Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

I

People making lists

Buying special gifts,

Taking time to be kind to one and all

It's that time of year

When good friends are dear

And you wish you could give more

Than just presents from a store

Refrain i

Why don't you give love on Christmas day

Oh even the man who has everything

Would be so happy if you would bring

Give love on Christmas day

No greater gift is there than love

(Repeat Intro)

II

(Same chords in I)

People you don't know

Smile and say hello

everywhere there's an air of Christmas joy

it's that once a year

When the world's sincere

and you'd like to find a way

to show the things that words can't say

Refrain ii

(Same chords in Refrain I)

Why don't you?

Give love on Christmas day (on Christmas day)

Oh the man on the street and the couple upstairs

All need to know that there's one cares

Give love on Christmas day (Christmas day)

No greater gift is there than love

What the world needs is love

Yes the world needs your love

Coda

What the world needs is love

Yes the world needs your love

Give love

Refrain iii

(Same chords in Refrain I)

Why don't you give love on Christmas day (on Christmas day)

Oh every little child on Santa’s knee

Has room for your love underneath his tree

Give love on Christmas day (Christmas day)

No greater gift is there than love

(Repeat Coda)

Give it, oh, give love on Christmas day (Christmas day) ...