Christmastime is here jazz guitar tab

For this year’s Christmas Special I’ve done a chord melody arrangement of one of my favourite festive tunes. It’s taken from the soundtrack to  A Charlie Brown Christmas, a brilliant film which always seemed to be a part of my childhood Christmasses, and one that I still watch every year.

Whilst I wouldn’t describe it as easy to play, I have tried to make this version accessible to non-jazz players. If you work on it slowly, phrase by phrase, making sure you’re using exactly the right fingering, then you should be able to get it together without too many problems. It needs to be played fingerstyle in the right hand. I generally use my thumb for the bass notes and three other fingers for all the other notes. Occasionally there are chords which contain 5 notes and here you can either use your little finger as well, brush 2 strings together with your index finger, or just omit one of the notes.

My arrangement is written out below. Click here to download a high-quality, printable PDF. Merry Christmas!

Chords with lyrics

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Fmaj7Fmaj7             
Eb7Eb7
Christmas time is here
Fmaj7Fmaj7         
Eb7Eb7
Happiness and cheer
Bm7Bm7        
Bb7Bb7   
Am7Am7
Fun for all that children call
  
Ab7Ab7 
G minorGm            
C majorC      
FF
Their favorite time of the year

Fmaj7Fmaj7             
Eb7Eb7
Snowflakes in the air
Fmaj7Fmaj7       
Eb7Eb7
Carols everywhere
Bm7Bm7          
Bb7Bb7 
Am7Am7
Olden times and  ancient rhymes
 
Ab7Ab7 
G minorGm              
C majorC  
FF
Of   love and dreams to share


Dbmaj7Dbmaj7               
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Sleigh bells in the air
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7      
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Beauty everywhere
FF            
Eb7Eb7 
D7D7
Yuletide by the  fireside
A minorAm    
Gm7Gm7         
FF   
C majorC
  And joyful memories there


Fmaj7Fmaj7             
Eb7Eb7
Christmas time is here
Fmaj7Fmaj7            
Eb7Eb7
We’ll be drawing near
Bm7Bm7          
Bb7Bb7  
Am7Am7
Oh, that we could always see
Ab7Ab7   
G minorGm             
C majorC   
FF
 Such spirit through the year

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Jazzy Instrumental part...


Dbmaj7Dbmaj7               
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Sleigh bells in the air
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7      
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Beauty everywhere
FF            
Eb7Eb7 
D7D7
Yuletide by the  fireside
A minorAm    
Gm7Gm7         
FF   
C majorC
  And joyful memories there


Fmaj7Fmaj7             
Eb7Eb7
Christmas time is here
Fmaj7Fmaj7            
Eb7Eb7
We’ll be drawing near
Bm7Bm7          
Bb7Bb7  
Am7Am7
Oh, that we could always see
Ab7Ab7   
G minorGm             
C majorC   
FF
 Such spirit through the year



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Christmas Time Is Here chords

Christmas Time is Here is a song performed by The Vince Guaraldi Trio on the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack.