In Praise Of Christmas chords

[INTRO]
[C] [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]
[C] [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]
[Am] [G] [Am] [G]

[VERSE]
All [Am]hail to the [G]days that [F]merit more [C]praise
Than [Dm]all of the rest of the [E]year
And [Am]welcome the [G]nights that [F]double de[C]lights
As [Dm]well for the poor as the [E]peer

[VERSE]
Good [C]fortune attend each [Dm]merry man's friend
That [Am]doth but the [E]best that he [Am]may
For[C]getting old wrongs with [Dm]carols and songs
To [Am]drive the cold [E]winter a[Am]way [C]

[VERSE]
'Tis [Am]ill for a [G]mind to [F]anger in[C]clined
To [Dm]think of small injuries [E]now
If [Am]wrath be to [G]seek, do not [F]lend her thy [C]cheek
Nor [Dm]let her inhabit thy [E]brow

[VERSE]
Cross [C]out of thy books ma[Dm]levolent looks
Both [Am]beauty and [E]youth's de[Am]cay
And [C]wholly consort with [Dm]mirth and with sport
To [Am]drive the cold [E]winter a[Am]way [C]

[VERSE]
This [Am]time of the [G]year is [F]spent in good [C]cheer
And [Dm]neighbors together do [E]meet
To [Am]sit by the [G]fire with [F]friendly de[C]sire
Each [Dm]other in love to [E]greet

[VERSE]
Old [C]grudges forgot are [Dm]put in the pot
All [Am]sorrows a[E]side they [Am]lay
The [C]old and the young doth [Dm]carol this song
To [Am]drive the cold [E]winter a[Am]way [C]

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [Dm] [E]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [Dm] [E]
[C] [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]
[C] [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]

[VERSE]
When [Am]Christmas[G]tide comes [F]in like a [C]bride
With [Dm]holly and ivy [E]clad
Twelve [Am]days in the [G]year much [F]mirth and good [C]cheer
In [Dm]every household is [E]had

[VERSE]
The [C]country guise is [Dm]then to devise
Some [Am]gambols of [E]Christmas [Am]play
Where[C]at the young men do the [Dm]best that they can
To [Am]drive the cold [E]winter a[Am]way

[OUTRO]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [Dm] [E]
[Am] [G] [F] [C] [Dm] [E]