A Colbert Christmas

[Dregor Thule]

Oh god, if you haven't seen this yet, find it and watch it. Instant Christmas classic!

[Drolgin Steingrinder]

Indeed.

Can I interest you in Hanukkah? Maybe something in a festival of liiiiiiiiiights...

A redeemer...and a savior...and a fat man giving gifts for good behavior...

[Dregor Thule]

Every time a bell falls, an angel gets its balls.

Way to go Feist!

[Drolgin Steingrinder]

There are cynics
There are sceptics
There are legions of dispassionate dyspeptics
Who regard this time of year
As a maudling, insincere
Cheezy, crass commercial travesty of all that we hold dear
When they think that
Well I can hear it
But I pity them their lack of christmas spirit
For in a world like ours, take it from Steven:
There are much worse things to believe in

A redeemer, and a saviour
An obese man giving toys for good behavior
The faith in what might be
And the hope that we might see
The answer to all sorrow in a box beneath a tree
Find them foolish?
Sentimental?
Well you're clearly none too bright, so we'll be gentle:
Don't even try to start vaguely conceiving
Of all the much worse things to believe in

Believe in the judgement
Believe in jihad
Believe in a thousand variations on a dark and spiteful god
You got your money
You've got your power
You've got your science
and the planet's gonna end within the hour
You've got your dreams that don't come true
You've got the ones that do
Then you got your nothing
Some folks believe in nothing
But if you believe in nothing
Then what's to keep the nothing from
Coming for you

Merry Christmas
Happy new year
Now if you'll forgive me, there's a lot to do here
There are stockings still unhung
Colored lights I haven't strung
And a one-man, four-part christmas carol waiting to be sung
Call me silly
Call me sappy
Call me many things, the first of which is Happy
You doubt but you're sad
I don't but I'm glad
I guess we're even
At least that's what I believe in
And there are much worse things

[Drolgin Steingrinder]

Time to spread the love:

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 Note: Original is in C# which is a shitty key.
              D
There are cynics
              D+
There are sceptics
              D6                                 D7
There are legions of dispassionate dyspeptics
        G
Who regard this time of year
       Gm6
As a maudling, insincere
            D                      D/c           B7                -/d#
Cheezy, crass commercial travesty of all that we hold dear
                Em
When they think that
              Em/d#
Well I can hear it
         Em/d                                     A
But I pity them their lack of christmas spirit
           D                                    B7
For in a world like ours, take it from Steven:
              Em              A(7)       D
There are much worse things to believe in

A redeemer, and a saviour
An obese man giving toys for good behavior
The faith in what might be
And the hope that we might see
The answer to all sorrow in a box beneath a tree
Find them foolish?
Sentimental?
Well you're clearly none too bright, so we'll be gentle:
Don't even try to start vaguely conceiving
Of all the much worse things to believe in

                   Gm
Believe in the judgement
              D
Believe in jihad
                 Gm                                                    D
Believe in a thousand variations on a dark and spiteful god
                  Am
You got your money
                      E
You've got your power
                       Am
You've got your science
                                                    E 
and the planet's gonna end within the hour
                         Am                           E
You've got your dreams that don't come true
          Am                     E
You've got the ones that do
F#m
Then you got your nothing
        F#m/e#
Some folks believe in nothing
        F#m/e
But if you believe in nothing
        F#m/d#                                 N/C   | B
Then what's to keep the nothing from coming for you

         E
Merry Christmas
         E+
Happy new year
          E6                                         E7
Now if you'll forgive me, there's a lot to do here
              A
There are stockings still unhung
              Am6
Colored lights I haven't strung
          E                                           Fdim (Falt)
And a one-man, four-part christmas carol waiting to be sung
          F#m
Call me silly
          F#m/f
Call me sappy
          F#m/e                                     B
Call me many things, the first of which is Happy
        E
You doubt but you're sad
    E+7
I don't but I'm glad
                   C#7
I guess we're even
    F#m          B7       E            C#m
At least that's what I believe in
                   F#m   F       E
And there are much worse things

[Canelek]

Nice. thanks Drolgie!

[Xatrei]

This thread needs nutmeg.

[miir]

That Nutmeg tune was awesome.
I couldn't stop laughing.

[Truant]

For the record, C# is a shitty key.

[Drolgin Steingrinder]

Nice. thanks Drolgie!

NP, it's just quick and dirty - there are a few places where they do some substitutions, but...that there should work.

BTW, I think I made a mistake: last two lines should be

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    F#m           B7        G#m         C#7
At least that's what I believe in
                   F#m   F7       E
And there are much worse things