D                                                G    C  G  C  G
Santa's stressed out as the holiday season draws near
          D                                            G      C  G  C  G
He's been doing the same job now going on two thousand years
         C7                                             G    G/F#  Em
He's got pains in his brain and chimney scars cover his buns
   D                                                  G    C  G  C  G
He hates to admit it, but Christmas is more work than fun

[Verse 2]
   D                                         G     C  G  C  G
He needs a vacation from bad decorations and snow
    D                                             G      C  G  C  G
Mr. Claus has escape plans, a secret that only he knows
C7                                                 G       G/F#  Em
Beaches and palm trees appear night and day in his dreams
F
A break from his wife, his half frozen life
                                 D
The elves and that damn reindeer team

[Chorus]
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
G           C          D      G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean
   G            C               D          G
He thinks about boat drinks and fun in the sun
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

[Interlude]
G  C  G  C  G
G  C  G  C  D  G

[Verse 3]
D                                                G    C  G  C  G
Plastic creations and crass exploitations aren't good
   D                                           G     C  G  C  G
He wants to go back to simple toys made out of wood
C7                                         G    G/F#  Em
Just for the weekend he'd like to be Peter Pan
F                                                    D
Get out his long johns and dance with a sword in the sand

[Chorus]
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
G           C          D      G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean
  G         C            D             G
Marimbas, calimbas, he's playing steel drums
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

[Bridge]
|C |C |Bm |Bm |Am |F |G |G
|C |C |Bm |Bm |Am |F |D |D

[Chorus]
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
G           C          D      G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean
  G         C            D             G
Marimbas, calimbas, he's playing steel drums
G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum

G  G  C        D         G
Ho Ho Ho and a bottle of rhum
G           C          D      G
Santa's run off to the Caribbean
  G           C           D            G
A week in the tropics and he'll be all right
G          C         D            G
Sporting a tan as he rides out of sight

N.C.
(over the drums)
      G            C           D           G
Merry Christmas to all, and to all... good night

[Outro]
G  C  G  C  G
G  C  G  C  D  G