Intro D D/C# D/B D/C# x2 ||: / / / / | / / / / :|| Verse 1 D B7 E7 A7 Christmas time is here, by golly, disapproval would be folly, D D/C G/B Gm/Bb Deck the halls with hunks of holly, D E7 A7 Fill the cup, and don't say, 'When!' D B7 Kill the turkeys, ducks and chickens, E7 A7 Mix the punch, ...drag out the Dickens, D D/C G/B Gm/Bb D Em7 A7 D Even though the prospect sickens, brother, here we go a - gain! Verse 2 D D/C G/B On Christmas day you can't get sore, Gm/Bb D/A Your fellow man you must adore, Bm Gm/Bb D/A E7 There's time to rob him all the more, A E7 A7 A9 A7 * The other three hundred and six - ty - four! Verse 3 D B7 E7 A7 Re - lations, sparing no expense'll send some useless old utensil, D D/C G/B Gm/Bb D E7 A7 Or a matching pen and pencil, "Just the thing I need! How nice!" D B7 E7 It doesn't matter how sincere it is, A7 D D/C G/B Gm/Bb Nor how heart - felt the spirit, senti- ment will not en - dear it, D Em7 A7 D What's im - portant is the price! Bridge DADDDA7 'Hark the 'Her - ald Tri - bune' sings------, D/F# G D/A A7 D Adver - tising wond - rous things!' Bm F# Bm F#m G D G F# Bm Em F# 'God rest ye merry merch - ants, may ye make the yule - tide pay!' D A7 D A A7 D D/D A7 D A7 D 'An - gels we have heard on high, tell us to go out, and buy!' Verse 4 A7 D B7 So----, ...let the raucous sleigh bells jingle, E7 A7 Hail our dear old friend, Kris Kringle, D A7 B7 Em Driving his reindeer a - cross the sky----, B7 Em A9 A7 D AD Don't stand underneath when they ...fly ...by----!