C G D7 G
Mary's boy child Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.

G C D7 G Em C D
Hark, now hear the angels sing, a new king born today, and

G D G C G D7 G
man will live for evermore, be cause of Christmas day.

G C D7 G Em C D
Trumpets sound and angels sing, listen to what they say, that

G D C G D7 G
man will live for evermore, be cause of Christmas Day.

While shepherds watch their flocks by night,

them see a bright new shining star,

them hear a choir sing, the music seemed to come from afar.

Now Joseph and his wife, Mary, come to Bethlehem that night,

them find no place to born the child, not a single room was in sight.

Chorus

By and by they find a little nook in a stable all forlorn,

and in a manger cold and dark, Mary's little boy was born.

Long time ago in Bethlehem, so the Holy Bible say,

Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ, was born on Christmas Day.

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ROCKIN AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE

C
Rockin' around the Christmas tree

G7
At the Christmas party hop

Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
Mistletoe hung where you can see

C
Ev'ry couple wants to stop.

C
Rockin' around the Christmas tree

G7
Let the Christmas spirit ring

Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie

C
And we'll do some caro ling.

F Em
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
Am Am+7 Am7
Voices singing, 'Let's be Jolly;

D7 G7
Deck the halls with boughs of holly.'

C
Rockin' around the Christmas tree

G7
Have a happy holiday.

Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
 Ev'ryone dancing merri ly

Dm7 G7 C
In the new old- fa shioned way.

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Rudolph Red-Nosed Reindeer
Misc. Christmas

G Am Bm Am G
You know D asher, and D ancer, and P rancer, and V ixen

Am Bm Am G
Comet, and C upid, and D onner and Bl itzen

Em A7 Em A7 D
But do you r ecall the most f amous re indeer of all

G D7
R udolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny n ose

G
And if you ever saw it you would even say it g lows

G D7
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him n ames

G
They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer g ames

C G D7 G
Th en one foggy Chr istmas eve S anta came to s ay

A7 D7
Rud olph with your nose so bright, wo n't you guide my sleigh tonight

G G D7
T hen all the reindeer l oved him as they shouted out with g lee

G
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer you'll go down in histo ry
 G D7
R udolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny n ose

G
And if you ever saw it you would even say it gl ows

G D7
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him n ames

D7 G
They never let poor Rudolph j oin in any reindeer ga mes

C G D7 G
T hen one foggy Chr istmas eve S anta came to s ay

A7 D7
Rud olph with your nose so bright, wo n't you guide my sleigh tonight

G G D7
Th en how the reindeer l oved him as they shouted out with g lee

G
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer you'll go down in histo ry

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Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer

Fmaj7 Em7
You know Dasher and Dancer

Dm7 Cmaj7
And Prancer and Vixen,

Fmaj7 Em7
Comet and Cupid

Dm7 Cmaj7
And Donner and Blitzen.

Am E7 Am
But do you recall

D9 G4 G7
The most famous reindeer of all?

C
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)

C G7
Had a very shiny nose (like a light bulb)

G7
And if you ever saw it (saw it)

C
You would even say it glows (like a flash light)

C
All of the other reindeer (reindeer)

C G7
Used to laugh and call him names (like Pinochio)

G7
They wouldn't let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)

G7 C
Play in any reindeer games (like Monopoly)

F Em7 A7
Then one foggy Christmas Eve

Dm7 G7 C
Santa came to say (Ho Ho Ho)

G7 Em
Rudolph with your nose so bright

Am7 D7 Dm7 G7
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

C
Then all the reindeer loved him (loved him)

C G7
And they shouted out with glee (yippee)

G7
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer (reindeer)

G7 C
You'll go down in history (like Columbus)

[My kids brought home the words in parentheses from school. I assume
everyone with hids knows these also. In most cases, the words are yelled.

sj]

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Silent night E7 A
Sleep in heavenly peace,
slow 3/4 E7 A
Sleep in Heavenly peace.
A
Silent night, Holy Night, A
Silent night, Holy night
E7 A
All is calm, All is bright. E7 A
Shepherds quake at the sight.
D A
Round yon virgin, Mother and child. D A
Glories stream from Heaven afar,
D A
Holy Infant so tender and mild, D A
 Heavenly hosts sing alleluia. D A
E7 A Radiant beams from thy holy face,

Christ the Savior is born; D A

with the dawn of re deeming grace,
E7 A
Christ the Savior is born. E7 A
Jesus Lord at thy birth,
A
Silent night, Holy night, E7 A
Jesus Lord at thy birth.
E7 A
Son of God loves pure light,

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Silent Night

A
Silent night, holy night
E D A
All is calm, all is bright
D A
Round yon virgin, mother and Child
D A
Holy Infant so tender and mild
E D A
Sleep in heavanly pea ce
A E D A
Sleep in heavenly pea ce
A
Silent night, holy night
E
Shepherds quake at the sight

D A
Glories stream from heaven afar

D A
Heavenly hosts sing Alleleulia
E D A
Christ the Savior is bo rn

E D A
Christ the Savior is bo rn

A
Silent night, holy night

E
Son of God, love's pure light

D A
Radiant beams from Thy holy face

D A
With the dawn of redeeming grace

E D A
Jesus Lord at thy bir th

A E D A
Jesus Lord at thy bir th
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The First Noel

Traditional English Carol, words; 18th cent, music; 17th cent.

In 3/4 time, a lively waltz

C Am G F C
... The first No- el the angel did say, F C F G7 C
Born is the King of Is- ra-- el.
F C F G7 C
Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay;

Am G F C Am G F C
In fields where they lay keeping their sheep They look-ed up and saw a star,

F C F G7 C F C F G7 C
On a cold winters night that was so-- deep Shining in the East, be- yond them far;

. . . . Refrain . . . . . C Am G F C
And to the earth it gave good light;
C Em F C G
No- el, No- el, No- el, No- el F C F G7 C
And so it con- tinued both day and night. F C F G7- C
Full rever- ently on bend- ed knee,
. . . . Refrain . . . .
C Am G F C
C Em F C G And offered there in His pre- sence
No- el, No- el, No- el, No- el
F C F G7 C
F C F G7 C Their gold and myrrh and frank --in- cense.
Born is the King of Is- ra-- el.
. . . . Refrain . . . .

C Am G F C
And by the light of that same star C Em F C G
No- el, No- el, No- el, No- el
F C F G7 C
three wise men came from contry a-- far; F C F G7 C
Born is the King of Is- ra-- el.
C Am G F C
to seek for a king was their in- tent,

F C F G7 C
and to follow the star wher- ever it-- went
. . . . Refrain . . . .

C Am G F C
This star drew nigh to the North West,

F C F G7 C
O'er Bethle- hem it took its- rest,

C Am G F C
And there it did stop and stay,

F C F G7 C
Right over the place where Je-- sus lay.

. . . . Refrain . . . .

C Em F C G
No- el, No- el, No- el, No- el

F C F G7 C
Born is the King of Is- ra-- el.

Am G F C
Then entered in there Wise Men three
This song is from PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics site

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TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

G
On the first day of Christmas,

D7 G
My true love gave to me

G C G D7 G
a partridge in a pear tree

D
Twelve drummers drumming

D
'leven pipers piping

D
Ten lords a-leaping

D
Nine ladies dancing

D
Eight maids a-milking

D
Seven swans a-swimming
D
Six geese a-laying

G A7 D7
Five golden rings
 G
Four calling birds

Am
Three French hens

D7
Two turtle doves

G C G D7 G
And a partridge in a pear tree

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We three kings

WE THREE KINGS
John Hopkins. publ.1857

We three kings of Orient are [Em B7 Em]

Bearing gifts we traverse afar [Em B7 Em]
Field and fountain, moor and mountain [Em D G]
Following yonder star [Am Em B7 Em]

O [D D7]

star of wonder star of night [G C G] Star with royal beauty bright [G C G] Westward leading still proceeding
[Em D C D] Guide us to thy perfect light [G C G]
Born a king on Bethlehem plain. Gold I bring to crown him again. King forever ceasing never. Over us all to
reign.
Frankincense to offer have I. Incense owns a deity night. Prayer and praising, all men raising. Worship Him,
God on high.
Myrrh is mine; it's bitter perfume. Breathes a life of gathering gloom. Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in a stone cold tomb.
Glorious now behold him arise, King and God, and sacrifice; Heaven sings Alleluia; Alleluia the earth replies.

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We Wish You A Merry Christmas

So bring some out here.

G C
We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas

A7 D7 We wish you a merry Christmas

We wish you a merry Christmas
We wish you a merry Christmas
B7 Em
We wish you a merry Christmas And a Happy New Year

C D7 G
And a Happy New Year

C D
Good tidings to you

A9 D
Wherever you are

G
Good tidings for Christmas

Am7 D7 G
And a Happy New Year

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding

And a cup of good cheer.

We won't go until we get some

We won't go until we get some

We won't go until we get some

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winter wonder land

moderate 4/4 (chorus)

tacit C E B7 E
Sleigh bells ring are you listenin' In the meadow we can build snowman
B7 E
G7
In the lane snow is glistenin' and pretend he is parson Brown

A beautiful sight were happy tonight G D7

He'll say are you married
C
Walkin' in the winter wonder land G
we'll say no man
Gone away is the blue bird
D7 G
G7 But you can do the job when you're in town.
Here to stay is the new bird
C
He sings our love song as we go along Later on we'll conspire
C G7
walkin' in the winter wonder land as we dream by the fire
To face unafraid the plans that we made

C
walkin' in a winter wonder land.

D7 G7 C
Walkin' in a winter wonder land.
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

A
You better watch out

D
You better not cry

A A7
Better not pout

D D7
I'm telling you why

A E A E7
Santa Claus is coming to town

He's making a list, And checking it twice; Gonna find out Who's naughty

and nice. Santa Claus is coming to town

GAD
He sees you when you're sleeping
 GAD
He knows when you're awake
F#m7 E
He knows if you've been bad or good

B7 E E7
So be good for goodness sake

Oh! You better watch out! You better not cry. Better not pout, I'm telling

you why. Santa Claus is coming to town.

Santa Claus is coming to town.

LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

To lay before the king pa- -ra-pam-pam-pam

Come, they told me pa-ra-pam-pam-pam C G

Rap-pam-pam-pam Rap-pam-pam-pam

Our newborn king to see pa-ra-pam-pam-pam

G So to honor him pa-ra-pam-pam-pam

Our finest gifts we bring pa-ra-pam-pam-pam

G C

F When we come
 C C

Little baby pa-ra-pam-pam-pam Mary nodded pa-ra-pam-pam-pam

I am a poor boy too pa-ra-pam-pam-pam The ox and lamb kept time pa-ra-pam-pam-pam

G G

I have no gifts to bring para-pam-pam-pam I played my drum for him pa-ra-pam-pam-pam

F C F

That's fit to give our King pa- -ra-pam-pam-pam I played my best for him pa- -ra-pam-pam-pam

C G C G

Rap-pam-pam- Rap-pam-pam-pam Rap-pam-pam-pam

Rap-pam-pam-pam
pam

C
C
Shall I play for you pa-ra-pam-pam-
pam Then he smiled at me pa-ra-pam-pam-pam

G C G C

On my drum Me and my drum my drum