Christmas Blues Chords
by Brenda Lee
Christmas Blues by Brenda Lee is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Dsus4, Em, F#m, G6, D7, D6, Am, Am7, D9, G7, Edim, G, F#7, B7, Em7, A7, G/B, Bm7, C#7, F#m7, E7, G/F#, Bm5-/7, E7/9 and Cdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D Dsus4 D Em F#m G6
The jingle bells are jinglin', the streets are white with snow
D Dsus4 D Em D7 D6 Am Am7 D9
The happy crowds are minglin' but there's no one that I know
G7 Edim G7 G D F#7 B7
I'm sure that you'll forgive me if I don't enthuse
G Em7 Edim A7 F#7 B7 G/B A7
I guess I've got the Christmas blues
D Dsus4 D Em F#m G6
I've done my win - dow shopping, there's not a store I've missed
D Dsus4 D Em D7 D6 Am Am7 D9
But what's the use in stopping when there's no one on your list?
G7 Edim G7 G D F#7 B7
You'll know the way I'm feeling when you love and you lose
G Em7 Edim A7 D Bm7
I guess I've got the Christmas blues
F#7 B7 F#7 B7
When somebody wants you, somebody needs you
Em Am7 Em
Christmas is the joy of joys
C#7 F#m C#7 F#m
But friends, when you're lonely, you find that it's only
F#m7 B7 E7 A7
A thing for little girls and little boys
D Dsus4 D Em F#m G6
May all your days be merry, your seasons full of cheer,
D Dsus4 D Em D7 D6 Am Am7 D9
But 'til it's January, I'll just go and disappear
G7 Edim G7 G D F#7 B7
Ol' Santa may have brought you some stars for your shoes
G G/F# E7 Bm5-/7 F#7
But Santa only brought me the blues
E7/9 E7 Cdim Bm5-/7 G/B A7 D
Those brightly packaged, tinsel covered Christmas blues