'Twas The Night Before Christmas Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
T 'was the [Am]night before Christmas
and [D]all through the house
[F]not a creature was stirring,
[D]not even a mouse.
The [Eb]stockings were hung by
the chimney with care
[F]in hopes that St. [Eb]Nich
olas soon would be there.
[D]The children were nes[F]tled
all snug in their beds
while [Eb]vis ions of sugar [Bb]plums
danced in [F]their heads.
[C]An d [E]Mama in her kerchief
[Eb]and I in my c[Bm]ap
Had [D]just settled down for a
[C]long winter's [F]nap.
[G#m]When out on the lawn
[F#]there rose such a [G]clatter,
I sprang from my bed [D]to see what was
the matter.
[C#]Away to the window I flew like a [G]flash,
Tore open [G#m]the shutters and
[F]threw up the sash.
The moon on the [D]crest
of the new -fallen snow
Gave a luster of midday
[Abm]to objects [Eb]below.
when [F#]what to my won[F]dering
eyes [Eb]should appear
[G]but a miniature sleigh
[C]and a [Eb]tiny reindeer
with a [Bb]little old driver [G]so lively and quick
[Ab]I kn[Db]ew in a [Eb]moment
it [D]must be st. Nick
more rapid than Eagles his cours
[Eb]ers they came and he [G#m]whistled and [G]shouted
and called him by name now
[D]Dasher now dancer now prancer and vix[F]en on Comet,
on [G]Cu pid, on Donner and Blitzen,
to the top of the porch,
to the [F]top of the wall,
[C]now dash away, dash [Eb]away, dash away all.
[G]As dry leaves that before
the wild hurricane [D]fly
when they meet with an obstacle
mount to the sky,
[C]so up to the house[Eb]top
the coursers [F]they flew with a sleigh
[E]full of toys
and Saint Nicholas [F]too.
[Eb]An d then in a[G] twinkling
I [F#m]heard on the roof
the prancing [A]and pawing
of each little [D]hoof,
[F]as I drew in my [A]head
and was [F#m]turning around,[F]
[A]down the chimney
[Eb]St. Nicholas [D]came
[Eb]with a bound.
[Abm]He was dressed [Am]all in fur,
[C#]from his h[Eb]ead to his foot,
[E]and his clothes were all [G#m]tar nished
with ashes and [F]soot,
[C]a bundle [F]of toys he had flung on his back,
and he looked like [D]a peddler
just opening his [F]pack.
His [G]eyes how [F]they twinkled,
his [C]dimples how [F]merry.
His cheeks were like roses,
his nose like a cherry.
[Bb]His droll little [D]mouth
was [Eb]drawn up like a bow,
and the [A]beard of his chin
[F]was as white as the snow.
[Am]The stump [F]of a pipe
he held tight in his teeth,
[Am]an d the smoke it en[F]
circled his head like a wreath.
[Eb]He had b[Bb]road face
[Fm]and a little [F]round belly that [Eb]shook when he
laughed like a bowl [D]full of jelly.
[Am]He was chubby [F]an d plump,
a right jolly [Eb]old elf,
[F]and I laughed [C]when I saw
him [Am]in spite of myself.
A [D]wink of his eye
[E]and a [D]twist of his head
soon [F#]gave me to know
[C#]I had [Eb]nothing to dread.
[F#]He spoke not a word,
but went straight to his work
[F]an d filled [G]all the [D]stockings then
and turned with a [Eb]jerk,
and laying his [G#]finger aside of his nose,
[Am]and giving a nod,
up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his [F]sleigh,
to his [Bb]team gave a whistle,
[F]and away they all flew
like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim,
[C]as he drove out of sight,
Happy Christmas to all,
and to all a good night.