Christmas Was A Friend Of Mine

	  		



Capo on 1st  

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