#------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #---------------------------------------------------------------------# TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES ******************************************************************************** Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini Date: December 8, 1997 Subject: I Only Want You For Christmas by Alan Jackson Album: Honky Tonk Christmas Written by Zack Turner\Tim Nichols ©1991 Coburn Music, Inc./ Hannah's Eyes Music, Inc./Bro ' N' Sis Music, Inc. (BMI) Note: I taped it off the radio and I didn't get the first part of it. So (f) is a guess. Thanks to Sean Fagan for the album name. Again thanks to Sean for helping get this on the web. Thanks to rebel@interlinks.net for the writer's info and additional info. I ONLY WANT YOU FOR CHRISTMAS Alan Jackson (f) C The snow is falling It's Christmas Eve Dm C Presents are wrapped Under the tree Dm G Is there one for me? CHORUS: C Am I only want you for Christmas, baby C G I don't need nothing else C F I only want you for Christmas, baby C G C Tie a ribbon 'round yourself F C G C Oh, tie a ribbon 'round yourself G C I ain't gonna write no letter Send north to the pole D G F G Cause what I'm wanting this year Saint Nick don't need to know chorus, lead Oh pick it Rudolph Go about it Frosty G C So put on your Christmas stockings I'll find that mistle toe D Let's get into the the holiday spirits G F G A And honey ho ho ho ho (key change) ho ho ho ho KEY CHANGED CHORUS: D Bm I only want you for Christmas, baby D A I don't need nothing else D G I only want you for Christmas, baby D A D Tie a ribbon 'round yourself D Bm I only want you for Christmas, baby D A I don't need nothing else D G I only want you for Christmas, baby D A D Tie a ribbon 'round yourself G D A D Oh, tie a ribbon 'round yourself Spoken: Wooo oooo (train noise) Oh I had a bicycle I had a train too Woooo I only want you