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[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.
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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.

[Break]
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| C | C | C |

[Verse 3]
C                         F               C
Dear Señor Santa Claus, I tell you what I think:
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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]
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| 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.

[Outro]
   F           C                  G           C
If I get peso: To buy a ring, for my Lolita's hand.