Chords with lyrics
This Christmas Day, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
From the 1996 album: Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Words: Paul O'Neill
Music: Paul O'Neill and John Oliva
Key: Bb majorBb
Tempo: Moderately Slow
BPM: 72
Timing: 4/4
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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So, tell me Christmas
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Are we wise
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To believe in things we never see
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Are prayers just wishes in disguise
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And are these wishes being granted me
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For now I see
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The answering
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To every prayer I've prayed
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She's coming home this Christmas Day
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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So tell me Christmas
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Are we kind
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More this day than any other day
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Or is it only in our mind
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And must it leave when you have gone away
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It's different now
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It's changed somehow
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And now you're here to stay
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She's coming home this Christmas Day
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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All at once the world
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It doesn't seem the same
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And in a single night
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You know it all has changed
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And everything is now as it should be
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I have the ornament
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I have the perfect tree
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I have a string of lights
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I have a chance to see
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Everything that my heart thought could be
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For of all the dreams
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You were the first I knew
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And every other one
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Was a charade of you
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You stayed close when I was far away
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And in the darkest night
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You always were the star
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That always took us in
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No matter who we are
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And so she's coming home this
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Christmas Day
[Solo]
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[Chorus]
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Merry Christmas
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Merry, merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas
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Merry, merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas
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Have a merry Christmas now
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Merry Christmas
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Merry, merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas
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Merry, merry Christmas
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Merry Christmas
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Have a merry Christmas now
[Outro]
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She's coming home
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She's coming home
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She's coming home
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From far away
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She's coming home
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She's coming home
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She's coming home this
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