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  15   <h1 class="songtitle">Christmas Blues</h1>
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  18   <p>Written by  Sammy Cahn and David Jack Holt<br />
  19 Released on <a href="index.html" class="recordlink">Christmas in the Heart</a> (2009)<br />
  20 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  23     <h3>Chords</h3>
  24     <p>
  25     Don&rsquo;t let the long names scare you off. Rule of thumb #1:
  26     it will rarely hurt to chop off from the end (e.g. E7-9 is just a
  27     spiced-up E7). Rule of thumb #2: a plain 7 or m7 will usually work just
  28     fine.
  29     </p>
  30     <pre class="chords">
  31 A7-9     5453x0
  32 D7+9     x5456x
  33 G7-9     32310x or x-10-9-10-9-x
  34 F#7-9    x98989 or x9898x
  35 B7+9     x2123x
  36 Dmaj7    x57675
  37 Em7     (0)79787
  38 A7+9     x07688
  39 F#m7     x-9-11-9-10-9
  40 D7       x5453x
  41 G9       x-10-9-10-10-10
  42 E7-9     076760 or 076767
  43 B9       x21222 or x24222
  44 Em6      042000 or 022020
  45 A7/6     575675</pre>
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  47 <pre class="crd">
  48 A7-9  . D7+9 . | G7-9 . F#7-9 . | B7+9 . E7 . | A7 . . .
  49 </pre>
  50 <pre class="verse">
  51     Dmaj7            Em7
  52 The jingle bells are jingling
  53     Dmaj7                  A7+9
  54 The streets are white with snow
  55     Dmaj7 Em7        F#m7 G
  56 The happy crowds are mingling
  57             D7
  58 But there's no one that I know
  59     G9
  60 I'm sure that you'll forgive me
  61 D7   C7        B7
  62 If I don't enthuse
  63   E7-9               A7        F#7   B7  E7  A7
  64 I guess I've got the Christmas blues
  65 </pre>
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  67 <pre class="verse">
  68 I've done my window shopping
  69 There's not a store I've missed
  70 But what's the use of stopping
  71 When there's no one on your list
  72 You'll know the way I'm feeling
  73 When you love and you lose
  74   E7-9               A7        D7
  75 I guess I've got the Christmas blues
  76 </pre>
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  78 <pre class="bridge">
  79 F#m7          B9
  80 When somebody wants you
  81 F#m7          B9
  82 Somebody needs you
  83 Em7            C      Em6
  84 Christmas is a joy of joy
  85     G#m7                C#9
  86 But friends when you're lonely
  87        G#m7            C#9
  88 You'll find that it's only
  89   F#m7             B9
  90 A thing for little girls
  91 Em7           A7
  92  and little boys
  93 </pre>
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  95 <pre class="verse">
  96 May all your days be merry
  97 Your seasons full of cheer
  98 But 'til it's January
  99 I'll just go and disappear
 100 Oh Santa may have brought you some stars for your shoes
 101 But Santa only brought me the blues
 102       E7-9
 103 Those brightly packaged tinsel covered
 104 A7/6         D . . . | G7-9 . F#7-9 . | B7+9 . E7 . | A7sus4 . A7
 105    Christmas blues
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 108
 109 <pre class="verse">
 110 [First half of verse instrumental]
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 112 Oh Santa may have brought you some stars for your shoes
 113 But Santa only brought me the blues
 114 Those brightly packaged tinsel covered
 115           D7 . . . | G7-9 . F#7-9 . | B7+9 E7 A7 D9 ~ | ~ ~ ~
 116 Christmas blues
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