The Little Drummer Boy chords

Sufjan Stevens

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			
verse 1 

F         Am 
Come they told me 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
F          Am 
A new born King to see 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C          Am 
Our finest gifts we bring 
   Bb          C 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C         Am      F 
To lay before the king 
   Bb 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
            F 
Rum pum pum pum 
            C 
Rum pum pum pum 
F     Am 
So to honor Him 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C       F 
When we come 

verse 2 

F      Am 
Little baby 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
F      Am 
I am a poor boy too 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C         Am 
I have no gift to bring 
   Bb          C 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C             Am       F 
That's fit to give our King 
   Bb 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
            F 
Rum pum pum pum 
            C 
Rum pum pum pum 
F       Am 
Shall I play for you 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C     F 
On my drum 

verse 3 

F    Am 
Mary nodded 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
F          Am 
The ox and lamb kept time 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C           Am 
I played my drum for Him 
   Bb          C 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C           Am       F 
I played my best for Him 
   Bb 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
            F 
Rum pum pum pum 
            C 
Rum pum pum pum 
F       Am 
Then He smiled at me 
   Bb          F 
Pa rum pum pum pum 
C         F 
Me and my drum