My Grown Up Christmas List chords by Amy Grant

• Capo on 7th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro:
Em  D  C  Am  D  D/F#  Gsus  G  Em Bm/D  A/C#  D


Prelude:
  G   D   Em
Do you remember me?
 Em/G  Bm7   Em7
I sat upon your knee
 C      G/B    Am7      Dsus4   D
I wrote to you  with childhood fantasies

Verse 1:
   G/D    D   Em
Well, I'm all grown-up now
  Em/G    Bm7    Em7
and still need help somehow?
  C    G/B  Am        Dsus4  D
I'm not a child but my heart still can dream
  G     D     Em
So here's my lifelong wish
      Bm     Cadd2
My grown-up Christmas list
       G/B  Am7        Dsus4  D7
Not for myself but for a world in need


Chorus:
G2 G   Esus Em    C
No more lives torn apart
   A9     D7  Bm7
That wars would never start
  Em     Em7/D   Csus2   G/D
And time would heal all  hearts
   G  Em7   Em7/D    C
and everyone would have a friend
   A9     Dsus  Bm7
That right would always win
  Em7      C#dim  C7/F#  Daug/F#  Bm7
And love would nev-er end
     Em    Am7   D7   G
  This is my grown-up Christmas list


Instumental:
B/D#  Em  G/B  C  Am7 Dsus  D


Verse 2:
  G/D     D   Em
As children we believed
  Em/G   Bm7   C
The grandest sight to see
  C     G/B  Am         Dsus4 D
Was something lovely wrapped beneath our tree
   G   D    Em
Well Heaven surely knows
      Bm   Cadd2
That packages and bows
     G/B  Am      Dsus4  D
Can never heal a hurting human soul


Chorus:
G2 G   Esus Em    C
No more lives torn apart
   A9     D7  Bm7
That wars would never start
  Em     Em7/D   Csus2   G/D
And time would heal all  hearts
   G  Em7   Em7/D    C
and everyone would have a friend
   A9     Dsus  Bm7
That right would always win
  Em7      C#dim  C7/F#  Daug/F#  Bm7
And love would nev-er end
     Em    Am7   D7   G
  This is my grown-up Christmas list


Bridge:
G7sus             Cadd2
What is this illusion called?

The innocence of youth?
   Em7     A7sus A
Maybe only in our blind belief
D            Gsus4 G
Can we ev - er find the truth

Instrumental:
C  Em/G Am   Am  Em7  Fadd7  F  C/E Dm  Gsus4  G

Chorus:
G2 G   Esus Em    C
No more lives torn apart
   A9     D7  Bm7
That wars would never start
  Em     Em7/D   Csus2   G/D
And time would heal all  hearts
   G  Em7   Em7/D    C
and everyone would have a friend
   A9     Dsus  Bm7
That right would always win
  Em7      C#dim  C7/F#  Daug/F#  Bm7
And love would nev-er end
     Em    Am7   D7   G  Bm7
  This is my grown-up Christmas list


Outro:
Em     C#dim7 Bb9#5  Bm7
This is my only  lifelong wish
Em7    Gsus/A  Dsus  D  G
This is my grown-up  Christmas list

 Dm  Em   Bm7  Cadd2  D7  G