Father Christmas Lyrics

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#Tim Harris, tim@wordsrus.demon.co.uk
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#THE KINKS
#FATHER CHRISTMAS Ray Davies
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#(The *G thru *D sequences could probably be played as something more
#like: G Bm7 Em D G Bm7 Em D - but it's all in the bass)
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When I was small I believed in Santa Claus
'Though I knew it was my dad
And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas
Open my presents and I'd be glad
But the last time I played Father Christmas
I stood outside a department store
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
They knocked my reindeer to the floor, and said
Father Christmas give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys
To the little rich boys
Don't give my brother a Steve Austin outfit
Don't give my sister a cuddly toy
We don't want no jigsaw or monopoly money
We only want the real McCoy
But give my daddy a job cause he needs one
He's got lots of mouths to feed
And if got one I'll take a machine gun
So I can scare all the kids on the street.
Father Christmas give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
Give all the toys
To the little rich boys
And have yourself a merry merry Christmas
Have yourself a good time
But remember the kids who got nothin
As your drinking down your wine
Father Christmas give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
Father Christmas please hand it over
We'll beat you up if you make us annoyed
Father Christmas give us some money
Don't mess around with those silly toys
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
And give all the toys to e little rich boys.
Above is the basic arrangement of the song only. (I would recommend playing along with the song for the whole arrangement)
The "roots" of the chords are written, (You may need to change the f's, a's and e's to minor chords)
and u will hear the "c walkdown" change from c-b-a-g to c-e-a-g (during first verse)
Corrected by:
G. Geiger
Bass, Backing Vocals
The StageHamz