Holding Out For Santa - Bonnie Tyler / BUJ Songwriters
Intro:
[Am] Ho ho ho ho [Am7] ho ho ho Ho
[F] Oo oo oo oo [E7] Aaah-[E7]-aaaAAAHHH!
Verse 1:
[Am] Where have all the good elves gone and [G] where is Mrs Clause?
[F] Where's the street-wise raindeers at to [E7] flight the sleigh with paws?
[Am] Isn't there a raindeer [Em] to guide the sleigh?
[Dm] Late at night I toss and turn and I [E7] dream of christmas [E7] day.
|Chorus:
|I need a [Am] Santa, Iʼm holding out for [Em] Santa on Chrsitmas Eve night,
|Heʼs [F] gotta be fat and he's gotta be jolly,
|And he's [C] gotta be delivering [G] toys.
|I need a [Am] Santa, Iʼm holding out for [Em] Santa on Chrsitmas Eve night,
|Heʼs [F] gotta be here, and it's [Dm] gotta be soon,
|And heʼs [C] gotta be delivering [G] toys...
|delivering [Am] (toys)
Post-Chorus:
[Am] Ho ho ho ho [Am7] ho ho ho Ho
[F] Ho Ho Ho Ho [E7] Aaah-[E7]-aaaAAAHHHH!
Verse 2:
[Am] Somewhere near to midnight in my [G] christmas fantasy,
[F] Somewhere just beyond my reach there's presents [E7] waiting there for me.
[Am] Racing on the roof tops and [Em] rising with the speed
[Dm] It's gonna take a rudolph to [E7] guide the sleigh and [E7] leed,
[E7] (yeah!)
|[Chorus x2]
|I need a [Am] Santa, Iʼm holding out for [Em] Santa on Chrsitmas Eve night,
|Heʼs [F] gotta be fat and he's gotta be jolly,
|And he's [C] gotta be delivering [G] toys.
|I need a [Am] Santa, Iʼm holding out for [Em] Santa on Chrsitmas Eve night,
|Heʼs [F] gotta be here, and it's [Dm] gotta be soon,
|And heʼs [C] gotta be delivering [G] toys...
Outro:
Delivering [Am] toys
[Am] Ho ho ho ho [Am7] ho ho ho Ho
[F] Ho Ho Ho Ho [E7] Aaah-[E7]-aaaAAAHHHH!
I need [Am] Santa
(Cymbals)
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