Christmas On Christmas Island

Words & Music by Lyle Moraine
Recorded by Leon Redbone, 1987


 D         Em7     A7     G       D Dalt  G       D  E7  Bm7-5   E7
How'd you like to spend Christ - mas on Christ - mas Is - land?

G/B       A7       Em7     A7       G/B   A7 Gdim   D   A7   D Cdim A7
How'd you like to spend a hol - i - day a way a - cross the sea?

 D         Em7     A7     G       D Dalt  G       D  E7   Bm7-5  E7
How'd you like to spend Christ - mas on Christ - mas Is - land?

G/B       A7       Em7     A7       G/B   A7     G   D         A7  D 
How'd you like to hang a stock - ing on a great big co - co - nut tree?


Bridge:

 D         Am7     D7  G   G/F#  Em7         Edim         A7  D  F#7  B7
How'd you like to stay up late,      like the is - land - ers do,

         Cdim        E7     Bm7-5      Cdim        E7         A7
Wait for San - ta to sail in with your pres - ents in a ca - noe?


D      Em7     A7     G        D Dalt  G       D  E7  Bm7-5   E7
If you ev - er spend Christ - mas on Christ - mas Is - land,

G/B       A7       Em7      A7         G/B   
You will nev - er stray for ev - 'ry - day

     A7        G    D     A7    D
Your Christ - mas dreams come true.

*Requested by recent visitor PickNGrin. The attribution here to Redbone should in no way detract from the version by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters, which to most people is the standard by which any other version would be measured. I just liked Redbone's take on this one.

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