White Christmas — The Drifters
Chords and lyrics for White Christmas by The Drifters (key of D#).
Verse 1
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Table of Riff's used in this Version 1.
(Ab) Riff (Eb) Riff (Eb7) Riff
Define:
Bb5 = 68XXXX Eb5 = 68XXXX Ab5 = 4XXXX \ = Slide Chord Down Fast
* = Single Slow Downstrum ** = Light fast strums on thin strings
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Intro
[Ab] [Ab]
Ooh, doop doop, doop doo doop Ooh, doop doop, doop
Verse 1
(Ab) (Eb)
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
(Eb7) (Ab)
Just like the ones I used to know
Where those [Ab]treetops [Ab7]glisten and [Db](Ayyy ay) children [Dbm]listen
Ab5* Ab* Ab* Ab Bb5* Bb7* Bb7* Bb7
To hear sleigh bells in the snow, the snow
Bb7* Bb7* Bb7* Eb7 Eb7* \
(Doop,doop,doop,de Ooh)
Chorus
Ab Eb5* (Eb)
Then I, I, I am dreaming of a white Christmas
(Eb7) Ab5* (Ab)
With every Christmas card I write
May your [Ab]days, may your days, may your [Ab7]days be merry and [Db][Dbm]bright........
Ab5* Ab* Ab* Eb7 Ab5* (Ab)
And may all your Christmases be white
Verse 2
Ab5* (Ab) Eb5* (Eb)
I, I, I, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
(Eb7) Ab5* (Ab)
Just like the ones I used to know
Where those [Ab]treetops [Ab7]glisten and [Db]all(Ayyy ay) children [Dbm]listen
Ab5* Ab* Ab* Ab Bb5* Bb7* Bb7* Bb7
To hear sleigh bells in the snow, the snow
Bb7* Bb7* Bb7* Eb7 Eb7* \
(Doop,doop,doop,de Ooh)
Outro
Ab5* (Ab) Eb5* (Eb)
I, I, I, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
(Eb7) Ab5* (Ab)
With every Christmas card I write
May your [Ab]days, may your [Ab7]days, may your [Ab]days be [Ab7]merry and [Db]bright........Oooh
Oooh
Ab* Eb7* Ab* Ab*
And may all your Christmases be white.....
[Ab]Jingle bells, jingle bells
Ab* Ab** Ab* Ab**
Jingle bells all the way, ooh
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
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* = Single Slow Downstrum ** = Light fast strums on thin strings
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Intro
[G6/D] [G] [Em/G] [G6/D] [G] [Em/G]
Do do do dum, do do do do do Do do do dum, do do do do do
Verse 1
[G]I'm, (Do do) [G6][G]dreaming of a [D]white (Do do) [Dsus2][D]Christmas (Do do)
[D7] Just [D9]like the [D]ones I [D9]used to [G]know (Do do do [G6]do [G]do)
[G6]Where those [G]treetops [G7]glisten and [C/G](Ayyy ay) [C6/G]children [Cm][Cm7]listen
To [G6]hear, (Do do) [G]sleigh bells in the [A]snow, [Asus2](Do do) the [D7]snow [D9](Dop,do [D7]do)
Chorus
Then [G]I, I, I am [G6][G]dreaming of a [D]white (Do do) [Dsus2][D]Christmas (Do do)
[D7] With [D9]every [D7]Christmas [D9]card I [G]write (Do do do [G6]do [G]do)
[G6]May your [G]days, may your [G6]days, may your [G]days be [G6]merry and
[C/G][C6/G][Cm][Cm7]bright...............
And may [G]all (Do do) your [D7][D9]Christmases [D7]be [G]white (Do do do [G6]do [G]do)
Verse 2
[G]I, I, [G6]I, I'm [G]dreaming [G6] of a [D]white (Do do) [Dsus2][D]Christmas
[D7] Just [D9]like the [D7]ones I [D9]used to [G]know (Do do do [G6]do [G]do)
[G]Where those [G6]treetops [G7]glisten and [C/G](Ayyy ay) [C6/G]children [Cm][Cm7]listen
To [G]hear (Oooohhh) sleigh bells [G6]in the [A]snow,[Asus2] the snow [D](Mmm da do [Dsus2]da do
da)
Outro
Then [G]I, I, I am [G6][G]dreaming of a [D]white (Do do) [Dsus2][D]Christmas (Do do)
[D7] With [D9]every [D7]Christmas [D9]card I [G]write (Do do do [G6]do [G]do)
[G]May your days, may your [G6]days, may your [G]days be [G7]merry and [C/G][C6/G]bright........
Oooh Oooh
G* D7* G* G* G* G*
And may all your Christmases be white.....
[G]Jingle bells, jingle bells
G* G** G* G**
Jingle bells all the way, ooh
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