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The  Public  Domain  

Christmas  Jazz  Fakebook  
 
 
 
Compiled  by  Stephen  Cox  
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Melodies  and  chords  to  23  Christmas  songs    
that  are  not  under  any  copyright  restrictions.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Joy  to  the  World.....................................13   Enjoy and Merry Christmas,
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas .....................14 Stephen
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Jolly  Old  Saint  Nicholas.......................14    
OO  Come, All Ye Faithful .................. ..15
Come,  All  Ye  Faithful........................15    
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We  Three
We Three  Kings
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We  Wish
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Merry  Christmas
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Flute Angels We Have Heard On High Traditional Carol

Am7 Gm7 C7
FMaj7
    
C7
 FMaj7   D7♭9   
F6
    
FMaj7
 
Am7 
 
C7
 FMaj7   D7♭9
  Gm7
 C7 F6
 
  
Am7 D7♯5 Gm7 C7 FMaj7 B♭ 6
   
            Gm7
   C7
   
F6
  D7♭9 Gm7
1.
C7 
2. Gm7
C7 F6

  
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 Flute Auld Lang Syne Traditional

B♭ Maj7 Bdim7
  
F6 Dm7 Gm7 C7 FMaj7 F7   
       
    

FMaj7 Dm7
   Gm7

C7
 Gm7 C7 F6 C7 
       
   
FMaj7 Dm7 FMaj7 F7 B♭ Maj7 Bdim7
      
Gm7 C7      

   

FMaj7 Dm7
   
Gm7
 
C7
  
Dm7

Gm7 C7
   
F6

( C7 )
   


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Flute Away in a Manger James Ramsey Murray

FMaj7
    Cm7
  
B♭ Maj7

FMaj7

      

C7
Gm7 C7

F6
 
    
   
 

FMaj7
   Cm7
  
B♭ Maj7

FMaj7 F♯ dim7
   
 

Gm7 C7 Dm7 Gm7 C7 F6 ( C7 )

       
 
 

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Flute Carol of the Bells James Ramsey Murray

Gm�/F E♭Maj� Gm�/D

 m
G
              
 
Gm�/F E♭Maj� Gm�/D
m
G
              
 
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m
G
              


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G     Gm�/F
     E♭Maj� Gm�/D
        
 

DMaj� D�  DMaj� D� 
     
                

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Flute Deck the Halls Traditional

E♭Maj� Dm ��
   � D♭� Cm� Fm�
 Cm� Fm� E♭Maj�
                
  

E♭Maj� Dm ��
  � D♭� Cm� Fm�
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Gm� Cm� F� B♭�
Fm� B♭� Gm� Cm�
           
      

 

E♭Maj� Dm� �� A♭Maj�

    D♭� Cm�     C �  F m� B♭� E♭�
      
  

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Flute
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Traditional English Carol

Dm� Em� A� �� Dm� Am� B♭Maj�Am� B♭Maj�A� Dm� Em� �� A�

         
       

� 
Dm�
Em� A� �� Dm� Am� B♭Maj� Am� B♭Maj� A� Dm� Em� ��
   
A
       
  

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  Em� �� A���
�
Gm Dm� G� C� ��
     
C �
 


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Em� �� A��� Dm�
�   � � 
FMaj
   
G C � C � �
 

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�
FMaj� Gm� B♭
   Em� ��
  A��� Dm� ( Em� �� A���
   
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Flute Good King Wenceslas Piae Cantiones 1582

F� Dm� B♭Maj� Am� Gm� C� F�

             


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B♭Maj� Am� Gm� C�
�
F Dm F
       

FMaj�
  Em� ��
 
Dm�
  Dm�/C B♭Maj� C� F�
     

B♭Maj� C Dm� Gm�
FMaj� Gm� Dm� G�   �  F�
          


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Flute Go Tell it on the Mountain African American Spiritual

FMaj Gm Am Dm Gm C FMaj

         
   

FMaj Gm Am Dm Gm C F 

            
 

FMaj Dm FMaj

     

Gm
 
C
   
 

FMaj Dm C
     

G
   
C 
 

FMaj Gm Am Dm Gm C FMaj

         
   

FMaj Gm Gm C

 
Am Dm
        
F
   
 

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Flute Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Mendelssohn

Am� FMaj� Am� Dm � C� FMaj�

FMaj� Gm�    
          
   

FMaj� Gm� Dm�


G�
  �
C Am�
    G�  C�
   
   

FMaj�   Gm�
  C� 
Am�
  Dm�   � F� 
Cm


B♭Maj� Gm� C� Am�
        Gm� C� FMaj�
      
 

  �    � 
C� Am�
B♭Maj Gm
  Gm� C� F�
     
  

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Flute The Holly and the Ivy Traditional English Carol

FMaj�
�
C
F�    F�   
         
  
Dm� Gm�
     B♭Maj� Am�    � F�
C
       

FMaj�
�
C
F�    F�   
       
 
Dm� Gm�
�
     B♭Maj� Am�    C F�
     


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Flute It Came Upon a Midnight Clear Richard S. Willis

B♭Maj�  E♭�
   B♭Maj�

     
 
Cm�
E♭Maj� C�   �
F
   
  


B♭Maj�  E♭�
 B♭Maj�
  �
Bdim
    
 

E♭Maj� F�
 � � 
Cm B♭
     


Am� D�
 �
Gm
  
     

FMaj� Cm�
   Gm�
   
F�
   


B♭Maj�  �
E♭
  B♭Maj� Bdim�
    


E♭Maj� F� Cm� B♭�

      
 
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Flute Jingle Bells James Lord Pierpont

FMaj� F� B♭Maj�
      
      

Gm�
   C� Gm�  C�  FMaj�
 C���
  


FMaj� F� B♭Maj�
     
      

Gm�
Gm�
   C� Am� D �    C �  F� C���
  


 �
FMaj�  F
        
  

B♭� FMaj� �
G� C� C ��
            
 

 �
FMaj�  F
        
  

B♭� FMaj� Gm�

      G♭dim�
    C�  F� ( C���

)

  
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Flute Joy to the World Handel

�
B♭
 �
 Dm F� B♭�
    

   
 
F� B♭� Cm�
E♭Maj� F�
        
   

B♭Maj�
 � F� 
F� B♭Maj� Cm B♭Maj�
            


B♭Maj� Gm� Cm� F�

      
          


B♭�  G� Cm� F� B♭�

       
    


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Flute
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas James Lord Pierpont

B♭Maj� F�
 �
Gm� Dm
          
 

 �
C� F
E♭Maj� B♭Maj�    
      

B♭Maj� F�
 �
Gm� Dm
          
 

Cm� F� B♭Maj�
E♭Maj� B♭Maj�      
      


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Flute O Come, All Ye Faithful John Francis Wade

F Gm
       
Am Gm A 
   

    

Dm G CMaj Dm G C

          
 
  D Gm FMaj
Am Am
 
    C
  G    
 
F Gm C        
FMaj Am
      D
  

    Gm
Gm C C F
       
 

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Flute Oh Holy Night Adolphe-Charles Adam

B♭Maj� Fm� B♭� E♭Maj� B♭� B♭Maj� F�

                 
    
   
Cm�
Gm� Cm� F� B♭� F�
        
 
 
B♭Maj� Fm� B♭� E♭Maj� B♭� B♭Maj� B♭� ��
                 
      
Dm� Em� A� Dm�
      
  
     

�  
Cm� F� B♭
   
     
   
D� ��
�  
Cm� F� B♭ B♭Maj� Am� ��
   
   
  
Gm� Dm�
       
   
Cm�
   �
Gm
    
     
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 B♭Maj� F�� F�/E♭ B♭/D E♭Maj�
     
 
   

Dm� F�� F�/E♭ Dm� 

        
  

F�� F�/E♭ Dm� E♭Maj�

    
 


B♭Maj� ( Cm�
B♭/F F�  F�
    
)
  

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Flute O Little Town of Bethlehem Lewis H. Redner

FMaj� Fdim� FMaj� F♯dim� Gm�

  C�
  �
FMaj
    

     

FMaj� D�  Gm�

 
   �   �   � 
Gm C F
 


Dm�   �
Em �� A�
  
Dm�

B♭�
  A� 
 

FMaj� Fdim� FMaj� F♯dim� Gm�    C �  F�

    
  

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Flute O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
Traditional German Carol

   
Gm Am
F Gm C F
  C
D
         
    

F

Gm Am
  D   Gm
   C FMaj
 C
      
 

   
Am
    C
    
D Gm
  
F C
     

Gm Am Gm F
F
      D    
C
  
 

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Flute Silent Night Franz X. Gruber

B♭Maj� Cm� Dm� G�

          
   
Cm�
  F�
�
B♭
   �
B♭
 


E♭Maj� Cm� F� B♭Maj� B♭�

        
   

Cm�
E♭Maj�   � B♭Maj� G�
F
       
  
C�
Cm�
  F�   F♯dim� Gm�
 
   

Gm� Cm� F� B♭� ( Cm� F�
   
)
      
 

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Flute Twelve Days of Christmas
Traditional English Carol
First Day
FMaj�
   �  
Dm Gm� 
 �
C
  �
FMaj 
   

Am�  Maj� Gm� FMaj� Dm�

 B♭
  
C�
 
Gm�

C�
   
2nd Through 4th Day

  FMaj�  
Dm�
  
Gm�
  �
C
 FMaj�

 
C�
 � Gm� C�
 Gm�  m� B♭
A  Maj FMaj� Dm� Gm� C�
             
   



5th Day

FMaj�  
Dm�
 
Gm�
  �
C
 FMaj�

 
C� Dm� G� C� FMaj�
      m�
    Dm� G
  
  

C� 
m� B♭Maj� Gm� C
FMaj� FMaj� Dm�
       
A
   � 
Gm� C�

  
6th Through 12th Day

Dm� Gm� C � FMaj�

  FMaj�
        
 


C� Gm� � C
Dm�  � 
� C
   
G
    
 
    
 
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 FMaj�
    Dm�  �
Gm C� FMaj� 
     
   

Am� B♭Maj� FMaj� Dm�

    �
Gm C�

Gm� C�
  
   

Solos (12 Bar Blues)

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F B♭� F� Cm� F�
                  

B♭� Bdim� F� D�
                

Gm� C� F� D� Gm� C�

                


CMaj�
 �    Am� D� Am�
 �
Bm B♭Maj FMaj�
  � C�
Gm
 
 

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Flute We Three Kings John Henry Hopkins Jr.

Dm� Em� �� A� �� Dm�

   

    

 � Em� �� A� �� Dm�
Dm
      

FMaj� B♭Maj�
Dm� C�
      
  


Em� ��
�
 A �� A� Dm� C�
     


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Dm
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Gm C�
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F
 


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Dm
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Gm C�
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F
 


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Gm� C
Dm�    � 
Gm
  
 

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Dm
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Gm C�
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F
  
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Flute We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Traditional English Carol

FMaj� B♭Maj�
�     C�
G
           
 

�     Dm� Gm� C� F�
A
        


Dm� Am�
� 
G C�
      
  

FMaj�  �
Am
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Flute What Child is This?
Traditional English Folk Song - "Greensleeves"
Dm�  �   Em� �� Am�
Gm
      
   

B♭Maj� E� A�� A�
        
 

Dm�  �    � Am�
Gm Em ��
    
   

B♭Maj� A� Dm�
         
  
 �
FMaj
    �
Em �� Am�
   
 

B♭Maj� E� A�� A�
       
 

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FMaj
    �
Em �� Am�
    
 
B♭Maj� A� Dm�
      
   

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