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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: December 5, 1997
Subject: Merry Christmas Strait To You by George Strait
Album: Merry Christmas Strait To You
Written by: Bob Kelly
Note: Please notice that this Gm stays a Gm but there is a chromatic scale while playing the Gm.
See how the fourth string goes down. 5,4,3
Gm
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Gm1
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Gm2
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MERRY CHRISTMAS STRAIT TO YOU George Strait
F D Bb C F
F
It's Christmas time I see the lines of people everywhere
Bb F G C
Trying to pick out the gifts that show how much they care
Bb Am Dm
It makes me wish that I could see my friends on Christmas day
Gm F
And fill my list with lots of gifts
G Gm
But I can only say Here comes a
CHORUS:
F Gm
Merry Christmas strait to you
Gm Gm1 Gm2 C
I hope it cheers you up when you are down and feeling blue
F
Right or wrong I'll sing my song
Am
And you will know just who sings a
Gm C F
Merry Christmas Strait to you.
lead
F
There's lot of ways to share the days
of Christmas with your friends
Bb F
A Christmas card, a tree that's starred,
G C
and gifts that make you grin
Bb Am Dm
I'd like to share this song with everyone who came our way
Gm F
Without a doubt the fires not out
G Gm
It burns for you to-day So here's a go to chorus
ENDING:
F
You've been so kind and you've crossed my mind
Am
Nothing less will do
Gm C F
Here's a Merry Christmas Strait to you.
Bb C
Here comes a Merry Christmas
Am D
And to all who might have missed us
Bb C F
A very Merry Christmas Strait to you
Ending guitar lick.
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