{title: Christmas was a friend of mine} {artist: Fay Lovsky} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 92} {key: Eb} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xTiXSj1xm4} {start_of_part: Intro} [Eb] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Eb]Every year lasted too [Db/Eb]long With [Db]Easter bunnies, [Ab]birthday cards and [Bb]seaside outings in the summer [Eb]Only to break the [Db/Eb]long [Db]Gap of time that [Ab]stretched between the [Bb]one and the other [Db7]Christmas [Db7]Christmas in the sixties was [Abm9]fine With [Db7]candles, goodies, presents, and [Abm9]wine [C7]"Peace on Earth" was real, it [F6]seemed And [C7]"Love" a word as [F]yet not ob[Bb]scene, no no {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Link} [Eb] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Eb]Watching the season pa[Db/Eb]rade [Db]Dying trees, and [Ab]neon stars, and [Bb]plastic Santas for a penny [Eb]Urging to cele[Db/Eb]brate [Db] [Ab] [Bb]Here comes another [Db7]Christmas [Db7]Christmas was a jolly old [Abm9]time With [Db7]Billy Smarts and Auld Lang [Abm9]Syne [C7]"Peace on Earth" was real, it [F6]seemed And [C7]"Love" a word as [F]yet not ob[Bb]scene, no no {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Link} [Eb] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Instrumental} [Eb] [Db/Eb] [Db] [Ab] [Bb] [Eb] [Db/Eb] [Db] [Ab] [Bb] [Db7] [Db7] [Abm7] [Db7] [Abm7] [C7] [F6] [C7] [F] [Bb] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} [Eb]Christmas tree smell and those [Eb]silvery bells [Eb]Christmas was a [Bb]friend of [Eb]mine {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Outtro} [Eb] [Eb] [Fm7] [Eb/G] [Bb9sus4] Christmas was a [Eb]friend of mine [Fm7] [Eb/G] [Bb9sus4]Merry, merry, mer[Eb]ry, merry, merry [Fm7]Christmas everybody [Eb/G] All around the [Bb9sus4]world [Eb]Christmas[Fm7]time [Eb/G] [Bb9sus4] And everybody have a [Eb]good time coming in and talk to me yeah [Fm7] [Eb/G]Christmas time is here again, ain't [Bb9sus4]been around since you-know-when [Eb] Happy New Year, [Fm7] Happy New Year [Eb/G] I hope that everyone [Bb9sus4]