Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

[A E F# C#] (single notes on piano)

Verse 1

Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news

Oh what a Christmas to have the blues

My baby's gone I have no friends

To wish me greetings once again

Verse 2

Crowds will be singing "Silent Night"

Christmas carols by candlelight

Please come home for Christmas, please come home for Christmas

If not for Christmas, by New Year's night

Bridge

Friends and relations send salutations

Sure as the stars shine above

But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear

The time of year to be with the one you love

Verse 3

So won't you tell me you'll never more roam

Christmas and New Year's will find you home

There'll be no more sorrow, no grief and pain

And I'll be happy, [1: happy] once again

[2: Christmas]

[repeat verse 3 with guitar solo over first two lines]

Outro

[ ] (single notes on piano)

[...again] / / / /

When the waitress said

Closin' time