Chords with lyrics
Standard Tuning
Verse 1:
C majorC
Bleary eyed and wasted
I wake up to an unlikely dawn
FF
Of beautiful people
FF
All around me
I am at your gateway now
C majorC
The people are talking
Like they're winning
C majorC
Like the world's not spinning
Like they're in control
Pre-Chorus 1:
FF
Like they're Marilyn Monroe
At a cocktail party
FF
I'm someone outrageous
C majorC
Like Jean Genet
Chorus:
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
And I've wasted all my time
Bb majorBb FF
On cocaine at Christmas
C majorC
And bottles of wine
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
And I'm as happy as a child
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Cause you don't have to ask me why
Verse 2:
C majorC
I'm in love with the season
I'm in love with it all
C majorC
I'm in love with it
I'm in love with the drunks
Pre-Chorus 2:
FF
I am Marilyn Monroe
I am a cocktail party
FF
I'm someone ugly
C majorC
Beautiful like Jean Genet
Chorus:
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
And I've wasted all my time
Bb majorBb FF
On cocaine at Christmas
C majorC
And bottles of wine
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
And I'm as happy as a child
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Cause you don't have to ask me why
Interlude:
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Chorus:
Bb majorBb FF
You don't have to ask
C majorC
You don't have to ask
Bb majorBb FF
You don't have to
C majorC
You don't have to ask
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
It's a cocaine Christmas and an alcoholic's new year
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
A augmentedA cocaine Christmas
Outro:
Bb majorBb FF C majorC