Year: 1951 -
Written by Meredith Willson
Introd: E7 Cdim Bm5-/7 E7 A7 D A7 D6 D9 G G/B D D7M F#7 G It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go. Em7 G/B A7 D7M F#m B7 Take a look in the five and ten, glistening once again, E7 Cdim Bm5-/7 E7 A7 With candy canes and silver lanes aglow. A7 D6 D9 G G/B D D7M F#7 G It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, toys in every store, E7 Bm5-/7 A7 Fdim D F#m B7 But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be B7/F# G A7 D G D On your own front door. Bridge: D7M F#7 C#m5-/7 Bm5-/7 F#7 A pair of Hopalong* boots and a pistol that shoots F#7 C#m5-/7 Bm Are the wishes of Barney and Ben. E7 Fdim Bm5-/7 E7 Dolls that will talk and will go for a walk Bm5-/7 Fdim A7 Is the hope of Janice and Jen. A A7M A7 A7/6 Em7 Fdim A7 And Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again. A7 D6 D9 G G/B D D7M F#7 G It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go. Em7 G/B A7 D7M F#m B7 There's a tree in the grand hotel, one in the park as well, E7 Cdim Bm5-/7 E7 A7 The sturdy kind that doesn't mind the snow. A7 D6 D9 G G/B D D7M F#7 G It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, soon the bells will start. E7 Bm5-/7 A7 Fdim D F#m B7 And the thing that will make them ring is the carol that you sing B7/F# G A7 F#7 B7 G A7 D Right within your heart, right within your heart.