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                      STEP INTO CHRISTMAS - Elton John
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Written by: E. John/B. Taupin 
Album: released as single      (1973, MCA Records)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury  
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: December 15, 2008

INTRO:

 E ----------------|
 B ----------------|
 G ----------------|
 D ----3-2-0-----0=|
 A ----------0-2---|
 E ----------------|

Gt1                               (3x)
 E|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
 B|o----------------|-----------------o|----------------|-----------------|
 G|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
 D|-=---------------|-----3-2-0-----0=-|=---------------|-----3-2-0-----0=|
 A|o----------------|-0-0-------0-2---o|----------------|-0-0-------0-2---|
 E|-------2---3---4-|------------------|------2---3---4-|-----------------|
  |  .  .   .   .     .   .   .   .                                       |
  |                                                                       |
Gt2 D                              (3x) D Dsus2 D                         |
 E|--2--2-----------|------------------|-2-0-2----------|-----------------|
 B|o-3--3-----------|-----------------o|-3-3-3----------|-----------------|
 G|--2--2-----------|------------------|-2-2-2----------|-----------------|
 D|--0--0-----------|------------------|-0-0-0----------|-----------------|
 A|o----------------|-----------------o|----------------|-----------------|
 E|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|


1ST VERSE:

 D
Welcome to my Christmas song
 G                             D
I'd like to thank you for the year

 E -----------------|-----------------|
 B -----------------|-----------------|
 G -----------------|-----------------|
 D -----3-2-0-------|-0---3-2-0-----0=|
 A -----------0-2-0-|-----------0-2---|
 E -----------------|-----------------|

        D
So I'm sending you this Christmas card
G                             D
To say it's nice to have you here

 E -----------------|-----------------|
 B -----------------|-----------------|
 G -----------------|-----------------|
 D -----3-2-0-----0=|=----3-2-0-------|
 A -----------0-2---|-----------3-2-0=|
 E -----------------|-----------------|

Am                      G
I'd like to sing about all the things
      D                 A
Your eyes and mind can see
Am                 G
So hop aboard the turntable
Em                           A
Oh, step into Christmas with me, yeah

 E -----1-0---------|
 B -----------3-----|
 G -----------------|
 D -----------------|
 A -----------------|
 E -----------------|


CHORUS:

 D
Step into Christmas, let's join together
G                             A
We can watch the snow fall forever and ever
 D
Eat, drink and be merry, come along with me
 G                    E               A
Step into Christmas, the admission's free

 E -----------------|
 B -----------------|
 G -----------------|
 D -3-2-0-----------|
 A -------3-2-0-----|
 E -------------1-0-|


2ND VERSE:   (fills are similar to 1st Verse)

      D
Take care in all you do next year
 G                            D
And keep smiling through the days
   D
If we can help to entertain you
G                     D
Oh, we will find the ways
    Am               G
So Merry Christmas, one and all
        D                   A
There's no place I'd rather be
      Am            G
Than asking you if you'd oblige
 Em                          A
Stepping into Christmas with me


CHORUS:

 D
Step into Christmas, let's join together
G                             A
We can watch the snow fall forever and ever
 D
Eat, drink and be merry, come along with me
 G                    E               A
Step into Christmas, the admission's free


BREAK:

D     G

A  G  D               Bm     E     A
Ahhhhhhh, la la la la la


Then: Play Intro (starting at double staffed part)


Repeat 1ST VERSE


Play CHORUS 3x


OUTRO:
                                   _
 D                                  |
Step, step into Christmas           |
 G       A                          |
Ahhh, forever and ever              |   Repeat to fade
 D                                  |
Yeah, come along with me            |
 G   E   A                          |
Ahhhhhhhhhh                        _|


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Notes:
-Bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time.
-Dots (...) located under any staff are for timing, and indicate where the
 downbeats (1234) fall.

o
o...repeat the bars between the symbols      =...hold note or chord

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)