Everybody Knows The Claus Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays493

Everybody Knows The Claus by Hanson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro:  A D A G C  D G D G C
Verse:
A         D         A              G  C
Don't you smell the cookies he's bakin'
D         G        D              G  C
Can't you see that belly, it's shakin'
A         D            A              G  C
Don't take that cookie off of that pan
D         G       D                 G  C
You don't want to mess with this man
Prechorus:
G            D                 A         D A G  C
You've never seen this side of him before
G           D                 G           A
You know he won't be knockin' at your door
Chorus:
A          D     A     G  C
Here comes Santa Claus
D                           G
Doin' all those good things everybody know the claus
A          D     A     G  C
Here comes Santa Claus
G                       D
You know he's a big man don't mess with the boss
Repeat Intro
Verse:
Ask Rudolph and he won't steer you wrong
Santa wasn't fat all along
Until he started cookin' one day
Now don't take that turkey away
Repeat Prechorus
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
G               D              A
Riding down the air highway in his sleigh
D                G                A
Bringing all the presents for the next day
G                A
Don't forget the Donuts
Repeat Intro 2x
Verse:
His cookies and his milk are his pride
Or anything that can be deep-fried
Don't get me wrong now he's a nice guy
But you don't want to get on his bad side
Repeat Prechorus
Repeat Chorus and fade
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante