CHRISTMAS WAS A FRIEND OF MINE - Fay Lovsky
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Capo on 1st
Intro:
[D5] [-] [Am7/D] [-] [Dsus2i] [-] [Dsus2] (Ahhhhhhh)
D7 - Am7/D - Dsus2i - Dsus2 2x
[D] Every year lasted too [Am/D] long,
with [C] easter bunnies,
[G] birthday cards,
And [A] seaside outings [A7] in the summer,
[D] only to break the [Am/D] long
[C] Gap of time that [G] stretched between
the [A] one and the other [C9] Christmas
[(C9)] Christmas in the sixties was [Gm7] fine
With [C9] candles, goodies, presents and [Gm7] wine
[B9] peace on earth was real, it [E9] seemed
And [B9] love a word as [E6] yet not ob - [A] scene, no, [A13] no [A7][-][D][-]
[(D)] Watching the season pa - [Am/D] rade
[C] Dying trees and [G] neon spars
and [A] plastic santas [A7] for a penny
[D] urging to cele - [Am/D] brate,
[C] [-] [G] [-]
[A] Here comes another, [C9] Christmas
[(C9)] Christmas was a jolly old [Gm7] time
With [C9] billy smarts and auld lang [Gm7] syne
[B9] peace on earth was real, it [E9] seemed
And [B9] love a word as [E6] yet not ob - [A] scene, no, [A13] no [A7][-][D][-]
Break:
(D) - Am/D - C - G - A - A7 2x
C9 - Gm7 2x
B9 - E6 - B9 - E6 - A - A13 - A7
[D] Christmas tree smell and those [(D)] silvery bells
[(D)] Christmas was a [A] friend of [D] mine/
Inter:
[Am/Di] [-] [Am7/D] [-] [F/D] [-] [Am7/D] [-] [Dsus2]
[D] Pa pa pam pam [Em] paa
dam, pa [D/F#] pam pam paa - [A7sus4] dam
Christmas was a [D] friend, of [Em] mine [D/F#][-]
[A7sus4] Merry-, Merry-, Merry-, [D] Merry-, Merry [Em] Christmas
Everybody [D/F#] All around the [A7sus4] world
[D] Christ - mas - [Em] time - [D/F#] and
[A7sus4] Everybody have a
[D] good time coming in top to me yeah [Em][-]
[D/F#] Christmas time is here again
[A7sus4] Been around since you-know-when
[D] Happy new year [Em] happy new year
[D/F#] I hope that everyone all have a [A7sus4] happy new year//
D5 x577xx
Am7/D x5758x
Dsus2i x57755
Dsus2 x5775x
D7 x57575
D xx0232
Am/D xx0210
C x32010
G 320003
A x02220
A7 x02020
C9 x3233x
[Gm7]B9 [353333]x2122x
E6 02212x
A13 x02022
Am/Di x57555
F/D x57565
Em 0x2000
D/F# 2x0232
www.lovsky.com
Capo on 1st
Intro:
[D5] [-] [Am7/D] [-] [Dsus2i] [-] [Dsus2] (Ahhhhhhh)
D7 - Am7/D - Dsus2i - Dsus2 2x
[D] Every year lasted too [Am/D] long,
with [C] easter bunnies,
[G] birthday cards,
And [A] seaside outings [A7] in the summer,
[D] only to break the [Am/D] long
[C] Gap of time that [G] stretched between
the [A] one and the other [C9] Christmas
[(C9)] Christmas in the sixties was [Gm7] fine
With [C9] candles, goodies, presents and [Gm7] wine
[B9] peace on earth was real, it [E9] seemed
And [B9] love a word as [E6] yet not ob - [A] scene, no, [A13] no [A7][-][D][-]
[(D)] Watching the season pa - [Am/D] rade
[C] Dying trees and [G] neon spars
and [A] plastic santas [A7] for a penny
[D] urging to cele - [Am/D] brate,
[C] [-] [G] [-]
[A] Here comes another, [C9] Christmas
[(C9)] Christmas was a jolly old [Gm7] time
With [C9] billy smarts and auld lang [Gm7] syne
[B9] peace on earth was real, it [E9] seemed
And [B9] love a word as [E6] yet not ob - [A] scene, no, [A13] no [A7][-][D][-]
Break:
(D) - Am/D - C - G - A - A7 2x
C9 - Gm7 2x
B9 - E6 - B9 - E6 - A - A13 - A7
[D] Christmas tree smell and those [(D)] silvery bells
[(D)] Christmas was a [A] friend of [D] mine/
Inter:
[Am/Di] [-] [Am7/D] [-] [F/D] [-] [Am7/D] [-] [Dsus2]
[D] Pa pa pam pam [Em] paa
dam, pa [D/F#] pam pam paa - [A7sus4] dam
Christmas was a [D] friend, of [Em] mine [D/F#][-]
[A7sus4] Merry-, Merry-, Merry-, [D] Merry-, Merry [Em] Christmas
Everybody [D/F#] All around the [A7sus4] world
[D] Christ - mas - [Em] time - [D/F#] and
[A7sus4] Everybody have a
[D] good time coming in top to me yeah [Em][-]
[D/F#] Christmas time is here again
[A7sus4] Been around since you-know-when
[D] Happy new year [Em] happy new year
[D/F#] I hope that everyone all have a [A7sus4] happy new year//
D5 x577xx
Am7/D x5758x
Dsus2i x57755
Dsus2 x5775x
D7 x57575
D xx0232
Am/D xx0210
C x32010
G 320003
A x02220
A7 x02020
C9 x3233x
[Gm7]B9 [353333]x2122x
E6 02212x
A13 x02022
Am/Di x57555
F/D x57565
Em 0x2000
D/F# 2x0232
