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Christmas Time is Here
Words & Music by Lee Mendelson & Vince Guaraldi
Recorded by Vince Guaraldi, 1965
From the Peanuts Christmas TV special "A Charlie Brown Christmas"*
C#m7 C#m7alt AM7 DM7 C#m7 C#m7alt AM7 DM7
Christ - mas time is here, hap - pi - ness and cheer,
AM7 F#m Bm Bm7
Fun for all that chil - dren call
Bm7/E D9 Dm6 Bm7-5 AM7/9
Their fav' - rite time of year.
C#m7 C#m7alt AM7 DM7 C#m7 C#m7alt AM7 DM7
Snow - flakes in the air, car - ols ev' - ry - where,
AM7 F#m Bm Bm7
Ol - den times and an - cient rhymes
Bm7/E D9 Dm6 Bm7-5 AM7/9
Of love and dreams to share.
A AM7 F#m DM7 A AM7 F#m DM7
Sleigh bells in the air; beau - ty ev' - ry - where;
A AM7 C#m7-5 F#m
Yule - tide by the fire - side
D9 Bm7-5 Dm6 E7
And joy - ful mem' - ries there.
C#m7 C#m7alt AM7 DM7 C#m7 C#m7alt AM7 DM7
Christ - mas time is here; fam'lies be draw - ing near;
AM7 F#m Bm Bm7
Oh, that we could al - ways see
Bm7/E D9 Dm6 Bm7-5 AM7/9
Such spi - rit through the year.
An instant classic from the moment of its first airing on December 9, 1965, the animated special won both an Emmy Award and a Peabody Award for excellence in programming. Vince Guaraldi's jazz music track was an off-beat choice for a cartoon, but it was magic. Suggested by frequent visitor Bob A.
A recent e-mail from the lyricist's son confirmed for me that while the music was composed by Guaraldi, the lyrics were the work of Lee Mendelson.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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