Señor Santa Claus

Jim Reeves

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Key:
| F | C | G | C |
| C | C | C | [Verse 1]
C F C Dear Señor Santa Claus, I think I tell you what:
F C G I would like for Christmas and I hope you won't forgot.
C F C I only want a peso, that I can have for mine.
F C G C To get my señorita something for Christmastime. [Verse 2]
G I don't believe you read the card last Christmas that I sent.
G7 You come to see the kids across the street and then you went.
G C F C Dear Señor Santa Claus, I maybe understand.
F C G C Sometimes the toys all gone, before you reach the Rio Grande.
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| F | C | G | C |
| C | C | C | [Verse 3]
C F C Dear Señor Santa Claus, I tell you what I think:
F C G I no got a stocking, I'll set out my piggy bank.
C F C So please bring me peso that I can have for mine.
F C G C To get my señorita something for Christmastime. [Verse 4]
G On Christmas eve, I watch for you and I no sleep a wink.
G If I no get Lolita something, she feel sad I think.
C F C So please Señor Santa Claus, this Christmas be so grand.
F C G C If I get peso: To buy a ring, for my Lolita's hand. [Break]
| F | C | G | C |
| C | C | C | [Verse 5]
G I don't know what I buy for her, I think I buy a rose.
G So she can wear it in her hair, most everywhere she goes.
C F C Please Señor Santa Claus, this Christmas be so grand.
F C G C If I get peso: To buy a ring, for my Lolita's hand. [Other]
F C G C If I get peso: To buy a ring, for my Lolita's hand.
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Composition: Lawton Williams

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