THIS IS THE CHORD PROGRESSION OF THE CHRISTMAS SONG “SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN ” ON PIANO, GUITAR UKULELE AND KEYBOARD.

Intro: |C Am |Dm |C |G |

Verse 1:
C                                     F
You better watch out, you’d better not cry,
C                                   F
you’d better not pout, I’m telling you why,
C                  Am         Dm           C            G
Santa Claus is coming to town. (Gather ’round…)
C                                   F
He’s making a list and checking it twice,
C                  F                  C                  Am                  Dm                  C
gonna find out who’s naughty and nice, Santa Claus is coming to town.

Bridge 1:
F                                                                     F7
He sees you when you’re sleeping, and he knows when you’re awake
D7                  G                  D7                  G                  G7
he knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake. Oh
C                                                                     F
you’d better watch out, you’d better not cry,
C                  F                  C                  Am                  Dm                  C
you’d better not pout I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town.

Verse 2:
C                                   F
With little tin horns and little toy drums,
C                                   F
with root-ti-toot-toots and rummy-tum-tums.
C            Am        Dm   C                  G
Santa Claus is coming to town.
C                                   F
And curley-haired dolls that cuddle and coo,
C                                   F
elephants, boats and kiddy-cars too.
C                  Am                  Dm   C
Santa Claus is coming to town.

Bridge 1 (again):
F                                                                   F7
He sees you when you’re sleeping, and he knows when you’re awake
D7                  G                  D7                  G                  G7
he knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake. Oh
C                                   F
you’d better watch out, you’d better not cry,
C                  F                  C                  Am                  Dm                  C
you’d better not pout I’m telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town.

Verse 2 (again):
C                                                  F
With little tin horns and little toy drums,
C                                  F
with root-ti-toot-toots and rummy-tum-tums.
C           Am    Dm    C    G
Santa Claus is coming to town.
C                                           F
And curley-haired dolls that cuddle and coo,
C                                           F
elephants, boats and kiddy-cars too.
C             Am         Dm         C
Santa Claus is coming to town.
F                          F7
The kids in girl and boy town – will have a jubilee
D7                      G                      D7                      G                      G7
they’re gonna build a toy land town – all around the christmas tree, so
C                      F
you better watch out, you’d better not cry
C                      F
you’d better not pout I’m telling you why.




C           Am          Dm
Santa Claus is coming
C            Am         Dm
Santa Claus is coming
C          Am             Dm
Santa Claus is coming [STOP]
C                      C7
You mean the big fat man with the long white beard?
G                      C
He’s coming to town.
Outro: |C |F |C -G-C |C |

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