[Intro]
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G|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4---------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
A|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
Play above riff thrice.
[Verse]
[D]What do I hear, what do I hear?
[Bm]Chit-chat, and clinking glass
[Am]Cheap talk, a lady's laugh
[A]After hours
[D]What do I see, what do I see?
[Bm]Some sunken hideaway
[Am]Where people go to play
[B]After hours
[Bridge]
[Em]There I'll spend the night[A5]
[D]Meeting fancy things[A5]
[Em]At bistros and old haunts
[Em]Trying very hard to sin
Play the following chord progression as octaves on the A/G strings, with the final A an octave higher than the
initial one:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [A]
[Verse]
[D]Then it is day, and in a way
[Bm]The pattern's much the same
[Am]In spots, a matinee
[A]Every day
[D]Blend with the crowd, blend with the loud
[Bm]Hypnotic ebb and flow
[Am]Until the day goes slowly
[B]Into night
[Bridge]
[Em]See the same old crowd[A5]
[D]At bistros and old haunts[A5]
[Em]'Til the lights grow dim,
[Em]The not-so-subtle hint to be gone
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [A]
[Chorus]
[F]Thank God it's not Christmas
When there is o[G]nly you, and nothing else to do
[F]Thank God it's not Christmas
Where there's just y[G]ou to do
The rest is closed to pu[A]blic view
[Guitar Solo]
[A]
[Verse]
(play intro riff throughout rather than chords)
Carolling kids, carolling kids
A trifle premature
In tones so rich and pure and crystalline
Call for the day, the popular day
It's fast approaching now
But will the mood allow
One dissent
[Bridge]
[Em]If this were Seine[A5]
[D]We'd be very suave[A5]
[Em]But it's just the rain
[Em]Washing down the boulevard
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [A]
[Chorus]
[F]So thank God it's not Christmas
When there is on[G]ly you, and nothing else to do
[F]Thank God it's not Christmas
When there's just y[G]ou to do
The rest is closed to pu[A]blic view
[Guitar Solo]
[A]
[Piano Break]
[D] [Bm] [Am] [A]
[Verse]
[D]Popular days, popular ways
[Bm]Are for the chosen few
[Am]Not meant for me and you
[A]Obviously
[D]Popular nights, popular rites
[Bm]Great things to say and do
[Am]They aren't said or done by you
[A]Obviously
[Bridge]
[Em]If this were Seine[A5]
[D]We'd be very suave[A5]
[Em]But it's just the rain
[Em]Washing down the boulevard
[Outro]
[A]Doo [B]doo [C]doo [D]doo [E]doo [F]doo [G]doo [A]doo [D]doo...
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B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4---------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|---------7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4---------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
A|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
Play above riff thrice.
[Verse]
[D]What do I hear, what do I hear?
[Bm]Chit-chat, and clinking glass
[Am]Cheap talk, a lady's laugh
[A]After hours
[D]What do I see, what do I see?
[Bm]Some sunken hideaway
[Am]Where people go to play
[B]After hours
[Bridge]
[Em]There I'll spend the night[A5]
[D]Meeting fancy things[A5]
[Em]At bistros and old haunts
[Em]Trying very hard to sin
Play the following chord progression as octaves on the A/G strings, with the final A an octave higher than the
initial one:
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [A]
[Verse]
[D]Then it is day, and in a way
[Bm]The pattern's much the same
[Am]In spots, a matinee
[A]Every day
[D]Blend with the crowd, blend with the loud
[Bm]Hypnotic ebb and flow
[Am]Until the day goes slowly
[B]Into night
[Bridge]
[Em]See the same old crowd[A5]
[D]At bistros and old haunts[A5]
[Em]'Til the lights grow dim,
[Em]The not-so-subtle hint to be gone
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [A]
[Chorus]
[F]Thank God it's not Christmas
When there is o[G]nly you, and nothing else to do
[F]Thank God it's not Christmas
Where there's just y[G]ou to do
The rest is closed to pu[A]blic view
[Guitar Solo]
[A]
[Verse]
(play intro riff throughout rather than chords)
Carolling kids, carolling kids
A trifle premature
In tones so rich and pure and crystalline
Call for the day, the popular day
It's fast approaching now
But will the mood allow
One dissent
[Bridge]
[Em]If this were Seine[A5]
[D]We'd be very suave[A5]
[Em]But it's just the rain
[Em]Washing down the boulevard
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [A]
[Chorus]
[F]So thank God it's not Christmas
When there is on[G]ly you, and nothing else to do
[F]Thank God it's not Christmas
When there's just y[G]ou to do
The rest is closed to pu[A]blic view
[Guitar Solo]
[A]
[Piano Break]
[D] [Bm] [Am] [A]
[Verse]
[D]Popular days, popular ways
[Bm]Are for the chosen few
[Am]Not meant for me and you
[A]Obviously
[D]Popular nights, popular rites
[Bm]Great things to say and do
[Am]They aren't said or done by you
[A]Obviously
[Bridge]
[Em]If this were Seine[A5]
[D]We'd be very suave[A5]
[Em]But it's just the rain
[Em]Washing down the boulevard
[Outro]
[A]Doo [B]doo [C]doo [D]doo [E]doo [F]doo [G]doo [A]doo [D]doo...
