title: The Christmas Song
key: Christmas
harp type: Chromatic
genre: Eb
skill: Intermediate

Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire
By Mel Torme’ and Robert Wells
Key of Eb Major
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Chest-nuts roast-ing on an op-en fire,
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Jack Frost nip-ping at your nose,
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Yule-tide car-ols be-ing sung by a choir
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And folks dressed up like Es-ki-mos.
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Ev-‘ry-bo-dy knows a tur-key and some
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mis-tle-toe___
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Help to make the seas-on bright.
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Ti – ny tots with their eyes all a-glow
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Will find it hard to sleep to-night.__
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They know that San-ta’s on his way;
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He’s load-ed lots of toys and good-ies
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on his sleigh.
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And ev-‘ry moth-er’s child is gon-na spy____
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To see if rein-deer real-ly know
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how to fly.
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And so, I’m of-fer-ing this sim-ple phrase
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To kids from one to nine-ty-two.
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Al-tho’ it’s been said
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Ma – ny times, ma – ny ways;
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“Mer-ry Christmas to you.”
Musical interlude
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And so, I’m of-fer-ing this sim-ple phrase
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To kids from one to nine-ty-two.
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Al-tho’ it’s been said
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Ma – ny times, ma – ny ways;
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“Mer-ry Christmas to you.”