The Christmas Waltz

Words & Music by Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne
Recorded by The Carpenters, 1978


G   G6   C      Am     Am7     Dm7        G7
Frosted window panes, candles gleaming inside,

         CM7  CM7/6         Dm7   G7
Painted candy canes on the tree;

        C       Am        Dm7        G7
Santa's on his way, he's filled his sleigh

       CM7  Am           Dm7         G7
With things,  things for you and for me.


G    G6   C       Am   Am7      Dm7             G7
It's that time of year when the world falls in love;

      CM7     CM7/6          Dm7   G7
Ev'ry song you hear seems to say,

         C9      Am         Dm7       G7         Gdim  A7
"Merry Christmas!  May your New Year dreams come true."

          Dm7      G7           CM7    Am7
And this song of mine in three-quarter time

       Dm7      G7        Dm7  G6     C
Wishes you and yours the same thing, too.



(Instrumental Interlude: first four lines)



G    G6   C       Am   Am7      Dm7             G7
It's that time of year when the world falls in love;

      CM7     CM7/6          Dm7   G7
Ev'ry song you hear seems to say,

         C9      Am          Dm7       G7        Gdim  A7
"Merry Christmas!  May your New Year dreams come true."

          Dm7      G7           CM7    Am7
And this song of mine in three-quarter time

       Dm7      G7        Dm7  G6     C
Wishes you and yours the same thing, too.

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