Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
FF C majorC
It's Christmas day
DmDm Bb majorBb
And the snow is coming down
FF C majorC
Church bells sway
DmDm Bb majorBb
They're ringing awake the town
DmDm C majorC
Preacher Kline recites his lines
Bb majorBb FF
The pews'll be full today
DmDm C majorC
Mr. Howe cranks up his plow
Bb majorBb C majorC
His blades'll clear the way
Verse 2:
FF C majorC
It's Christmas day
DmDm Bb majorBb
And the pecan pies are baking
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
Mothers say it's the giving not the taking
DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC
My brother's brand new bicycle is out jangling in the street
DmDm C majorC
I watch him through the icicles
Bb majorBb C majorC
With that wood box beneath my feet
Chorus:
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
All I go---t was this little wood guitar
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
What it brought was neon lights and crowded bars
DmDm C majorC
Like all the kings with all thier gold
Bb majorBb C majorC
Went chasing down your star I'm told
G minorGm FF Bb majorBb
Every highway takes me where you are
C majorC FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
With this little wood guitar
Interlude:
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
Verse 2:
FF C majorC
It's Christmas day
DmDm Bb majorBb
Funny how the years can shape us
FF C majorC
Much has changed
DmDm Bb majorBb
I'm a musician not a waitress
DmDm C majorC
Chicago's a winter wonderland
Bb majorBb C majorC
At my brother's and his wife's
DmDm C majorC
Passing around their dinner plates
Bb majorBb C majorC
And dissecting my life
Chorus:
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
All I go---t was this little wood guitar
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
What it brought was neon lights and crowded bars
DmDm C majorC
Like all the kings with all thier gold
Bb majorBb C majorC
Went chasing down your star I'm told
G minorGm FF Bb majorBb
Every highway takes me where you are
C majorC FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
With this little wood guitar
Bridge:
DmDm
I never stopped believing
C majorC
I just kept on singing
Bb majorBb C majorC
Now people come to hear from miles around
DmDm
And I don't mind confessing
C majorC
That I still count my blessings
G minorGm FF Bb majorBb
I just never thought I'd settle down
Verse 3:
FF C majorC
It's Christmas day
DmDm Bb majorBb
And the little ones are waking
FF C majorC
I hear them play
DmDm Bb majorBb
I can hear the presents shaking
DmDm C majorC
The boy's outside on his new bike
Bb majorBb C majorC
Jangling in the street
DmDm C majorC
That little girl, she's watching him
Bb majorBb C majorC
With that wood box beneath her feet
Outro:
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
All she go---t was this little wood guitar
FF C majorC DmDm
What I thought is it might take N.C.her pretty far
DmDm C majorC
Like all the kings with all their gold
Bb majorBb C majorC
Went chasing down your star I'm told
G minorGm FF Bb majorBb
Every highway takes me where you are
C majorC FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
With this little wood guitar
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
Little wood guitar
Outro:
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb
FF C majorC DmDm Bb majorBb