Chord Reference:
 
     A   Amaj7  A7   D   Dm  B7/F#  A/G#  F#m   E  Eaug  C#7
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B|---2-----2----2----2----3----4-----2-----2----0----1----6------------|
G|---2-----1----0----3----2----2-----2-----2----1----1----4------------|
D|---2-----2----2----0----0----4-----2-----4----2----2----6------------|
A|---0-----0----0----0----x----2-----0-----4----2----x----4------------|
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This 1995 version includes the lyrics "bells will be ringing the sad, sad news" (that is, a Christmas alone) as opposed to Brown's original version which references the "glad, glad news" (that is, Christmas in general).
[Intro]
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B|--------17------14--------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
[Strophe]
              A       Amaj7           A7 
Bells will be ringing    the sad, sad news 
          D                     B7/F# 
Oh what a Christmas to have the blues 
          A    D            A      A/G#  F#m 
My baby's gone   I have no friends 
           B7/F#          E    Eaug 
To wish me greetings once again
[Strophe]
               A       Amaj7       A7 
Choirs will be singing     "Silent Night" 
          D               B7/F# 
Christmas carols by candlelight 
                     A          D 
Please come home for Christmas 
                     A        A/G#  F#m 
Please come home for Christmas 
           B7/F#     E7               A     A7 
If not for Christmas,   by New Year's night
[Pont]
               D                Dm 
Friends and relations, send salutations 
A           Eaug         A    A7 
Sure as the stars shine above 
            D                         Dm 
But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear 
            B7/F#                       E    Eaug 
The time of year to be with the one you love
[Strophe]
             A      Amaj7                  A7 
So won't you tell me     you'll never more roam 
              D                        B7/F# 
Christmas and New Year's will find you home 
                    A      C#7              F#m F#m/E D B7/F# 
There'll be no more sorrow,    no grief and pain 
            A    F#m   B7/F#  E7    A    Eaug 
And I'll be happy,     happy  once again
[Solo]
A  Amaj7  A7
D  B7/F#
[Outro]
                    A      C#7              F#m F#m/E D B7 
There'll be no more sorrow,    no grief and pain 
             A    F#m    B7/F#     E7    A 
And I'll be happy,       Christmas once again 
 
  
D  D  D   A
[Tab]
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