Every Year Every Christmas Acoustic chords by Luther Vandross

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A      Em      D      A


Verse 1:
A             Em
I don't know how love
D             E
could do this to me
A              Em           D         E
I've waited and waited for someone I never see
Em          Am                  Em                Am
But I'm so sentimental and I'm so hopeful you'll be here
D                   E                 A
So here I am every year, every Christmas (yeah)

Verse 2:
A           Em         D            E
I've wished for you in my heart and in my head
A           Em         D            E
And I got my answer that first moment that we met
Am                    E               Em
And, oh yes, I believed you as you told me, as you said
D                  E          A
You'd be here every year, every Christmas


Chorus:
D                A         D       A
There must be a lesson for me to learn
A                Em         E            Am
If you don't trust in love, you'll get nothing in return
D               A             D            A
Why should I be lonely? Don't tell me it's fine (or right?)
A                             D                 E
I have my pride, but I'd rather be with you tonight


Verse:
A            Em      D          E      A
So much emotion, it's driving me mad, yeah
      Em                  D                   E
But I'll take my chances with these feelings that I have
Am                   E          Em
And I'll come back to this same corner where we met
D              E                 A
And I'll be here every year, every Christmas


Chorus:
  D                         A             D
Mere words can't explain the pain and the fear
 A           Em                       Am              A
'Cause, oh, I wonder, yes I wonder are you gonna leave me standing here?
D          A           D               A
Today's almost over but I don't wanna leave
A                        D            E
Has my heart made a fool out of me? Aaand


Verse:
A                  Em              D            E
My friends gather 'round me with holiday cheer, yeah
A                  Em               D           E
They say to forget you, to let you go 'cause you're not here
Am                    E          Em
Well, I can't keep explaining what they'll never understand
D           E               A
And why I'm here every year, every Christmas
D           E               A
I return every year, every Christmas


Outro:
D           E                     A       Am
I come here every year, every Christmas