HO! HO! HO!  (WHO'D BE A TURKEY AT CHRISTMAS?)

Year:  1973
Album:  None (Appeared on 1992's RARE MASTERS collection)
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin

Intro: (Drums start) G(arp.) C  G\B  Am  G  F  C\E  A Ab A Bb G\B 


C       G\B        Am        G       F      C\E       Dm
Sitting here on Christmas Eve with a brandy in my hand

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Oh I've had a few too many and it's getting hard to stand

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I keep hearing noises  from my fireplace

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I must be going crazy or the brandy's won the race


    F C\E  Dm  C   F     F  F G               G
And I keep hearing ho ho ho,  guess who's here

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Your fat and jolly friend draws near

F     F  F   G              G
Ho ho ho, surprise, surprise

    C       C        G           C
The bearded weirdy's just arrived

F     F  F G               G
Ho ho ho,  guess who's here

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Your fat and jolly friend draws near

F     F  F   G             G
Ho ho ho, surprise surprise

    C       C        G          C
The bearded wierdy's just arrived



C     G\B          Am              G    F        C\E        Dm
On my roof there's snorting sounds, and bells inside my head

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My vision's blurred with colour, and all he sees is red

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There's a pair of large sized wellies  coming down my flue

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And the smell of burning rubber, oh is filling up the room

(CHORUS)

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