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Happy Holiday by Bing Crosby - Guitar Chords

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Version 1

            Without brackets Bing Crosby singing. (Between brackets Martha Mears singing.)
Written by good old Irving Berlin, song was used in the eponymous 1942 movie.
Old recordings are a bit challenging to transcript.
Any suggestions to improve or correct? don't hesitate.

{Intro}
| E7 | E7 E |

{Chorus}
      A              Bm7
Happy Holiday, happy holiday.
E7                    A
While the merry bells keep ringing.
Bm7                  E7   A
May your every wish, come true.

                     Bm7
Happy holiday, happy holiday.
    E7           A
May the calendar keep bringing.
      Bm7       E7
Happy holidays, to you.

[Break]
| A | Bm7 | F#m7 | Bm7 E7 |

{Verse 1}
A                 Bm7           E7
(If your burdened down with trouble.)
    Bm7                     E7
(If your nerves are wearing thin.)
E          A     Bm7
(Park your load, down the road.)
            E7      A
('n Come to Holiday Inn.)

{Verse 2}
               Bm7     E7
If the traffic noise affects you.
Am     F#m7    Bm7
Like a squeaky violin.
E7         E     D        D7
 Kick your cares down the stairs.
B7              A7
Come to Holiday Inn.(Tuttut)

{Verse 3}
F                  D7
(If you can't find someone,)
F7        F#7              G7
(who will set your heart a-whirl.)
F                  E7
(Take your car and motor to,)
     A                 Bm7
(the home of boy meets girl.)

{Verse 4}
F#m               Bm7         E7
If you're laid-up with a breakdown.
Am              Bm7
Throw away your vitamin.
E7         A                 Bm7
(Don't get worse), grab your nurse.
    B7      E7
And come to Holiday Inn.

{Chorus}
       A        Bm7
(Happy holiday, happy holiday.)
           E7              F#m7
(While the merry bells are ringin'.)
          Bm7        E7   E
(May your every wish come true.)

       A              Cm7
(Happy holiday, happy holiday.)
         E7            A7
(May the calendar keep bringin'.)
       Bm7         A
(Happy holidays to you.)

{Outro}

F#7   B              C#m7
Happy holiday, happy holiday.)
      F#7                  B
While the merry bells keep ringin'.
C#m7                 F#   B
May your every wish, come true.

                     C#m7
Happy holiday, happy holiday
    F#7               B
May the calendar keep bringin'
      C#m7      F#7  B
Happy holidays, to - you.. 
        

We also have 53 songs by Bing Crosby

• 900 Miles
• A Serenade To An Old Fashioned Girl
• Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
• Adeste Fidelis
• And The Angels Sing
• Beautiful Girl
• Brother Can You Spare A Dime
• Christmas In Killarney
• Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
• Dear Hearts And Gentle People
• Deck The Halls
• Do You Hear What I Hear
• Dont Fence Me In
• Down By The Old Mill Stream
• Faith Of Our Fathers
• Far Away Places
• Happy Holiday
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• Ill Be Home For Christmas
• In The Cool Cool Cool Of The Evening
• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
• Its Been A Long Long Time
• Its Beginning To Look Like Christmas
• Ive Got Plenty To Be Thankful For
• Jingle Bells
• Joy To The World
• Lazy Bones
• Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow
• Let Me Call You Sweetheart
• Love Is Just Around The Corner
• Macnamaras Band
• Mele Kalikimaka
• Moonlight Becomes You
• Now Is The Hour Maori Farewell
• Only Forever
• Pennies From Heaven
• Personality
• Red Sails In The Sunset
• Road To Morocco
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
• Silver Bells
• Sweet Leilani
• Swinging On A Star
• The First Noel
• The Headless Horseman Of Sleepy Hollow
• The Whiffenpoof Song
• True Love
• Twelve Days Of Christmas
• Where The Blue Of The Night Meets The Gold Of The Day
• White Christmas
• Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
• Youre All I Want For Christmas

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