Your Favorite Christmas Song

C F G C F C Well, everybody’s got their favorite Christmas song F G The one with which they always wanna sing along F G C G Am But no matter what your favorite is, well I’ve got news for you F C G C Your favorite Christmas song was probably written by a Jew F We may as well begin C With Mr. Irving Berlin G He wrote the biggest selling C Christmas song there’s ever been F When his family fled the shtetl, C On the lower east side they settled Dm G But he wanted to assimilate and so Dm G He dreamed of hearing sleigh bells in the snow C F C Now Johnny Marks, you may not be familiar with F G But he truly was a legend as a lyric smith F G C Am Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, holly jolly Christmas too F C G C I bet you didn’t know that those were written by a Jew F And there are many more as well C Like sleigh ride and silver bells G When Sammy Cahn wrote let it snow C It surely made his parents kvell F And a staple of each Christmas Day C Is the Christmas Song by Mel Torme Dm G The man they used to call the velvet fog Dm G He spent a lot of time in synagogue C F C Phil Spector wrote that song performed by Darlene Love F G That each Christmas, fans of Letterman were so fond of F G C Am And though he’s now in prison for committing homicide F C G C That doesn’t change the fact that he’s a member of the tribe C F C C F G F G C Am F C G C F C Then there’s winter wonderland G C I’ll be home for Christmas and G Let’s still count Baby, It’s cold outside C Though largely that’s been banned F It’s the most wonderful time of the year C And do you hear what I hear Dm G Even You’re a mean one Mister Grinh Dm G That melody was written by a mens C F C And so, today is Christmas as the bible says F G But let’s praise those composers of the Jewish faith F G C Am And I think it’s only fitting, because Jesus was one too F C G That your favorite Christmas song was probably written C By a J