Christmas chords by Blues Traveler

Difficulty: Advanced


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


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

CHORUS:  C   F   G   Am G     Am   F   G   Bb  C C   Bb Bb   C C
         La Laaaa La La La La…             Laaaaaa

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

REPEAT CHORUS

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

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

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

Mixed Verses

C                F                G                C  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…
Am                 F               G              C
If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last
The children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride
C                          F                  G        C   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…
              Am               F                 G              C
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              F                    G               C   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…
           Am            F                 G               C
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           F       G                   Am       G      Am
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…
Am                 F            G                          C
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         F      G      Am  G           Am    F      G       C
Hark! The Herald Angels sing            Glory to the newborn King
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C        F         G     Am  G          Am      F       G    C
Peace on Earth and mercy mild           God and sinners reconciled
Mix in other verses                     Mix in other verses
C         F      G      Am  G           Am    F      G       C
Hark! The Herald Angels sing            Glory to the newborn King
Mix in other verses                     Mix in other verses
C        F         G     Am  G          Am      F       G    C
Peace on Earth and mercy mild           God and sinners reconciled
Mix in other verses                     Mix in other verses


OUTRO

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