Christmas Mem'ries

Words & Music by Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Don Costa
Recorded by Rosemary Clooney, 1996


A7      Dalt  D    G Gdim          D       G6     
Singing car - ols,   string - ing popcorn, 

Gdim    D   Bm7   G Edim  F#7    B7
Making footprints in the snow --

GM7      Gm7  A    A7   D        B7
Mem'ries,    Christmas mem'ries, 

Cdim         Em7     Edim    F#7   B7   E7   A7
They're the sweetest ones I know 


A7     Dalt    D  G Gdim     D       G6     
Cookies bak - ing    in the kitchen, 

Gdim       D   Bm7   G    Edim  F#7
Cards and rib - bons ev' - ry - where --

GM7     Gm7 Cdim(IV) Gdim  D           B7 
Frosty      Christ -  mas mem' - ries 

Cdim        D      F#m   G  Edim D
Float like snow - flakes in the air.


Bridge:

   Cdim    D9     Am7       D9           D7/9   D    D+
And oh the joy of wa - king Chris - tmas morn - ing.

    Am7        G    G9   G  
The fam' - ly round the tree!

    Bm   F#7    Bm         F#7          D9        E7
We had a way of ma - king Christ - mas morn - ing 

  Asus4  A     A9  F#m      B7       D9      E7
As mer - ry as can be -- I close my eyes and see 


A7    Dalt   D  G    Gdim     D            G6     
Shiny  fa - ces    of all the chil - dren 

   Gdim Em7   D     Bm7  G  Edim  F#7    B7
Who now have chil - dren of their own 

GM7   Gm7     Cdim(IV) Gdim   D         B7 
Funny,    but  comes    De - cem - ber 

  Cdim     Em7       G F#m        G      G/F# Em7 Edim   D
And I re - mem - ber   ev' - ry Christ - mas      I've known 


Instrumental Interlude: First Three Lines of Bridge, voice enters on 4th


   Cdim    D9     Am7    D9    D7/9   D    D+   Am7    G    G9   G  


    Bm   F#7    Bm         F#7          D9        E7


  Asus4  A     A9  F#m      B7       D9      E7
                         I close my eyes and see 



A7    Dalt   D  G    Gdim      D            G6     
Shiny  fa - ces    of all the chil - dren 

   Gdim Em7   D     Bm7  G  Edim  F#7    B7
Who now have chil - dren of their own

 GM7   Gm7    Cdim(IV) Gdim   D         B7 
Funny,    but  come    De - cem - ber 

  Cdim     Em7       G F#m        G      G/F# Em7 Edim   B7
And I re - mem - ber   ev' - ry Christ - mas      I've known 

Cdim   GM7     Gm7 Edim     B7          B7/F# Cdim
Shiny  fa - ces     all the chil - dren

     Cdim       D     DM7  F#m Bm7  G   Edim  G   G/F#  Em7  Edim  D
From all the Christ - mas - es I've ev - er known.

*Requested by recent visitor Vince Russo. While this is 'way on the recent side for me, there's no question in my mind of this song deserving a place on this site, just for the musical construction alone.

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 based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.