Oh Happy Day Chords by Edwin Hawkins

[Start]

[Intro]
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■  ■   ■  You better watch out ■  you better not cry
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Here's the mab ■  who is gonna tell you why


[Verse]
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I just got back from a lovely trip along the milky way
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I stopped off at the North Pole to spend the holiday ■   ■ 
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I called on old ■  dear Santa Claus to see what I could see


[Chorus]
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He took me to his workshop and told his plans to me
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So you better watch out you'd better not cry
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You'd better not pout I'm telling you why
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Santa Claus is coming to town
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He's making a list and checkin' it twice
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Gonna find out whose naughty or nice
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Santa ■   ■   ■  Claus is coming to town
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He sees when you are sleeping
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Knows when you're awake
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He knows if you've been bad or good
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So be good for goodness sake
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■  Oh you'd better watch out you'd better ■   ■  ■   not cry ■ 
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■  You'd better not pout ■   I'm telling you why
                         Db7 
Santa Claus is coming to town
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With little tin horns and little toy drums
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Rooty toot toots and rummy tum tums
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Santa Claus is coming to town
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And curly head dolls that toddle and coo
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Elephants boats and kiddie cars too
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Santa Claus Santa Claus Santa is coming coming to town
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Then kids in Girl and Boy land will have a jubilee
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They're gonna build a toyland ■   all around the Christmas tree
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So you better watch out you better not cry


[Outro]
Ab7                                
Better not pout I'm telling you why
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The big jolly man in the bright red suit
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With his sleigh all full of  ■ ■   ■    ■   ■   loot
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Santa Claus is coming to town