Christmas chords by Blues Traveler

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"Christmas" by Blues Traveler
From the album "A Very Special Christmas"


C majorC          FF        G+G       A minorAm G+G
Comes the time for Christmas, and I really have to ask
A minorAm         FF        G+G       C majorC
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
C majorC             FF           G+G    A minorAm G+G
I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come and carry me away
       A minorAm        FF         G+G       C majorC
But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way
  C majorC             FF          G+G            A minorAm    G+G
Now excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me
A minorAm       FF           G+G         C majorC
Save me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless, and everybody sings
    C majorC      FF    G+G          A minorAm    G+G   A minorAm
If it's Chanukah or Kwanza, Solstice Harvest or December twenty fifth
A minorAm        FF       G+G      C majorC
Peace on Earth to everyone, and abundance to everyone your with

CHORUS: C majorC  FF  G+G  A minorAm G+G   A minorAm  FF  G+G  Bb majorBb C majorC C  Bb majorBb Bb  C majorC C
     La Laaaa La La La La…       Laaaaaa

C majorC          FF           G+G          A minorAm  G+G
Comes the time for Christmas, and as you raise your Yuletide flask
         A minorAm        FF            G+G     C majorC
There’s like this feeling that you carry, as if from every Christmas past
    C majorC        FF          G+G        A minorAm  G+G
It’s as if each year it grows, it’s like you feel it in your toes
      A minorAm      FF        G+G        C majorC
And on and on your carol goes, harvesting love among your woes
     C majorC        FF          G+G            A minorAm    G+G
   I want to buy into the benevolence, and I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me
A minorAm         FF         G+G       C majorC
Make me know what it’s about, as the longing in me, makes me want to sing
C majorC    FF    G+G           A minorAm    G+G     A minorAm
Noel or Navidad, season celebration or just the end of the year
A minorAm         FF        G+G        C majorC
Christmas can mean anything, and I mean to keep its hope forever near

REPEAT CHORUS

    A minorAm    A minorAm   G+G    G+G     A minorAm    A minorAm     C majorC  C majorC
As if a cold and frozen soul was warmed, to love, by love’s own hand
      A minorAm     A minorAm  G+G     G+G     FF    FF    G+G
So goes the prayer, if for a day peace on Earth, and good will to men

     C majorC             FF        G+G         C majorC  G+G
At twenty below the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside
    A minorAm               FF         G+G       C majorC
And the children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride
      C majorC                FF         G+G            C majorC  G+G
  And how the next day they’ll get up and they will play, in the still falling Christmas snow
  A minorAm             FF      G+G           C majorC G+G
And together we’ll celebrate forever, in defiance of the winds that blow
     C majorC              FF       G+G           C majorC
My God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven, and the Spirit calls to me as well
   A minorAm           FF       G+G           C majorC
As if Christmas, had made the winter warmer, made a paradise from what was Hell

    A minorAm    A minorAm   G+G    G+G     A minorAm    A minorAm     C majorC  C majorC
As if a cold and frozen soul is warmed, to love, by love’s own hand
      A minorAm     A minorAm  G+G     G+G     FF    FF    G+G
So goes the prayer, if for a day peace on Earth, and good will to men

Mixed Verses

C majorC        FF        G+G        C majorC G+G
Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…
Twenty below, the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside…
A minorAm         FF        G+G       C majorC
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
The children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride
C majorC             FF         G+G    C majorC  G+G
I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away…
Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…
       A minorAm        FF         G+G       C majorC
But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
     C majorC       FF          G+G        C majorC  G+G
It’s as if each year it grows, it’s like you feel it in your toes
Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…
Now excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle…
My God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven…
      A minorAm      FF         G+G        C majorC
And on and on your carol grows, harvesting love among your woes
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
Save me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless…
  C majorC      FF    G+G          A minorAm    G+G   A minorAm
Oh Chanukah Oh Kwanza, Solstice Harvest or December twenty fifth…
Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…
I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away…
La Laaaa La La La La, La La La La La La La La, La La…
A minorAm         FF      G+G             C majorC
Peace on Earth to everyone, and abundance to everyone your with
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way
C majorC     FF   G+G   A minorAm G+G      A minorAm  FF   G+G    C majorC
Hark! The Herald Angels sing      Glory to the newborn King
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C majorC    FF     G+G   A minorAm G+G     A minorAm   FF    G+G  C majorC
Peace on Earth and mercy mild      God and sinners reconciled
Mix in other verses           Mix in other verses
C majorC     FF   G+G   A minorAm G+G      A minorAm  FF   G+G    C majorC
Hark! The Herald Angels sing      Glory to the newborn King
Mix in other verses           Mix in other verses
C majorC    FF     G+G   A minorAm G+G     A minorAm   FF    G+G  C majorC
Peace on Earth and mercy mild      God and sinners reconciled
Mix in other verses           Mix in other verses


OUTRO

      C majorC       FF         G+G    A minorAm G+G
I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away
       A minorAm          FF     G+G         C majorC
And I'll keep waiting through next May, until Christmas comes my way