Carly Simon – The Night Before Christmas (Guitar)

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["Good King Wencaslas" excerpt] D G A D D G A D [Intro] G G Am G/B C C G G Am G/B C C [Verse]
    G               C
Children carry through the streets

    G                F
A brightly painted star

  G             C
Angels gather round the harp

   D           Em
Strumming on guitar

  A7     G+/B  C
Men of great renown and faith

     G            Em
Say prayers on boulevards

          G           C         G/B  C
It's the night before Christmas
[Chorus]
        D                    G
But you don't have to be an angel

    E/G#    A
To sing harmony

     D/A                 A
You don't have to be a child

           G        Esus    E
To love a mystery

         F7                  Bb
And you don't have to be a wise man
G/B C/Am On bended knee
    Eb9             Bb/D
The heart of this Christmas

        Am     D
Is in you and me
[Intro]
       G          C
The night before Christmas......

      G           C
The night before Christmas......

       G               C
If your heart's been longing

     G                F
It's been afraid to try

  G                 C
Sorrow's kept you company

      D7         B/D#        Em
And the dance has passed you by

      A7     G+/B  C
I'll lift you and blaze with you

    G              C
Across the moonlit sky

      G             C         G/B  C
On the night before Christmas
[Chorus]
        D                    G
But you don't have to be an angel

    E/G#    A
To sing harmony

     D/A                 A
You don't have to be a child

           G        Esus    E
To love a mystery

         F7                  Bb
And you don't have to be a wise man
G/B C/Am On bended knee
    A/C#            D
The heart of this Christmas

        C     G/B
Is in you and me
[Breakdown]
       C          G/B
The heart of this Christmas

       Am  D    G
Is in you and me
[Interlude] G G Am G/B C G G Am G/B C [Outro]
       G          C
The night before Christmas......

      G           C
The night before Christmas......

      G           C
The night before Christmas......

      G                          C
The night before Christmas, and all through the house

      G                          C
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse

      G                          C
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care

      G                          C
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there...
[fade out]