We Need a Little Christmas

(Eb)Haul out the holly.

Put up the tree before my (Db7)spirit falls again.

(Fm7)Fill (Bb7)up the (Fm7)stocking.

(Bb7)I may be (Fm7)rushing things, but (Bb7)deck the halls again (Db7)now.

(Db7)For we (Fm7)need a little (Bb7)Christmas

(Ebmaj7)right this very (Eb6)minute.

(Fm7)Candles in the (Bb7)window,

carols at the spinet.

Yes, we (Fm7)need a little (Bb7)Christmas

(Ebmaj7)right this very (Eb6)minute.

It (F7)hasn't snowed a single flurry,

but (Bb7)Santa dear, we're in a hurry.

(Eb)So, climb down the (Ebmaj7)chimney,

(Eb6)put up the (Eb)brightest string of (Db7)light I've ever seen.

(Fm7)Slice (Bb7)up the (Fm7)fruitcake.

(Bb7)It's time we (Fm7)hung some tinsel (Bb7)on that evergreen (Db7)bough.

(Db7)For I've (Fm7)grown a little (Bb7)leaner,

(Ebmaj7)grown a little (Eb6)colder,

(Fm7)grown a little (Bb7)sadder,

grown a little older.

And I (Fm7)need a little (Bb7)angel

(Ebmaj7)sitting on my (Eb6)shoulder.

I (Fm7)need a little (Bb7)Christmas (Eb6)now.

(F)Haul out the holly.

For once I've taught you all (Eb7)to live each living (Gm7)day.

Fill (C7)up the (Gm7)(C7)stocking.

But, Auntie (Gm7)Mame, it's one (C7)week past Thanksgiving Day (Cm6)now.

(Cm6)But we (Gm7)need a little (C7)Christmas

(Fmaj7)right this very (F6)minute.

(Gm7)Candles in the (C7)window,

carols at the spinet.

And we (Gm7)need a little (C7)Christmas

(Fmaj7)right this very (F6)minute.

It (G7)hasn't snowed a (G7)single flurry,

but (C7)Santa dear, we're (C7)in a hurry.

So, (Gb)Climb down the chimney.

It's been a long time since (Fb7)I felt good,

(Abm7)neighborly. Slice (Db7)up the (Abm7)(Db7)fruitcake.

It's time we (Abm7)hung some (Db7)tinsel on that bayberry (Fb7)bough.

(Fb7)For we (Abm7)need a little (Db7)Christmas