Christmas Gig Material

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:58 pm

With Christmas Gigs on the horizon, I am wondering if anyone has a collection of pdf, MS Word or Word Perfect files of festive tunes with lyrics and chords to share.

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 3:23 pm

Same here! My band is gonna be looking for some upbeat ones to do. Maybe stuff along the lines of Springsteen's "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town".

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:03 pm

I would think Melissa must have a ton of stuff.

admin · Post by **admin** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:06 pm

The Springsteen version as found online.

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
(Coots / Gillespie)

C F
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
C F
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
C F
Santa Claus is coming to town
C F
Santa Claus is coming to town
C Am F G C F
Santa Claus is coming to town

C F
He's making a list, he's checkin' it twice
C F
He's gonna find out who's naughty and nice
C F
Santa Claus is coming to town
C F
Santa Claus is coming to town
C Am F G C
Santa Claus is coming to town

G C F
He sees you when you're sleeping
G C F
He knows if you're awake
D
He knows if you've been bad or good
G
(so you'd) better be good for goodness sake

Better be good for goodness sake

C F
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
C F
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
C F
Santa Claus is coming to town
C F
Santa Claus is coming to town
C Am F G C
Santa Claus is coming to town

(Sax solo) | C | F | C | F | C | F | C | F | C Am | F | G C | C |

G C F
He sees you when you're sleeping
G C F
He knows if you're awake
D
He knows if you've been bad or good
G
(so you'd) better be good for goodness sake

Better be good for goodness sake

C F
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry
C F
You'd better not pout, I'm telling you why
C F
Santa Claus is coming to town
C F
Santa Claus is coming to town
C Am F G C
Santa Claus is coming to town (repeat to fade out)

sloop_john_b · Post by **sloop_john_b** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:08 pm

Cool, thanks Peter!

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:27 pm

Four Words..The Venture's Christmas Album

desertgoldenboy · Post by **desertgoldenboy** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:51 pm

That's the ticket! Love 'dem Ventures!

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:57 pm

"I would think Melissa must have a ton of stuff."

I do indeed....mainly contemporary Christian Christmas songs by various artists, and lots and lots of Christmas carols.... I also use the Reader's Digest Christmas songbook, that I think was published in the early '80's; it's got a lot of Christmas standards in it. I can usually find chords and tabs for songs I want to do pretty easily by Googling song titles, and if I can't find it online, I can usually listen to the song a few times and figure out the basic chords.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:32 pm

For some very cool arrangements, the Christmas cd by Brian Setzer has some neat stuff on it also.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:23 am

Speaking of cool arrangements, has anyone heard the "Merry Axemas" CD's? They're some truly fantastic Christmas instrumentals by some really big-name lead guitarists, such as Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, and Richie Sambora, to name a few.... My husband especially loves to crank up the volume on Ted Nugent's arrangement of "Deck the Halls...." It rocks the whole neighborhood, LOL!

Personally, I like Brian Setzer's version of "Jingle Bells".... it's a lot of fun! I didn't know he had his own Christmas CD as well; I'll have to look for that one.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:50 am

I waited too long to get tickets to Brian Setzers Christmas show here in town,,,$70 for the good seats but now the scalpers got em for $350..PBS airs one of his past show every year...guess that's where I'll be!