Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays500

Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You by Billy Squier is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm, Em, E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			 D                 G              D 
Christmas is the time to say "I love you" 
 D                 Bm                Em 
Share the joys of laughter and good cheer 
 G                E               D 
Christmas is the time to say "I love you" 
 Bm     Em               A                    D 
And a feeling that will last all through the year 

 D                G           D 
On the corner carolers are singing 
 D                   Bm           Em 
There’s a touch of magic in the air 
 G               E        D  		    Bm 
From grownup to minor no one could be finer 
 Em              		   A 
Times are hard but no one seems to care 
 D                 G                 D 
Christmas Eve and all the world is watching 
 D                 Bm                  Em 
Santa guides his reindeer through the dark 
 G                 E             D 	     Bm 
From rooftop to chimney, from Harlem to Bimini 
 Em           A			   D 
They will find a way into your heart 

 D                 G              D 
Christmas is the time to say "I love you" 
 D                 Bm                Em 
Share the joys of laughter and good cheer 
 G                E               D 
Christmas is the time to say "I love you" 
 Bm     Em               A                    D 
And a feeling that will last all through the year 

( D  G  D 
  D  Bm Em 
  G  E  D 
  Bm  Em  A   D ) 

 D                 G               D 
Just outside the window snow is falling 
 D                Bm                   Em 
But here beside the fire we share the glow 
   G               E          D 
Of moonlight and brandy, sweet talk and candy 
 Em               		A 
Sentiments that everyone should know 
 D               G               D 
Memories of the year that lays behind us 
 D               Bm                Em 
Wishes for the year that's yet to come 
 G                E              D 	     Bm 
And it stands to reason that good friends in season 
 Em              A               D 
Make you feel that life has just begun 

 D                 G              D 
Christmas is the time to say I love you 
 D                 Bm                Em 
Share the joys of laughter and good cheer 
 G                E               D 
Christmas is the time to say I love you 
 Bm     Em               A                    D 
And a feeling that will last all through the year 

  G                  E           D		   Bm 
So when spirits grow lighter and hopes are shinin' brighter 
 Em                A                 D 
Then you know that Christmas time is here 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante