Frank Sinatra – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Santa Claus Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tempo: 4/4 time. q=120, Capo: 2nd fret, optionally Play bass quarters consequently with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Eights are marked '+'. Emphasize the melody notes. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting as appropriate.
[Verse]   
   G                  +         +                 +     C   +                 +     G  +                  +
E|------------------------|---------------------------|-0--h2---3----3------------|--------------------------|
B|------------------------|-0--h1---3----3------------|---------------------------|-0--h1---3----3-----------|
G|--------------------0---|-----------------------0---|-----------------------0---|-----------------------0--|
D|------0---------0-------|---------0---------0-------|---------2---------2-------|---------0---------0------|
A|-----------2------------|--------------2------------|-3------------3------------|--------------2-----------|
E|-3----------------------|-3-------------------------|---------------------------|-3------------------------|
                      You   better watch out,    you    better  not  cry,     you   better not  pout,     I'm  
                      He's  making  a    list    and    checking it twice.          Gonna find out       who's

   C   +                 +     G                     D7                    G                  +
E|-0-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------(3)------|
B|-----3--p1----1------------|-0----3---------0----|------1--------------|------------------------|
G|-----------------------0---|-----------0---------|-2--------------2----|-0------------------0---|
D|---------2---------2-------|------0---------0----|------2---------0----|------0---------0-------|
A|-3------------3------------|-----------2---------|-0-------------------|-----------2------------|
E|---------------------------|-3-------------------|-----------2---------|-3----------------------|
   telling you why:           Santa     Claus is     coming         to     town.                
   naughty and nice.          Santa     Claus is     coming         to     town.          He      

[Chorus]
   Am            +       +    C   +       +              Am            +       +    C   +       +
E|-5----3----2--h3-------0--|-----0----------------3---|-5----3----2--h3-------0--|----------------------5---|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--------------------------|-------------0------------|--------------------------|-----0-------0------------|
D|------0------------0------|---------2------------2---|------0------------0------|---------2------------0---|
A|--------------------------|-3------------------------|--------------------------|-3------------------------|
E|-5---------3--------------|-----------------3--------|-5---------3--------------|-----------------3--------|
   sees you  when you're sleeping.                 He    knows when you're awake.                        He

   Bm           +       +    D   +       +      +        Am           +       +    D   +       +           +
E|-7----5---4--/5----------|-----5-------0-------------|-5--\-3---2--p0----------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------7--|--------------------7------|----------------------3--|---------------------------|
G|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-----2-------2-----------0-|
D|------0-----------0------|---------0--------------0--|------0-----------0------|---------0-----------0-----|
A|-------------------------|-0--------------0----------|----------0--------------|----------------0----------|
E|-7--------4--------------|---------------------------|-5-----------------------|-2-------------------------|
   knows, if you've been bad     or      good,  so be    good for goodness    sake!                        You

[Reprise]   
   G   +                 +    C   +                 +    G   +                 +    C   +                 +
E|--------------------------|-0--h2---3----3-----------|--------------------------|-0------------------------|
B|-0--h1---3----3-----------|--------------------------|-0--h1---3----3-----------|-----3--p1----1-----------|
G|-----------------------0--|-----------------------0--|-----------------------0--|-----------------------0--|
D|---------0---------0------|---------2---------2------|---------0---------0------|---------2---------2------|
A|--------------2-----------|-3------------3-----------|--------------2-----------|-3------------3-----------|
E|-3------------------------|--------------------------|-3------------------------|--------------------------|
   better watch out,     you  better  not  cry,     you  better not  pout,     I'm  telling you  why:  

   G                   D7                 G                 +                      +
E|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B|-0----3--------0---|------1-----------|----------------------|----------------------|
G|----------0--------|-2-------------2--|-0-----------------0--|-------------------0--|
D|------0--------0---|------2--------0--|------0--------0------|------0--------0------|
A|----------2--------|-0----------------|----------2-----------|----------2-----------|
E|-3-----------------|----------2-------|-3--------------------|-3--------------------|
   Santa   Claus is    coming        to   town!                                                                                    

[Outro]
   G   +       +                   +       +                        +
E|-7---7---\-------3---------|-7---7----------------7--\-|-3----------------------|-3a-----|
B|----------------------3----|---------------------------|------------------------|-0a-----|
G|-------------0-------------|-------------0-------------|----------0-------------|-0a-----|
D|---------0------------0----|---------0------------7----|------0------------0----|--------|
A|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------2---------|--------|
E|-7---------------3---------|-7---------------7---------|-3----------------------|-3a-----|
   Santa           Claus is    coming               to     town!