Verse 1
 N.C 
Every Christmas Eve this tale is told 
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when the blizzards come and the blizzard blow 
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How Santa got stuck in the driving snow 
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And Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 
Verse 2
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Way out west one Christmas eve 
  Bm                     F#m 
The wind was cold the snow was deep 
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Santa put socks on the reindeer feet trying to get some traction 
 D                G        D 
As the legend goes that stormy night 
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The world was all a shade of white 
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Santa’s sleigh was a sorry sight and a cloud bank fast and frozen 
 
Chorus
   A                             D 
Hey what in the world am I gonna’ do 
    Bm                       F#m 
Santa Clause, he cried to his crew 
 G                       D       A 
To miss one Christmas just won’t do 
      D             A        D 
So Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 Bm                       F#m 
Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 G                       D       A 
To miss one Christmas just won’t do 
 D             A        D 
So Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 
Verse 3
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Now wide-eyed kids they gathered around 
 Bm                     F#m 
This ranch in the hills will never be found 
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We’re a hundred miles from the nearest town a Christmas list forgotten 
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The chores got done that stormy night 
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They all sang songs by the lantern light 
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Santa was still nowhere in sight they dreamed of Christmas morning 
 
Chorus
   A                             D 
Hey what in the world am I gonna’ do 
    Bm                       F#m 
Santa Clause, he cried to his crew 
 G                       D       A 
To miss one Christmas just won’t do 
      D             A        D 
So Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 Bm                       F#m 
Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 G                       D       A 
To miss one Christmas just won’t do 
 D             A        D 
So Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 
Verse 4
      D                G        D 
Santa took of his toque and he put on a hat 
 Bm                     F#m 
He saddled up Dancer and said, that’s that. 
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He through some toys in a gunny sack and he slammed ‘em up over his shoulder 
                D                G        D 
There was a streak of light through the driving snow 
           Bm             F#m 
With a yippee-aye-ay a’Ho Ho Ho 
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he flew as straight as an arrow goes that jolly Christmas cowboy 
 
Chorus
   A                             D 
Hey what in the world am I gonna’ do 
    Bm                       F#m 
Santa Clause, he cried to his crew 
 G                       D       A 
To miss one Christmas just won’t do 
      D             A        D 
So Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 Bm                       F#m 
Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 G                       D       A 
To miss one Christmas just won’t do 
 D             A        D 
So Santa put a saddle on a reindeer 
 
Outro
      D                G        D 
Every Christmas Eve this tale is told 
 Bm                     F#m 
when the blizzards come and the blizzard blow 
 G                            D       A 
How Santa got stuck in the driving snow 
 D                A        D 
And Santa put a saddle on a reindeer