No Christmas In Kentucky chords by Phil Ochs

Key: G

Verse:
G                                C
Christmas shoppers shopping on a neon city street
  D                            C               G
Another Christmas dollar for another Christmas treat
        G                              C
There's satin on the pretty dolls that make the children glow
        D                         C             G
While a boy walking ragged in the cold Kentucky snow

Chorus:
         G          C               G
No, they don't have Christmas in Kentucky
                      C             D
There's no holly on a West Virginia door
        G           C                   G
For the trees don't twinkle when you're hungry
        C                  D                  G
And the Jingle Bells don't jingle when you're poor

Verse:
G                                C
There's lots of toys for children when then Christmas time is near
  D                            C               G
But the present for the miners is a stocking full of beer
        G                              C
In the dark hills of Kentucky there's one gift that may be found
         D          C               G
The coal dust of forgotten days that's lying on the ground


Chorus:
         G          C               G
No, they don't have Christmas in Kentucky
                      C             D
There's no holly on a West Virginia door
        G           C                   G
For the trees don't twinkle when you're hungry
        C                  D                  G
And the Jingle Bells don't jingle when you're poor

Verse:
G                                C
Let's drink a toast to Congress and a toast to Santa Claus
  D                            C               G
and a toast to all the speeches that bring the loud applause
        G                              C
There's not enough to give, no, there's not enough to share
        D                         C             G
So let's drown the sounds of sorrow with a hearty Christmas cheer

Chorus:
         G          C               G
No, they don't have Christmas in Kentucky
                      C             D
There's no holly on a West Virginia door
        G           C                   G
For the trees don't twinkle when you're hungry
        C                  D                  G
And the Jingle Bells don't jingle when you're poor

Verse:
G                                C
Have a merry, merry Christmas and a happy new year's day
  D                            C               G
For now's a time of plenty, and plenty's here to stay
        G                              C
But if you knew what Christmas was, I think that you would find
        D                         C             G
That Christ is spending Christmas in the cold Kentucky mine

Chorus:
         G          C               G
No, they don't have Christmas in Kentucky
                      C             D
There's no holly on a West Virginia door
        G           C                   G
For the trees don't twinkle when you're hungry
        C                  D                  G
And the Jingle Bells don't jingle when you're poor