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Blue Christmas
(Billy Hayes / Jay Johnson)

Copyright Polygram International Publishing. Inc.

Original by Doye O'Dell in 1948

RCA studio session - September 5-7, 1957 - Radio Recorders - Hollywood
September 5 - 12-3 pm - 4-8 pm

H2PB 5525-03

November 1957 LP RCA LOC 1035 Elvis's Christmas Album

November 1964 Single B side RCA 447-0720 Blue Christmas / Wooden Heart

Informal rehearsals - "Elvis" NBC TV Special - June 24-25, 1968 - NBC Dressing Room - Burbank
June 24, 4 pm

CPA5 5131 - Unreleased

CPA5 5136 - Unreleased

June 25, 10 am-12 pm

CPA5 5124

March 3, 1999 CD FTD 74321 672299 2 Burbank 68 - The NBC-TV Comeback Special

I'll have a blue Christmas without you
I'll be so blue just thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree
Won't be the same dear if you're not here with me

And when those blue snowflakes start fallin'
That's when those blue memories start callin'
You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas

You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas

(Ommited verse ?)

I'll have a blue Christmas, that's certain
And when that blue hearache starts hurtin'
You'll be doin' all right
With your Christmas of white
But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas

I'll have a [F]blue christmas with[C7]out you, I'll be so blue thinking a[F]bout you. Deco[Cm6]ra[D7]tions of [Cm6]red [D7]on a [Gm]green christmas tree [G7]won't mean a thing if [C7]you're not here with me.

I'll have a [F]blue christmas, that's [C7]certain, and when that blue heartache starts [F]hurtin', you'll be [Cm6]do[D7]in' all [Cm6]right, [D7]with your [Gm]christmas of [Fdim]white, bit [C7]I'll have a blue, blue [F]christmas.

As sung by Elvis in the 1968' TV Special

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E Riff 1 E B7 Riff 1 I'll have a Blue Christmas without you B7 E Riff 1 I'll be so blue just thinking about you E7 A Riff 2 Decorations of red on a green Christmastree F# Riff 1 B7 Won't be the same if you're not here with me

[nc] Riff 1 E Riff 1 E B7 Riff 1 And when those blue snowflakes start falling B7 E Riff 3 E That's when those blue mem'ries start calling E7 A F# You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white, B7 E Riff 1 But I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas

[nc] E Riff 1 E B7 Riff 1 I'll have a Blue Christmas that's certain B7 E Riff 3 E And when those blue heartaches start hurting E7 A F# You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white, B7 E Riff 1 But I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas E7 A F# You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white, B7 Riff 3 E Riff 1 But I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas

E Riff 1 E B7 Riff 1 I'll have a Blue Christmas without you B7 E Riff 1 I'll be so blue just thinking about you E7 A Riff 2 Decorations of red on a green Christmastree F# B7 Won't be the same if you're not here with me

[nc] E Riff 1 E B7 Riff 1 And when those blue snowflakes start falling B7 E Riff 1 That's when those blue mem'ries start calling E7 A F# You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white, B7 Riff 3 E Riff 1 But I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas B7 Riff 3 E Riff 1 E Ooh I'll have a blue, blue blue blue Christmas