I'd Like You For Christmas

Words & Music by Bobby Troup
Recorded by Julie London, 1957


G        D9  D7/9   G9      G      g#
I'd like you for  Christ - mas --

  A             Em7 Edim  A7
Please make my wish come true,
 
        D9 Am7   D7        G   G/F# Emsus4   Em7
'Cause I'd trim trees and deck the   hall - ways

   A  Em7  A   Em7  D9  Am7 D7/9  Cdim
If I knew you'd be mine for  al - ways.


G          D9  D7/9   G9      G    g#
I won't be blue on  Christ - mas

     A        Em7  Edim   A7
If old Saint Nick comes through,

    Em7   C          Edim       G  G/F#  E7      E
And he remembers that I'd like you for Christ - mas

 C   C/B    Am7  Cdim  G
New years, East - er, too.


Coda:

C   C/B    Am7   Cdim  G
New Years, East - er, too.

*The symbole g# at the end of the first line of each verse represents a base run note, rather than a chord.

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