Little Drummer Boy

Written by: Harry Simeone/Henry Onorati/Katherine Davis
From: “Christmas in the Heart” (2009)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Capo: 1st fret
Play: A
Key: Bb
For chords in original key transpose +1 (and "use flats")

Intro

| A | % |

Verse

           A
Come, they told me, pa ru-pa pum pum
A
 A new born king to see, pa ru-pa pum pum
E
 Our finest gifts we bring, pa ru-pa pum pum
         A                 D
To lay before the king, pa ru-pa pum pum
A              E
Ru-pa pum pum, ru-pa pum pum
A
 And so to honor him, pa ru-pa pum pum
E       A
When we come

Verse

       A
Little baby, pa ru-pa pum pum
A
 I am a poor boy, too, pa ru-pa pum pum
E
 I have no gift to bring, pa ru-pa pum pum
              A               D
That's fit to give a king, pa ru-pa pum pum
A              E
Ru-pa pum pum, ru-pa pum pum
A
 Shall I play for you? Pa ru-pa pum pum
E     A
On my drum

Verse

 A
(Mary nodded, pa ru-pa pum pum)
A
 (The ox and lamb kept time, pa ru-pa pum pum)
E
 I played my drum for him, pa ru-pa pum pum
            A                D
I played my best for him, pa ru-pa pum pum
A              E
Ru-pa pum pum, ru-pa pum pum
A
 Then he smiled at me, pa ru-pa pum pum
E         A
Me and my drum
E         A
Me and my drum (marching drum: repeat and fade)