A                  E
When the snow falls wunderbar
                A
and the children happy are
                      B
when there's Glatteis on the street
                E
and we all a Glühwein need
A                D      A
then you know es ist soweit
E                A
she is here the Weihnachtszeit.

               E
Ev'ry Parkhaus ist besetzt
                A
weil die people fahren jetzt
                B
all to Kaufhaus, Mediamarkt,
               E       
kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt.
A               D       A
Shopping hirnverbrannte things
E                A
and the christmasglocke rings.
 

A                A7
Merry christmas, merry christmas
D        A      E7
hear the music, see the lights.
A        D       E       A
Frohe Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht
D     A         E    A
merry christmas allerseits.


              E
Mother in the kitchen bakes
                   A
Schoko-, Nuss- and Mandelkeks.
             B
Daddy in the Nebenraum
                  E
schmücks a Riesen-Weihnachtsbaum.
A             D       A
He is hanging auf the balls
E                A 
then he from the Leiter falls.

            E
Finally the Kinderlein
              A
to the Zimmer kommen rein
                 B
and es sings the family
                 E
schauerlich "Oh, christmastree".
A             D       
And ein jeder in the house
A  E             A   
is packing die Geschenke aus.


A                A7
Merry christmas, merry christmas
D        A      E7
hear the music, see the lights.
A        D       E       A
Frohe Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht
D     A         E    A
merry christmas allerseits.
 

             E
Mama finds under the Tanne
              A
eine brandnew Teflon-Pfanne.
            B
Papa gets a Schlips-and-Socken
          E
ev'rybody does frohlocken.
A                D   A           
President speaks in TV
E             A             
all around is Harmonie
E                 A                 
bis mother in the kitchen runs
F#               B 
im Ofen burns die Weihnachtsgans.
               
                F#
And so comes the Feuerwehr
             B
with tatü, tata daher
                 C#
and they bring a long, long Schlauch
                F#
and a long long Leiter auch.
B                 E           B
And they schrei: "Wasser marsch!"
F#             B
Christmas is - now in Eimer.
 

B                B7
Merry christmas, merry christmas
E        B      F#7
hear the music, see the lights.
B        E       F#      B
Frohe Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht
E     B         F#   B