• Song:

    Can I Interest You In Hanukkah

  • Artist:

    Stephen Colbert

From "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!"

Written by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger, sung by Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart. 

Sunny figured this out - I just played the giant goy. 



           G (320003@1)          Fdim (1201xx@1) Am (x02210@1)     D7Jon: (xx0212@1)Can I interest you     in Hannukah?
      G (320003@1)            Fdim (1201xx@1)      C (x32010@1)    D7Maybe (xx0212@1)something in a Festival of Lights
       C (x32010@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)           G (320003@1)       E7It's (020130@1)a sensible alternative to Christmas
       Am (x02210@1)                              D7And (xx0212@1)it lasts for seven - for you - eight nights.
n/C
Stephen: Hanukkah huh? I've never really thought about it.
n/C
Jon: Well, you could do worse.
               G (320003@1)    FdimStephen: (1201xx@1)Is it merry?
          Am (x02210@1)          D7Jon: (xx0212@1)It's kind of merry
               G (320003@1)     FdimStephen: (1201xx@1)Is it cheery?
          C (x32010@1)      D7Jon: (xx0212@1)It's got some cheer
               CStephen: (x32010@1)Is it jolly?
             D7 (xx0212@1)               G (320003@1)    E7Jon: (020130@1)Look, I wouldn't know from jolly.
         C (x32010@1)            D7 (xx0212@1)             G (320003@1)   G7But (320001@1)it's not my least unfavourite time of year.
                   CStephen: (x32010@1)When's it start?
         D7Jon: (xx0212@1)The 25th
            GStephen: (320003@1)Of December?
     E7Jon: (020130@1)Kislev
                 C (x32010@1)           D7Stephen: (xx0212@1)When is when exactly?
            G (320003@1)    E7Jon: (020130@1)I will check
                   CStephen: (x32010@1)Are there presents?
             D7 (xx0212@1)          G (320003@1)      E7Jon: (020130@1)Yes, indeed 8 days of presents
                C (x32010@1)                      D7Which (xx0212@1)means one nice one, then a week of dreck.
              C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)      Am (x02210@1)                G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)         
Stephen: Does Hanukkah commemorate events profound and holy? A king who came 
   Gto (320003@1)save the world?
         Am (x02210@1)                  D7Jon: (xx0212@1)No, oil that burned quite slowly
n/C
Stephen: Well, it sounds fantastic!
n/C                        GJon: (320003@1)There's more! We have latkes
                  FdimStephen: (1201xx@1)What are they?
            Am (x02210@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)        GJon: (320003@1)Potato pancakes.     We have dreidels
                  FdimStephen: (1201xx@1)What are they?
            Am (x02210@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)        CJon: (x32010@1)Wooden tops.     We have candles
                  D7Stephen: (xx0212@1)What are they?
              G (320003@1)     E7 (020130@1)            C (x32010@1)                D7 (xx0212@1)         GJon: (320003@1)THEY ARE CANDLES!    And when we light them, oh the fun it never stops.
n/C
What do you say, Stephen, do you want to give Hanukkah a try?
             C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)   
Stephen: I'm trying see me as a Jew, I'm trying even harder
    C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)            D7But (xx0212@1)I believe in Jesus Christ, so it's a real non-starter
             G (320003@1)         Fdim (1201xx@1)  Am (x02210@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)     G (320003@1)        Fdim (1201xx@1)     
Jon: I can't interest you     in Hanukkah?  Just a little bit?
                        Am (x02210@1) D7 (xx0212@1)        C (x32010@1)        D7Stephen: (xx0212@1)No thanks I'll pass.  I'll keep Jesus, you keep your potato 
G (320003@1)      E7 (020130@1)     Am (x02210@1)            Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)    Am (x02210@1)                 Gpancakes. (320003@1)  But I hope that you enjoy 'em on behalf of all of the goyim.
        Am (x02210@1)             Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)     Am (x02210@1)            GJon: (320003@1)Be sure to tell the Pontiff, my people say Good Yontif.
         Am (x02210@1)                     E7Stephen: (020130@1)That's exactly what I'll do
n/c         C (x32010@1)      D7Both: (xx0212@1)Happy holidays,   you
             GJon/Stephen: (320003@1)Too!/Jew!

Jon: Too?

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