Matt Maher – Little Merry Christmas (Guitar)

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[Intro] (Drums pickup, piano glissando) on bar 1 |G | | | | |G | | | | [Verse 1]
G               C
Deck the halls, hang the wreath

G                 D
Count the days til Christmas Eve

Em                C
Waiting on what’s underneath

    A7         D (bassline: D C B A)
The tannenbaum tree

G                   C
Bathe your house in twinkle lights

G                   D
Beg your kids for a silent night

Em     D         C         G
Wonder-ing about what’s in-side

    A       D     G
The red and the green
[Chorus]
              C         G           D      G
It’s the most wonderful time of the year

            C         G                 A/C#     D
It’s such a wonderful life we got right here

           C                G
There’s no present like the moment

     D        B7  Em
It’s all that we need

       C            G
Just a little merry Christmas

    D        C    (G)
And you here with me
[Intro] |G | | | | [Verse 2]
        G             C
You can jingle bells, bang a drum

G                D
You can par rump bum bum bum bum

Em     D          C                A7       D (bassline: D C B A)
Let it snow under mistletoe ‘cause no one's alone

   G              C
Go tell it on the mountainside

     G              D        B7
with angels we have heard on high

Em        D       C      G
There’s a star up in the sky

   A7   D   G
To lead you home
[Chorus]
              C         G           D      G
It’s the most wonderful time of the year

            C         G                 A/C#     D
It’s such a wonderful life we got right here

           C                G
There’s no present like the moment

     D        B7  Em
It’s all that we need

       C            G
Just a little merry Christmas

    D        C   |G    |
And you here with me
[Bridge]
G             A7           C
Have a merry, merry little Christmas

      Cm7   F  
And a happy new year

G             A7           C
Have a merry, merry little Christmas

      Cm7   F  
And a happy new year

G             A7           C
Have a merry, merry little Christmas

      Cm7   F  
And a happy new year

G             A7           C
Have a merry, merry little Christmas

Cm7   F
Yeah!
[Chorus]
              C         G           D      G
It’s the most wonderful time of the year

            C         G                 A/C#     D
It’s such a wonderful life we got right here

           C                G
There’s no present like the moment

     D        B7  Em
It’s all that we need

           C               G
There’s no moment like the present

     D       B7 Em
It’s time to be-lieve

        C            G
Well it don't cost a penny

    D         B7 Em
Not five gold-en rings

       C            G
Just a little merry Christmas

    D        C    (G)
And you here with me
[Ending] (vamp bridge, add vocal parts as wanted. Ex., "You'd better watch out!")
G             A7           C
Have a merry, merry little Christmas

Cm7   F 
(same rhythm as the bridge)
(End on G)