B G#m E F#

[Verse 1]
B
Watching from afar, the Hollywood sign
G#m7                          G#m
Boulevards and palm trees and cloud nine
E                   Em                        C#m7
Watching from afar, happy families all around me
  F#
Mmm
B
Going for a ride in a Cabriolet
    G#m7                           G#m
The Malibu sunset, speeding on the freeway
E                       Em                            C#m7
Watching from afar, lovebirds on the beach all around me
  F#
Mmm

[Pre-Chorus]
F#      E            D#m         G#m7            C#
And I know it never snows in California but somehow
    E
Subzero in my heart without you
E            F#
So shake it like a snow globe

[Chorus 1]
B
"Merry Christmas" written on a postcard, is it
G#m7               G#m
A Merry Christmas now that you are so far?
E                                         F#
A Merry Christmas, the happiest season of all

[Verse 2]
F#      B
And in Santa Monica they're dancin' 'round the tree
    G#m7
And further down in Venice, the land meets the sea
   E                     Em                       C#m7 F#
My feet in the Pacific, wonderin' if you think of me

[Pre-Chorus]
F#     E             D#m7        G#m7            C#
And I know it never snows in California but somehow
    E
Subzero in my heart without you
    F#
So shake it like a snow globe

[Chorus 2]
B
"Merry Christmas" written on a postcard, is it
G#m7              G#m
A Merry Christmas now that you are so far?
E                                         F#
A Merry Christmas, the happiest season of all
B
Merry Christmas, didn't get your letter, is it
G#m7
A Merry Christmas? Hopin' you feel better, now there's
E                                              F#
No Merry Christmas, not the happiest season at all

{Bridge]
    C#m7                    Bm               E
And if this was a movie I'd make it just in time
                     B
For the very last flight to Stockholm
    C#m7                      D#m     E
And find you underneath the mistletoe and
E                F#
Forget all that was
F#
But this ain't a movie

[Chorus 3]
B
"Merry Christmas" written on a postcard, is it
G#m7
A Merry Christmas now that you are so far?
E                                         F#
A Merry Christmas, the happiest season of all
B
Merry Christmas, didn't get your letter, is it
G#m7
A Merry Christmas? Hopin' you feel better, now there's
E                                              F#
No Merry Christmas, not the happiest season at all
F#                            B
'Cause it never snows in California