Learn To Play: Christmas Time Is Here

I have always been a Vince Guaraldi fan. I love his music. I found  a cool arrangement that I wanted to share with you. On my other blog I posted an intermediate chord chart that you may want to use.

Christmas Time Is Here 

Written in 1966. Words by Lee Mendelson and music by George Peter Tingley. 

Key: F

Time: 3/4 

Slowly with expression

Intro

L.H. / R.H.

AG/C, D

AbGb/CbEb, F

GF/BbD,F

CBb/C#EA

F/GCE, C   Christmas

C/GAC       Time is

EbGDb/FA  Here

F/GCE         Happi-

C/GAC        ness and

EbGDb/FA  cheer

BA/DA        Fun for all

BbAb/E       that

AG/CG       children call

AbGb/Eb    their

GF/BbD     fav'rite time

C/BbDbF   of

FCF/CEG   year

F/GCE        Snow-flakes

CE/GAC    in the

EbGDb/FA air

F/GCE        carols

C/GAC       ev'ry

EbGDb/FA where

BA/DA       Olden times

BbAb/E       and

AG/CG        ancient rhymes

AbGb/Eb     of

GF/BbD       love and dreams

C/BbDbF     to

FCF/CEG    share

DbAbC/FAbC  Sleigh-bells in the 

GbC/EAbC   air

DbAbC/FAbC beauty ev'ry

GbC/EAbC   where

GAC/EGC    Yule-tide by

EbGDb/C      the

DF#C/EC      fireside and

FGBb/DFBb  joy-ful mem-

DbCb/FA       ries

CEBb/BbEA  there.

F/GCE            Christmas

C/GAC           Time Is

EbGDb/FA     Here

F/GCE            we'll be

C/GAC           drawing

EbGDb/FA     near

BA/DA           Oh, that we 

BbAb/E           could

AG/CG           always see

AbGb/Eb        such

GF/BbD          spirit through

C/BbDbF        the

FCF/CEG        year.

Outro

BA/DFA

BbAb/E

AG/CG

AbGb/Eb

GF/BbDF

C/BbDbF

FCF/CEG

F/GCE

CC/GAC

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jazz101, jazz201 and jazz intensive training center.

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Blessings,

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you." B.B.King