The Night Before Christmas

G G Am G/B C C G G Am G/B C C G C Children carry through the streets G F A brightly painted star G C Angels gather round the harp D Em Strumming on guitar A7 G+/B C Men of great renown and faith G Em Say prayers on boulevards G C G/B C It's the night before Christmas D G But you don't have to be an angel E/G# A To sing harmony D/A A You don't have to be a child G Esus E To love a mystery F7 Bb And you don't have to be a wise man G/B C/Am On bended knee Eb9 Bb/D The heart of this Christmas Am D Is in you and me G C The night before Christmas...... G C The night before Christmas...... G C If your heart's been longing G F It's been afraid to try G C Sorrow's kept you company D7 B/D# Em And the dance has passed you by A7 G+/B C I'll lift you and blaze with you G C Across the moonlit sky G C G/B C On the night before Christmas D G But you don't have to be an angel E/G# A To sing harmony D/A A You don't have to be a child G Esus E To love a mystery F7 Bb And you don't have to be a wise man G/B C/Am On bended knee A/C# D The heart of this Christmas C G/B Is in you and me C G/B The heart of this Christmas Am D G Is in you and me G G Am G/B C G G Am G/B C G C The night before Christmas...... G C The night before Christmas...... G C The night before Christmas...... G C The night before Christmas, and all through the house G C Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse G C The stockings were hung by the chimney with care G C In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there... fade out