Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

Key of C · Chords: I II III IV V ii iv v vi

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Verse 4

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

Chorus

    C            C7       F          Fm
You better watch out, you better not cry,
    C          C7       F           Fm
you better not pout I'm telling you why,
C     Am       Dm        G7
Santa Claus is coming    to town.

Instrumental

C Am Dm G7

Verse 1

     C             C7           F  Fm
He's making a list and checking it twice,
      C              C7      F        Fm
gonna find out who's naughty and nice,
C     Am       Dm        G7
Santa Claus is coming    to town.

Instrumental

C Am Dm G7

Bridge

   Gm       C7        F Dm
He sees you when your sleeping,
   Gm         C7     F    Dm
he knows when you're awake
   Am D7                    G  E7
he knows if you've been bad or good so be
Am       D7       G    G7
good for goodness sake Ohhhhhhh

Chorus

    C            C7       F          Fm
You better watch out, you better not cry,
    C          C7       F           Fm
you better not pout I'm telling you why,
C     Am       Dm        G7
Santa Claus is coming    to town.

Instrumental

C Am Dm G7

Verse 2

     C          C7        F          Fm
With little tin horns and little toy drums,
     C                  C7 F Fm
with root-ti-toot-toots and rumpty-tum-tums,
C     Am       Dm     G7
Santa Claus is coming to town.

Instrumental

C Am Dm G7

Verse 3

    C             C7       F          Fm
And curley-haired dolls to cuddle and coo,
C                C7         F        Fm
elephants, boats and kiddie cars too,
C     Am       Dm        G7
Santa Claus is coming    to town.

Instrumental

C Am Dm G7

Bridge

    Gm       C7       F    Dm
The boys and girls in town,
     Gm     C7     F Dm
will have a jubilee
Am      D7                G    E7
they're gonna build a toy land town
    Am         D7        G     G7
all around the christmas tree, soooooo

Chorus

    C            C7       F          Fm
You better watch out, you better not cry,
    C          C7       F           Fm
you better not pout I'm telling you why,
C     Am       Dm        G7
Santa Claus is coming    to town.

Outro

C Am Dm G7