Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Words & Music by Johnny Marks, 1958
Recorded by Brenda Lee, 1960 (#14)


C          Am       C         Am
Rockin' around the Christmas tree

Cdim     G        Dm7  Fdim G7
 At the Christmas par - ty  hop

Dm7       G          Dm7      G
Mistletoe hung where you can see

Dm7   G    Fdim  Dm7 Fdim  G
Ev'ry cou - ple wants to stop.


C          Am       C         Am
Rockin' around the Christmas tree

Cdim     G        Dm7   Fdim G7
Let the Christmas spir - it ring

Dm7          G        Dm7      G
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie

Dm7      G   Fdim Dm7 Fdim   C
And we'll do some car - o - ling. 


Bridge:

F              Dm7          Em     B+        Em7    Em6
You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear

Am      Am+7     Am7      Am6
Voices singing, "Let's be Jolly,

 D        Am7   D9   G     Am7 G7
Deck the halls with boughs of holly."


C          Am       C         Am
Rockin' around the Christmas tree [C]

Cdim   G     Dm7  Fdim G7
Have a happy hol - i - day

Dm7      G       Dm7         G
Ev'ryone dancing mer - ri - ly

Dm7    G   Fdim  Dm7    Fdim   C
In the new old - fash - ioned way.

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