Maybe By Next Christmas chords by Allison Young

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: G+G

Song Info:

Intro and Verse Picking Pattern:

e|-----------3-----------3-|-----------3-----------3-|
BB|-------0-----------0-----|-------1-----------1-----|
G+G|-----0---0-------0---0---|-----0---0-------0---0---|
D MajorD|---0-----------0---------|---2-----------2---------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|

You may wish to adapt a similar pattern for the pre-chorus and chorus.

🎄 Intro:

G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G

Carson:

🎄 Verse 1:
   G+G             C/GC/G
I've never seen the freeway so empty
G+G            C/GC/G
though I'm used to know snow on the ground.
  G+G           C/GC/G
My Renault is due back on tuesday
          G+G C/GC/G
and it monday now.

Allison: 🎄 Verse 2:
   G+G         C/GC/G
It's been a really long year
     G+G          C/GC/G
and your voice is so good to hear.
   G+G
Oh I know that some times
C/GC/G            G+G   C/GC/G
time can slip through our hands.

Carson: 🎄 Pre-Chorus:
   Am7Am7          D MajorD
I can make it to Memphis by sunrise
    G+G  G/F#   E minorEm
for the good it would do.
   Am7Am7               D MajorD
I can stand 'neath the wreath on your doorway
   G+G    G/F#   E minorEm
but I couldn't walk through.

Both: 🎄 Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Maybe
C#dim7C#dim7
Maybe
Am7Am7
Maybe
D7sus4/A* G+G     C/GC/G
by next christmas.

Allsion: 🎄 Verse 3:
  G+G          C/GC/G
The trees are sparkling again
   G+G          C/GC/G
with lights and glass ornaments.
 G+G           C/GC/G
I wish you were here to see them
    G+G   C/GC/G
for yourself.

Carson: 🎄 Verse 4:
 G+G             C/GC/G
I imagine you're hanging up stockings
G+G              C/GC/G
stuffed with the whole candy isle.
 G+G            C/GC/G
I never cared much for the season
        G+G        C/GC/G
but I loved the way it made you smile.

Allsion: 🎄 Pre-Chorus:
     Am7Am7          D MajorD
You could make it to Memphis by sunrise
    G+G  G/F#   E minorEm
for the good it would do.
     Am7Am7              D MajorD
You could stand 'neath the wreath in my doorway
  G+G    G/F#   E minorEm
but couldn't walk through.

Both: 🎄 Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Maybe
C#dim7C#dim7
Maybe
Am7Am7
Maybe
D7sus4/A* G+G     C/GC/G
by next christmas.

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Maybe
C#dim7C#dim7
Maybe
  Am7Am7
Oh Maybe
D7sus4/A* G+G     C/GC/G
by next christmas.

🎄 Outro:
G+G C/GC/G G+G


Chord Instructions:

G+G    3x0003
C/GC/G   3x2013
Am7Am7   x02013
D MajorD    xx0232
G/F#   2x0003
E minorEm    022003
Cmaj7Cmaj7  x32000
C#dim7C#dim7  x42000
D7sus4/A x00213

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| * strum once

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