Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys | Lyrics with Guitar Chords
Author: Miguel Marquez

Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys features simple chord progressions and wonderful vocal lines and harmonies on top of a swing-style rhythm section. The song belongs to the “hot rod” genre, which is apparently comprised of songs written for the purpose of singing along during car rides.
According to Brian Wilson, one of the songwriters behind what became a major chart hit, the lyrics for “Little Saint Nick” were written while he was out on a date. The tune went on to sell over one million copies.
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Table of Contents
Key of the Song: F# major
The song is in the rather unusual Key of F# major (unusual in pop music, that is). The chord progressions are generally the following:
Intro:
I – ii – V7 x 2
F# – G#min – C#7 x 2
Verses:
ii – V7 – V7/ii which translates into
G#min – C#7 – D#7
IV – V – V/ii – ii – V
B – C#7 – D#7 – G#min – C#7
The song being in the key of F# major implies the following:
– you’ll be playing bar chords for the most part if your guitar is tuned to E standard.
-the guitars in the original recording were tuned one half-step down, and as such, you can tune your guitar to Eb standard and all of a sudden, you’re playing simple chords that require no capo nor barre chords.
Chords for Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys
The original version employs, generally speaking, the following chords:
F# – G#min – C#7 – D#7 – B
There is also an E major thrown in the bridge.
If you, however, want to make things easier, just tune your guitar one-half step down, and then you’ll only have to play the following chords
G – Amin – D7 – F – C – E7
Both the tutorial and lyric sections include extensions of the aforementioned chords. These are gained simply by adding or substracting notes to the chords and shouldn’t give you too much trouble.
Little Saint Nick – Video Lesson
This is perhaps the only lesson I’d recommend, as it comes very close to the original:
Little Saint Nick Lyrics with Chords
Intro
G – Amin7 – D7 X2
Ooohhh
Verses
Am7 D7 Am7 D7
Well a way up north where the air gets cold there is a
G Gmaj7 G6 E7
tale about christmas that you all been told. and
Am7 D7 Am7 D7
a real famous cat all dressed up in red, and he
G Gmaj7 G6 G7 C
spends his whole year working out in his sled its the little saint nick,
Amin D7
Its the little saint nick.
Am7 D7 Am7 D7
Just a little bob sled we call it old saint nick but she’ll
G Gmaj7 G6 E7
walk a tobagon with a four speed stick, she’s
Am7 D7 Am7 D7
candy apple red with a ski stick for a wheel and when
G Gmaj7 G6 G7
santa gives it gas man just watch her peel its the
C
little saint nick, its the little saint nick.
Amin D7
Its the little saint nick.
C
run run reindeer
F
run run reindeer ahhhhhhhh
C
run run reindeer
A
run run reindeer we don’t miss no one
Am D7 Am D7
He’s hauling through the snow at a frightenin’ speed,
G Gmaj7 Gmaj6 E7b9
With a half a dozen deer with a-Rudy to lead,
Am D7 Am D7
He’s gotta wear his goggles ’cause the snow really flies
G Gmaj7 Gmaj6 E7
And he’s cruisin’ every pad with a little surprise.
C
It’s the little Saint Nick, little saint nick
G E7b9
It’s the little Saint Nick
(Outro)
Amin D7 Amin D7
Ah ah ahhhhh Ooooooo Merry Christmas santa
G Gmaj7 Gmaj6 E7
Christmas comes this time each year
We hope you’ll look into learning some other songs like this one. There are dozens of articles that cover how to play songs like this one! You can learn suzanne leonard cohen, how to add pretty guitar chords to them, as well as how to use the C# minor scale guitar.
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