Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

[A E F# C#] (single notes on piano)

Verse 1

  Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news

  Oh what a Christmas to have the blues

  My baby's gone I have no friends

  To wish me greetings once again

Verse 2

Crowds will be singing "Silent Night"

Christmas carols by candlelight

Please come home for Christmas, please come home for Christmas

  If not for Christmas, by New Year's night

Bridge

  Friends and relations send salutations

  Sure as the stars shine above

  But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear

  The time of year to be with the one you love

Verse 3

So won't you tell me you'll never more roam

Christmas and New Year's will find you home

  There'll be no more sorrow, no grief and pain

  And I'll be happy, [1: happy] once again

[2: Christmas]

[repeat verse 3 with guitar solo over first two lines]

Outro

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[...again] / / / /

 When the waitress said

Closin' time