Peo ple mak (Am)ing (Dm7)lists, buy ing spe cial (Em7)gifts, tak ing (Am7)time to be (Dm7)kind to one and (Dm7)all.
It’s that time (Am)of (Dm7)year when good friends are (Em7)dear and you (A7)wish you could give (G7)more to than just pres ents from a (C)store.
(Cmaj7)Why (Dm7)don’t (Em7)you (Fmaj7)give love on (B)Christ mas (A7)day?
Oh, the (G7)e ven the man who has ev ple ’ry thing (Cmaj7)would be so hap py if you would (C7)bring (Fmaj7)him love on (B)Christ mas (Em7)day.
No (Dm7)great er gift
is there than (Cmaj7)love.
Peo ple you (Am)don’t (Dm7)know smile and nod hel (Em7)lo.
Ev ’ry (Am7)where there’s an (Dm7)air of Christ mas (Dm7)joy.
It’s that once (Am)a (Dm7)year when the world’s sin (Em7)cere and you’d (A7)like to find a (G7)more to show the things that words can’t (C)say.
(Cmaj7)Why (Dm7)don’t (Em7)you (Fmaj7)give love on (B)Christ
mas (A7)day?
Oh, the (G7)man on the street and the cou ple up stairs (Cmaj7)all need to know there’s some one who (C7)cares.
(Fmaj7)Give love on (B)Christ
mas (Em7)day.
No (Dm7)great er gift
is there than (Cmaj7)love.
(Cmaj7)love.
What the (Fmaj7)world needs is (B)love,
yes, the (E7)world needs your (Am)love.
Why (C7)don’t you (Fmaj7)give love on (B)Christ
mas (Em7)day?
(A7)Oh, (Dm7)ev ’ry lit tle child on (G7)San ta’s knee has (Cmaj7)room for your love un der neath his (C7)tree.
(Fmaj7)Give love on (B)Christ
mas (Em7)day.
No (Dm7)great er gift is there than (Cmaj7)love.
What the (Fmaj7)world needs is (B)love, yes, the (E7)world needs your (Am)love.
Why (C7)don’t you (Fmaj7)give love on (B)Christ
mas (Em7)day?
(A7)Oh, (Dm7)ev ’ry lit tle child on (G7)San ta’s knee has (Cmaj7)room for your love un der neath his (C7)tree.
(Fmaj7)Give love on (B)Christ
mas (Em7)day.
No (Dm7)great er gift is there than (Cmaj7)love.
What the (Cmaj7)love.
This page shows “Give Love On Christmas Day” by Johnny Gill in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 75 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.