Bruce Springsteen - Santa Clause is Coming to Town
Springsteen in C, I play in A
Intro
AADE
Spoken
It’s all cold down along the beach
The wind’s whipping down the boardwalk, hey band
You guys know what time of year it is?
What time, huh? What? What? Oh, Christmas time!
You guys all, you guys all been good and practicing real hard?
Yeah? Clarence, you been, you been rehearsing real hard now
So Santa’ll bring you a new saxophone, right?
Everybody out there been good, or what?
Oh, that’s not many, not many, you guys are in trouble out here, come on
Quiet
Vox on the 5 on “better”
Yeah you Abetter watch out you Dbetter not Ecry
You Abetter not pout I’m Dtelling you Ewhy
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta F#mClause is Dcoming Eto Atown DE
Drums in a little
He’s Amaking a list he’s Dchecking it Etwice
He’s Agonna find out who’s Dnaughty or Enice
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta F#mClause is Dcoming Eto Atown A7
In the Springsteen version this is more like vi I IV
He Esees you D#dim7when you’re Asleeping
He Eknows when D#dim7you’re Aawake
He B7knows if you’ve been bad or good
Hard stop on “better”
You Ebetter be good for goodness sake, you better be good for goodness sake
Swung, band in
You Abetter watch out you Dbetter not Ecry
You Abetter not pout I’m Dtelling you Ewhy
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta F#mClause is Dcoming Eto Atown
Sax solo
AADEx3
AF#mDEAA7
He Esees you D#dim7when you’re Asleeping
He Eknows when D#dim7you’re Aawake
He B7knows if you’ve been bad or good
You Ebetter be good for goodness sake, you better be good for goodness sake
You Abetter watch A/Gout you D/F#better not Dm/Fcry
You Abetter not A/Gpout I’m D/F#telling you Dm/Fwhy
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
Band out on “town”, back to straight rhythm
ASanta F#mClause is Dcoming Eto Atown
AAD/AE/A
AAD/AE/A
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown
ASanta Clause is Dcoming to Etown