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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Words & Music by Hugh Martin & Ralph BlaneRecorded by Judy Garland, 1944
Intro: A AM7 D DM7 Fdim(I) E6
A AM7 D DM7 E E6
Have yourself a Merry little Christmas
A AM7 D DM7 E E6
Let your hearts be light
AM7 F#m D DM7 E E7 A AM7 D DM7 E E6
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
A AM7 D DM7 E E6
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
A AM7 D DM7 E E6
Make the Yuletide gay
AM7 F#m D DM7 E E7 F#m F#m9 F#m F#m7
From now on, our troubles will be miles a - way.
Bridge:
DM7 D6 C#m AM7
Here we are as in olden days
Bm7 Fdim AM7 C#m7
Happy golden days of yore
F#m Cdim AM7 F#m
Faithful friends who are dear to us
B7 Bm7-5 Fdim E7
Travel near to us once more.
A AM7 D DM7 Fdim
Through the years we all will be together
A AM7 D DM7 E
If the fates allow;
A F#m D Fdim E F#m F#m9 F#m - F#m7
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
DM7 D6 Bm7-5 E E6 E7
And have yourself a merry little Christmas
A AM7 A AM7 A A9 AM7
Now.
Had Judy Garland not balked at the idea, this song from the movie "Meet Me In St. Louis" might have been even bleaker, starting as "Have yourself a merry little Christmas, it may be your last...." The closing guitar run suggests the tune of "Jingle Bells."