Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas chords

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Chart Legend

Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords   O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings   R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open   X: Don't play string    B: Bass Note

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

              Dsus2     Dsus2/B    Em/G    A  Asus  A7sus/addE
Intro: 3/4 ‖: 1 2 3  |  1 2 3   |  1 2 3 | 1  2     3         :‖

    Dsus2        Dsus2/B      Em/G         A    Asus  A7sus/addE
E |----------0-|----------0-|----------0-|-0----0-----0---------|
B |-------3--3-|-------3--3-|-------0--3-|-2----3-----5---------| 
G |----2-----2-|----2-----2-|----0-----0-|-2----2-----0---------| 
D |-0----------|------------|------------|-2----2-----0---------| 
A |------------|-2----------|------------|-0----0-----0---------| 
E |------------|------------|-3----------|----------------------|    

You can continue to play this pattern over the verses 
as the band does or simply play the chords as follows:

               D     Bm     Em     A7
Intro: 3/4 ‖:     |      |      |     :‖   

  D           Bm     Em             A7
1. Have  your-self a mer-ry lit-tle Christ-mas
  D         Bm       Em     A7
   Let your heart be light 
  D         Bm      Em                A7     D    Bm   Em  A7 
   From now on, our trou-bles will be out of sight

  D          Bm     Em             A7 
2. Have your-self a mer-ry lit-tle Christ-mas
  D         Bm        Em     A7
   Make the Yule-tide gay
  D         Bm      Em                F#7     Bm   Bm7  D  D7 
   From now on, our troub-les will be miles a-way 

       G                    F#m 
Chorus: Here were are as in old-en days
               Em              Dmaj7 
        Hap-py gold-en days of yore
      Bm                          F#m 
        Faith-ful friends who are dear to us
                A         Em       A    A7 
        Gath-er near to us... once more

  D            Bm       Em             A7 
3. Through the years we all will be to-ge-ther
  D       Bm       Em    A7
   If the Fates al-low
  D       Bm       G              F#7      Bm   Bm7  D  D7
   Hang a shin-ing star up-on the high-est bough
       G                Em             A7         D 
   And have your-self a mer-ry lit-tle Christ-mas now...

           D     Bm     Em     A7      D     Bm     Em     A7
Instr:  |(now)|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |

           D     Bm     Em     F#7    Bm    Bm7     D      D7
        |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |

       G                    F#m 
Chorus: Here were are as in old-en days
               Em              Dmaj7 
        Hap-py gold-en days of yore
      Bm                          F#m 
        Faith-ful friends who are dear to us
                A         Em       A      A7 
        Gath-er near to us... once more
       
  D            Bm       Em             A7 
4. Through the years we all will be to-ge-ther
  D       Bm       Em     A7
   If the Fates al-low
  D       Bm       G              F#7      Bm   Bm7  D  D7
   Hang a shin-ing star up-on the high-est bough
       G                Em             A7            D 
   And have your-self a mer-ry lit-tle Christ-mas... now...

          D     Bm     Em     A7      D 
Outro: |     |      |      |      |      |

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