Guitar chord The Christmas Song

The Christmas Song, also known as Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, was written in 1945 by Bob Wells and Mel Tormé during a heatwave as an attempt to stay cool by thinking about winter. Tormé stated that the song was written in just 40 minutes.

Key:  C 
C7M
       
Dm7
            
Em7
             
Dm7
 
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
C7M
        
Gm7
     
C7
      
F7M
        
E7
 
Jack Frost nipping on your nose
Am
       
Fm6
          
C
         
B7
 
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
    
E7M
           
Fm7
         
Dm7
   
G
    
G7
 
And folks dressed up like Eskimos,     everybody

C7M
      
Dm7
             
Em7
   
Dm7
 
Knows, a turkey and some mistletoe
C7M
     
Gm7
      
C7
     
F7M
     
E7
 
Help to make the season bright
Am
   
Fm6
             
C
         
B7
 
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
     
Em
      
A7
      
Dm7
   
G7
  
C
 
Will find it hard to sleep tonight

C7
             
Gm
      
C7
     
F7M
   
They know that Santa's on his way
            
Gm
               
C7
              
F7M
   
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
          
Fm7
           
Bb7
          
Eb
 
And every mother's child is going to spy
          
D7
                          
G4
    
G7
 
To see if reindeer really know how to fly

    
C7M
     
Dm7
           
Em7
    
Dm7
 
And so, I'm offering this simple phrase
   
C7M
       
Gm7
    
C7
     
F7M
     
E7
 
To kids from one to ninety-two
Am
                
Fm6
       
C
           
B7
 
Although its been said many times, many ways
      
Em7
  
A7
 
Dm7
 
G
  
C
 
Merry Chri-st-mas to you