White Christmas

White_Christmas tabs and chords

C   |   F C    | F   | G7                                  F           | G7 | C  | C
I’m dream-ing of a white Christmas. Just like the ones I used to know

C  CM7 |   C7   | F |  Fm                                               C   |   C | Dm7  | G7
Where the tree tops glisten and children listen. To hear sleigh bells in the snow

C   |   F C    | F   | G7                                F           | G7 | C  | C
I’m dream-ing of a white Christmass With ever Christmas card I write

C  CM7 |   C7   | F |  Fm                           C   C#dim   | Dm7   G7 | C  | G
May your days be merry and bright  And may all your Christmass’ be white

“White Christmas” is a song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards.

Introduced by Bing Crosby, it topped the Billboard chart for 11 weeks and returned to the number one position again in December 1943 and 1944. His version would return to the top 40 a dozen times in subsequent years, the most recent being 2025. Crosby’s version is the world’s best-selling single (in terms of sales of physical media), with estimated sales in excess of 50 million physical copies worldwide. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby’s, sales of the song exceed 100 million. It also remains one of the best-selling singles in the United States with estimated physical copies sold between 10 and 12 million as of 1963.

Since its release, “White Christmas” has been covered by many artists.

“If you don’t know the blues… there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.” – Keith Richards