{"id":21142,"date":"2024-08-04T19:33:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T19:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=21142"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:12:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:12:22","slug":"we-need-a-little-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/we-need-a-little-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need a Little Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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C<\/span>    G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nHaul out the holly\r\n<\/span>    G<\/span>      C<\/span>             Am<\/span>        A7<\/span>\r\nPut up the tree before my spirit falls again\r\n<\/span>Dm<\/span>   G<\/span>      Dm<\/span>\r\nFill up the stocking\r\n<\/span>  G<\/span>      Dm<\/span>      G<\/span>          Dm<\/span>          G<\/span>         E7<\/span>    A7<\/span>\r\nI may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n       Dm<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nFor we need a little Christmas\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>               Am<\/span>\r\nRight this very minute\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>              G<\/span>\r\nCandles in the window\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>             C7<\/span>\r\nCarols at the spinet\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n        Dm<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nYes, we need a little Christmas\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>               Am<\/span>\r\nRight this very minute\r\n<\/span>   D<\/span>               D7<\/span>\r\nIt hasn't snowed a single flurry\r\n<\/span>    G<\/span>                  G7<\/span>\r\nBut Santa, dear, we're in a hurry\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n   C<\/span>     G<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nSo climb down the chimney\r\n<\/span>    G<\/span>      C<\/span>                  Am<\/span>           A7<\/span>\r\nPut up the brightest string of lights I've ever seen\r\n<\/span>Dm<\/span>    G<\/span>      Dm<\/span>\r\nSlice up the fruitcake\r\n<\/span>     G<\/span>       Dm<\/span>        G<\/span>     Dm<\/span>        G<\/span>        E7<\/span>       A7<\/span>\r\nIt's time we hung some tinsel on that evergreen bough\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n         Dm<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\nFor I've grown a little leaner, \r\n<\/span>C<\/span>              Am<\/span>\r\ngrown a little colder,\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>              G<\/span>\r\nGrown a little sadder, \r\n<\/span>C<\/span>              C7<\/span>\r\ngrown a little older\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n      Dm<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nAnd I need a little angel \r\n<\/span>C<\/span>             Am<\/span>\r\nsitting on my shoulder.\r\n<\/span>Dm<\/span>              F<\/span>     G<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\nI need a little Christmas now.\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\nC<\/span>    G<\/span>       C<\/span>\r\nHaul out the holly\r\n<\/span>      G<\/span>      C<\/span>                Am<\/span>           A7<\/span>\r\nWell, once I taught you all to live each living day.\r\n<\/span>Dm<\/span>   G<\/span>      Dm<\/span>       G<\/span>\r\nFill up the stocking\r\n<\/span>           Dm<\/span>         G<\/span>       Dm<\/span>            G<\/span>        E7<\/span>    A7<\/span>\r\nBut Auntie Mame, it's one week past Thanksgiving Day now\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n       Dm<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nBut we need a little Christmas\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>               Am<\/span>\r\nRight this very minute\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>              G<\/span>\r\nCandles in the window\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>             C7<\/span>\r\nCarols at the spinet\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n       Dm<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nAnd we need a little Christmas\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>               Am<\/span>\r\nRight this very minute\r\n<\/span>   D<\/span>               D7<\/span>\r\nIt hasn't snowed a single flurry\r\n<\/span>    G<\/span>                  G7<\/span>\r\nBut Santa, dear, we're in a hurry\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n   C<\/span>     G<\/span>        C<\/span>\r\nSo climb down the chimney\r\n<\/span>     G<\/span>      C<\/span>                Am<\/span>               A7<\/span>\r\nIt's been a long time since I felt good, neighborly\r\n<\/span>Dm<\/span>    G<\/span>      Dm<\/span>\r\nSlice up the fruitcake\r\n<\/span>     G<\/span>       Dm<\/span>        G<\/span>     Dm<\/span>          G<\/span>     E7<\/span>     A7<\/span>\r\nIt's time we hung some tinsel on that mayberry bough\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n       Dm<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nFor we need a little music\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>             Am<\/span>\r\nNeed a little laughter\r\n<\/span>F<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\nNeed a little singing\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>                   C7<\/span>\r\nRinging through the rafter\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n       Dm<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nAnd we need a little snappy\r\n<\/span>C<\/span>          Am<\/span>\r\nHappy ever after\r\n<\/span>   Dm<\/span>            F<\/span>     G<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\nWe need a little Christmas now\r\n<\/span> \r\n(instrumental)\r\n \r\nC<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nG<\/span> C<\/span> Am<\/span> A7<\/span>\r\nDm<\/span> G<\/span> Dm<\/span>\r\nG<\/span> Dm<\/span> G<\/span> Dm<\/span> G<\/span> A<\/span> A7<\/span>\r\n \r\nDm<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nC<\/span> Am<\/span>\r\nF<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nC<\/span> C7<\/span>\r\n \r\nDm<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nC<\/span> Am<\/span>\r\n \r\nDm<\/span>            F<\/span>     G<\/span>   C<\/span>\r\nneed a little Christmas now!\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
C G C Haul out the holly G C Am A7 Put up the tree before my spirit falls again Dm G Dm Fill up the stocking G Dm G Dm G E7 A7 I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now Dm G For we need … CLICK TO VIEW SONGWe Need a Little Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,11,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-christmas","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}