Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Guitar chords and lyrics of Santa Claus is Coming to Town by Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters
Published 1947
Original key C

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.         C                    C7               F
You better watch out, you’d better not cry,
.            C                 C7            F
you’d better not pout, I’m telling you why,
C           Am        Dm           G                C
Santa Claus is coming                  to town.

.           C           C7              F
He’s making a list and checking it twice,
C                   C7                F
gonna find out who’s naughty and nice,

C           Am        Dm           G                C
Santa Claus is coming                  to town.

C7                                             F                           C7                              F
He sees you when you’re sleeping, and he knows when you’re awake
.        D7                               G         G#dim7     Am7       D7             G7
he knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake. Oh

.         C                    C7               F
You better watch out, you’d better not cry,
.            C                 C7            F
you’d better not pout, I’m telling you why,
C           Am        Dm           G                C
Santa Claus is coming                  to town.

 

.         C                C7               F
With little tin horns and little toy drums,
.         C                    C7               F
with root-ti-toot-toots and rummy-tum-tums.
C           Am        Dm           G                C
Santa Claus is coming                  to town.

.         C                       C7               F
And curley-haired dolls that cuddle and coo,
.  C                C7               F
elephants, boats and kiddy-cars too.
C           Am        Dm           G                C
Santa Claus is coming                  to town.

C7                                        F         C7                        F
The kids in girl and boy town – will have a jubilee
.        D7                        G         G#dim7       Am7               D7             G7
hey’re gonna build a toy land town – all around the christmas tree, so

 

.         C                    C7               F
You better watch out, you’d better not cry,
.            C                 C7            F
you’d better not pout, I’m telling you why,
C           Am        Dm           G                C
Santa Claus is coming                  to town.

 

C7                                             F                           C7                              F
He sees you when you’re sleeping, and he knows when you’re awake
.        D7                               G         G#dim7     Am7       D7             G7
he knows if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake. Oh

 






.         C                    C7               F
You better watch out, you’d better not cry,
.            C                 C7            F
you’d better not pout, I’m telling you why,
C           Am        Dm           G                C
Santa Claus is coming                  to town.

 

.         C                    C7               F
You better watch out, you’d better not cry,
.            C                 C7            F
you’d better not pout, I’m telling you why,
C           Am        Dm
Santa Claus is coming

You mean the big fat man with the long white beard?

Dm            G    C
is coming  to town.