X: 1
T: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas   [G]
C: words & music: Meredith Wilson (1951)
%D:1951
R: song
Z: 2019 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
%P: Play A1A2 B A2
K: G
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% = = = = = = = = = =
"^A1"[|] {A}B>c |\
  "G"(3ded ^c>d "C"e2 g2 | "G"b2 d6 | b3 b "B7"a3 g | "C"e4- "E7"e2 e>f |\
  "Am"(3gag e>^e "D"f4 | "D7"(3fgf d>^d "Am"e2 "A7"z^e | "D"f>g a>b "A7"a>g f>e | "Am"a4 "D7"z2 \
"^A2"[| {A}B>c |\
  "G"(3ded ^c>d "C"e2 g2 | "G"b2 d6 | b3 b "B7"a3 g | "C"e4- "E7"e2 e>f |\
  "Am"(3gag f>g "F#"f2 e>_e | "G"d>e g>b "E7"d'2 ^d>e | "Am"c'4 "D7"f4 | "G"g4 z2 \
"^B"[| {f}g>a |\
  "B7"(3bc'b (3aba (3gag (3fga | "(Em)"b>b "(B7)"(3agf "Em"e2 z2 | "D7"(3aba (3gag (3fgf "(A)"(3efg |\
  "D"a>a "(A7)"(3gfe "D"d2 zd | "D7"d'>_d' c'>b "(A7)"a>g f>e | "Am"d>e d>^c "D7"d2 \
"^A1"[| B>c |\
  "G"(3ded ^c>d "C"e2 g2 | "G"b2 d6 | b3 b "B7"a3 g | "C"e4- "E7"e2 e>f |\
  "Am"(3gag e>^e "D"f4 | "D7"(3fgf d>^d "Am"e2 "A7"z^e | "D"f>g a>b "A7"a>g f>e | "Am"a4 "D7"z2 \
"^A2"[| B>c |\
  "G"(3ded ^c>d "C"e2 g2 | "G"b2 d6 | b3 b "B7"a3 g | "C"e4- "E7"e2 e>f |\
  "Am"(3gag f>g "F#"f2 e>_e | "G"d>e g>b "E7"d'2 ^d>e | "Am"c'4 "D7"f4 | "G"g4 z4 |]
"Dance"[| "G"b4 "D7"a4 | "C"g4 "D7"f2 \
"^A1"[| B>c |\
  "G"(3ded ^c>d "C"e2 g2 | "G"b2 d6 | b3 b "B7"a3 g | "C"e4- "E7"e2 e>f |\
  "Am"(3gag e>^e "D"f4 | "D7"(3fgf d>^d "Am"e2 "A7"z^e | "D"f>g a>b "A7"a>g f>e | "Am"a4 "D7"z2 \
"^A2"[| B>c |\
  "G"(3ded ^c>d "C"e2 g2 | "G"b2 d6 | b3 b "B7"a3 g | "C"e4- "E7"e2 e>f |\
  "Am"(3gag f>g "F#"f2 e>_e | "G"d>e g>b "E7"d'2 ^d>e | "Am"c'4 "D7"f4 | "G"g4 z2 |]
"^B"[| {f}g>a |\
  "B7"(3bc'b (3aba (3gag (3fga | "(Em)"b>b "(B7)"(3agf "Em"e2 z2 | "D7"(3aba (3gag (3fgf "(A)"(3efg |\
  "D"a>a "(A7)"(3gfe "D"d2 zd | "D7"d'>_d' c'>b "(A7)"a>g f>e | "Am"d>^c d>e "D7"d2 \
"^A2"[| B>c |\
  "G"(3ded ^c>d "C"e2 g2 | "G"b2 d6 | b3 b "B7"a3 g | "C"e4- "E7"e2 e>f |\
  "Am"(3gag f>g "F#"f2 e>_e | "G"d>e g>b "E7"d'2 ^d>e | "Am"c'4 "D7"f4 | "G"g4  !fine!z2 |]

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X: 2
T: The Old Year Now Away Is Fled   [Dm]
T: Tune:  Greensleeves
O: Francis Coles "New Christmas Carols" London 1642
R: air, jig
Z: 2021 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dm
P: Verse:
d | "Dm"f2g (a>b)a | "C"g2e (c>de) | "Dm"f2d (d>^c)d | "A"e2^c A2 ||\
d | "Dm"f2g (a>b)a | "C"g2e (c>de) | "Dm"(f>e)d "A"(^c>=B)c | "Dm"d3 d2 |]
P: Chorus:
c' | "F"c'2c' (c'>b)a | "C"g2e (c>d)e | "Dm"f2d (d>^c)d | "A"e2^c A2 ||\
c' | "F"c'2c' (c'>b)a | "C"g2e (c>d)e | "Bb"(f>e)d "A"(^c>=B)c | "Dm"d3 d2 |]

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X: 3
T: Ring Out Wild Bells   [Bm]
C: Crawford Gates
Z: DW
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Bm
B |\
"Bm"Bcd f2f | "Em"gfe "Bm"f2f |\
"Em"efg "Bm"fd>d | "F#"edc "Bm"d2 ||\
d |\
"G"b2b "D"ad2 | "Em"g2g "F#"f2f |
"Em"c>de "Bm"dB>B | "F#"cB^A "Bm"B2 ||\
d |\
"G"b2b "D"a2d | "Em"g2g "F#"f2f |\
"Em"c>de "Bm"dB>B | "F#"cB^A "Bm"B2 |]

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X: 4
T: Sing We Now of Christmas   [Dm]
C: trad. French 15th century, trad. English 17th-18th century
Z: DW
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
K: Ddor
[|"Dm"da "G"bg | "Dm"a2 f2 | "C"g(g/a/) fe | "Dm"d4 |\
| "Dm"da "G"bg | "Dm"a2 f2 | "C"g(g/a/) fe | "Dm"d4 |\
[|"Dm"f2 ed | "Am"e3 A |
| "Dm"ff ed | "Am"e4 |\
| "Dm"f2 ed | "C"e3 A | "Bb"ff ed | "A7"e4 |\
[|"Dm"da "G"bg | "Dm"a2 f2 | "Bb"gg/a/ "C"fe | "Dm"d4 |]