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White Christmas

Words and Music by Irving Berlin - 1942

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1942, played for 36 weeks.

Chorus:
C	Dm      C      B      C	Dm	F#7            G7
F	-                  G7	C	-                           G7
C	C7	F	Fm
C	F         C      D7	Dm	G7
C	Dm      C      B      C	Dm	F#7            G7
F	-                  G7	C	-                           G7
C	C7	F	Fm
C               Gdim	Dm              G7	C	-           (G7 repeat)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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I'm dreaming of a White Christmas,
Just like the ones I used to know.
Where the treetops glisten and children listen,
To hear sleigh bells in the snow.

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas,
With every Christmas card I write.
May your days be merry and bright,
And may all your Christmases be White.

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Jack Convery perform "White Christmas" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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