Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine

Intro:
D5 - Am7/D - Dsus2i - Dsus2
                                  (Ahhhhhhh)
D7 - Am7/D - Dsus2i - Dsus2      2x


D                         Am/D
  Every year lasted too         long,
      C
with     easter bunnies,
G
  birthday cards,
     A                   A7
And     seaside outings      in the summer,
D                    Am/D
  only to break the        long
C                   G
  Gap of time that     stretched between
     A                     C9
the     one and the other      Christmas


(C9)                              Gm7
    Christmas in the sixties was       fine
      C9                                Gm7
With     candles, goodies, presents and      wine
B9                               E9
   ´peace on earth´ was real, it      seemed
     B9                 E6               A              A13     A7 -      D -
And     love a word as     yet not ob -     scene, no,      no


(D)                           Am/D
   Watching the season pa -         rade
C                  G
  Dying trees and     neon spars
     A                 A7
and    plastic santas      for a penny
D                  Am/D
  urging to cele -       brate,
C - G -
A                      C9
  Here comes another,     Christmas


(C9)                           Gm7
    Christmas was a jolly old       time
      C9                               Gm7
With      billy smart´s and auld lang       syne
B9                                 E9
    ´peace on earth´ was real, it     seemed
     B9                 E6               A               A13     A7 -      D -
And     love a word as      yet not ob -     scene, no,      no


Break:
(D) - Am/D -      C - G -      A - A7      2x
C9 - Gm7      2x
B9 - E6 -      B9 - E6 - A - A13 - A7


D                                (D)
  Christmas tree smell and those     silvery bells
(D)                 A             D
   Christmas was a     friend of     mine/


Inter:
Am/Di - Am7/D - F/D - Am7/D - Dsus2


D                Em
  Pa pa pam pam      paa
         D/F#                 A7sus4
dam, pa        pam pam paa -          dam
                 D              Em        D/F# -
Christmas was a     friend, of      mine
A7sus4                           D                Em
       Merry-, Merry-, Merry-,     Merry-, Merry      Christmas
           D/F#                  A7sus4
Everybody        All around the         world


D                 Em          D/F#
  Christ - mas -      time -          and
A7sus4
        Everybody have a
D                                    Em -
  good time coming in top to me yeah
D/F#
     Christmas time is here again
A7sus4
        Been around since you-know-when
D                 Em
  Happy new year      happy new year
D/F#                                   A7sus4
      I hope that everyone all have a          happy new year//


D5     x577xx
Am7/D  x5758x
Dsus2i x57755
Dsus2  x5775x
D7     x57575
D      xx0232
Am/D   xx0210
C      x32010
G      320003
A      x02220
A7     x02020
C9     x3233x
Gm7    353333
B9     x2122x
E6     02212x
A13    x02022
Am/Di  x57555
F/D    x57565
Em     0x2000
D/F#   2x0232