Jolly Old St. Nicholas    (video)    (midi)

 

     C                      E            Am                        C7

1. Jolly old Saint Nicholas, lean your ear this way,

      F                     C                  D7                     G

    don't you tell a single soul what I'm going to say.

         C                      E                   Am                         C7

    Christmas Eve is coming soon, now, you dear old man,

        F                            C              Dm      G         C

    whisper what you'll bring to me, tell me if you can.

 

         C                         E                      Am                  C7

2. When the clock is striking twelve, when I'm fast asleep,

      F                               C                      D7                               G

    down the chimney, broad and black, with your pack you'll creep.

     C                          E               Am                C7

    All the stockings you will find hanging in a row,

      F                         C                 Dm         G           C

    mine will be the shortest one, you'll be sure to know.

 

      C                       E                   - Am                        C7

3. Johnny wants a pair of skates,         Suzy wants a dolly,

F                            C              D7                           G

    Nellie wants a story book, she thinks dolls are folly.

C                          E              - Am                  C7

    As for me, my little brain           isn’t very bright,

F                                   C                   Dm          G       C

    choose for me, old Santa Claus, what you think is right.

 

+  repeat verse 1

 

     Dm       G         C                                       F  G     C

+  Tell me, if you can. (Jolly, jolly, jolly, jolly old St. Nick)

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = no capo)    (Eddy Arnold)