Jimmy Buffett – Ho Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum (Guitar Intro)

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[Verse 1]
D                                                G    C  G  C  G
Santa's stressed out as the holiday season draws near

          D                                            G      C  G  C  G
He's been doing the same job now going on two thousand years

         C7                                             G    G/F#  Em
He's got pains in his brain and chimney scars cover his buns

   D                                                  G    C  G  C  G
He hates to admit it, but Christmas is more work than fun
[Verse 2]
   D                                         G     C  G  C  G
He needs a vacation from bad decorations and snow

    D                                             G      C  G  C  G
Mr. Claus has escape plans, a secret that only he knows

C7                                                 G       G/F#  Em
Beaches and palm trees appear night and day in his dreams

F
A break from his wife, his half frozen life

                                 D
The elves and that damn reindeer team
[Chorus]
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

G           C          D      G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean

   G            C               D          G
He thinks about boat drinks and fun in the sun

G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
[Interlude] G C G C G G C G C D G [Verse 3]
D                                                G    C  G  C  G
Plastic creations and crass exploitations aren't good

   D                                           G     C  G  C  G
He wants to go back to simple toys made out of wood

C7                                         G    G/F#  Em
Just for the weekend he'd like to be Peter Pan

F                                                    D
Get out his long johns and dance with a sword in the sand
[Chorus]
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

G           C          D      G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean

  G         C            D             G
Marimbas, calimbas, he's playing steel drums

G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
[Bridge] |C |C |Bm |Bm |Am |F |G |G |C |C |Bm |Bm |Am |F |D |D [Chorus]
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

G           C          D      G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean

  G         C            D             G
Marimbas, calimbas, he's playing steel drums

G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

G           C          D      G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean

  G           C           D            G
A week in the tropics and he'll be all right

G          C         D            G
Sporting a tan as he rides out of sight
N.C. (over the drums)
      G            C           D           G
Merry Christmas to all, and to all... good night
[Outro] G C G C G G C G C D G