Written by Danny Elfman for the 1993 stop motion animation film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, it has also been covered by Marilyn Manson.
It’s was a really difficult one to try to work out, as part are spoken, parts are sung with multiple voices in chorus, and the whole thing has loads of random off-notes to give it the eerie feeling – I’ve done my best to give you bits to play and work with anyway 🙂
I hope you enjoy – please comment if you spot any bits which can be improved or added, I always value your feedback 🙂 Thank you and happy practice!
G G G G G-G#-F F
Boys and girls of every age
F – F F F F F F – G# G
Wouldn’t you like to see something strange?
G G G G# Bb G#-G F
Come with us and you will ~ see
F F F G# G-D#-D-G
This, our town of Halloween!
Bb Bb Bb-A-G Bb Bb Bb-A-G
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Bb – F F D# C# C G G
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
^C ^C ^C-B-A
This is Halloween
^C-^C-^C-^C ^C B A
Everybody make a scene
B G G
Trick or treat…
Till the neighbors gonna die of fright!
^C G# G# G-G-G-G ^C
It’s our town, everybody scream
.A F F .A .G#-.A-.B-.C
In this town of Halloween…
I am the one hiding under your bed
Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
I am the one hiding under your stairs
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
D# D# D#-D-C D# D# D#-D-C
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
G#-G-F G#-G-F
Halloween! Halloween!
B-Bb-G# B-Bb-G#
Halloween! Halloween!
B B ^C B B ^C
In this town we call home
B – B – B ^C Bb G# G-^C F
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
^C G G
In this town
G# G# G# G F
Don’t we love it now?
G#-G#-G#-G# G#-G F D# C F – G
Everybody’s waiting for the next surprise
G# G# G#-G
‘Round that corner,
F G#-G# G# G# G#-G F
Man hiding in the trash can
G# – D# D#-D# C# .B .Bb
Something’s waiting now to pounce
F F# G# Bb
And how you’ll SCREAM!
A A A-G#-F#
This is Halloween
A A A A A-G# F#
Red ‘n’ black, and slimy green
A F F
Aren’t you scared?
D C# F# G#
Well, that’s just fine
A A A A G# F#
Say it once, say it twice
A A A A A G# F#
Take a chance and roll the dice
A F F F E D C F# G
Ride with the moon in the dead of night
Everybody scream, everybody scream!
G# ^C# ^C# G# F#-G-A-B
In our town of Halloween!
I am the clown with the tear-away face
Here in a flash and gone without a trace
I am the “who” when you call, “Who’s there?”
I am the wind blowing through your hair
I am the shadow on the moon at night
Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
G# G# G#-G-F G# G# G#-G-F
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
^D-^C#-B ^D-^C#-B
Halloween! Halloween!
Bb-A-G Bb-A-G
Halloween! Halloween!
G#-G# G#-G# G#-A-F# F#
Tender lumplings everywhere
F# F# F# F#-F# G# A G#
Life’s no fun without a good scare
G# G# G# A B A-G# F#
That’s our job, but we’re not mean
F# F# F#-G# A G#-E-D#-G#
In our town of Halloween!
B B B
In this town
B B B Bb G#
Don’t we love it now?
Bb-F#-F# F#-E E D C# F#-G#
Everyone’s waiting for the next surprise
^C-^C-^C ^C A ^C ^C ^C ^C ^C
Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
A ^C G G G-G
And scream like a banshee
F D# D A Bb ^C ^C#
Make you jump out of your skin!
^C# ^C# ^C#-^C-Bb
This is Halloween
^C#-^C#-^C#-^C# ^D#
Everybody scream
Bb Bb ^C# A A
Won’t ya please make way
G# F# G#-G# G#-G# A
For a very special guy
^C# ^C# ^C# Bb
Our man Jack is
^C# ^C# ^C# ^C#-^C Bb
King of the Pumpkin patch
^C#-A-A A G# F# D#-G# Bb ^C
Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now!
F F F – E – D F F F – E – D
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
^C#-^C Bb ^C#-^C Bb
Halloween! Halloween!
Bb-A-G Bb-A-G
Halloween! Halloween!
Bb Bb B Bb Bb B
In this town we call home
Bb-Bb-Bb B Bb G# G-^C F
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song!