Christmas Morning chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C majorC

❄ Verse 1:

C majorC
Well the banks & the schools & the post office are closed
    DmDm
You can park where you please and you won't get towed
FF                       G+G
The streets are empty & the stores are finally closed
G+G
It's Christmas morning

C majorC
He got a tie & she got a book
DmDm
They weren't supposed to peek but they took a little look
    FF
Tell me how long will it take for the dinner to cook
G+G
It's Christmas morning

C majorC
There are so many presents underneath the tree
DmDm
A augmentedA few are for you but the rest are all for me
     FF
And we gotta tip the super and the doormen
          G+G     C majorC
Can't you see, it's Christmas morning

❄ Chorus:

E7E7
Christmas morning finally has come
C majorC
It has meaning for each & everyone
E7E7
Christmas morning I cannot believe
FF          G+G
Just last night was Christmas Eve


❄ Verse 2:

C majorC
In the Rockefeller Center the big tree is shining bright
DmDm
Skaters skate beneath it in the winter light
     FF
Like a picture on a Christmas card everything looks right
G+G
On Christmas morning

C majorC
And the homeless who have nothing will ask on Christmas day
  DmDm
for us to give them something God we wish they'd go away
     FF
Though there is no place for them to go
               G+G
They have no place to stay on Christmas morning

C majorC                    DmDm
Lying in a hospital dying in a bed with AIDS
DmDm
"He deserved it"
I have heard it said
FF
Deck the halls with boughs of something
            G+G     C majorC
Soon he will be dead on Christmas morning

❄ Chorus 2:
E7E7
Christmas morning finally has come
C majorC
It has meaning for each & everyone
E7E7
Christmas morning I'm afraid to say
FF        G+G
Life goes on, on Christmas morning


❄ Verse 3:

C majorC
And the Prince of peace was born on a Christmas Day
    DmDm
In the little town of Bethlehem not so far away
       FF
From where a multitude has gathered in a warlike way
  G+G
On Christmas morning

C majorC
So we watch the buildup here we go again
     DmDm
There is sand, there are camels but where are the wise men
FF
Are they in Baghdad, are they in Washington
   G+G
It's Christmas morning

C majorC
There are those who go to church, they kneel down to pray
  DmDm
For loved ones who have left to serve so far away
     FF
And for a Middle Eastern baby born on that very day
   G+G     C majorC
It's Christmas morning


❄ Chorus 3:

E7E7
Christmas morning finally has come
C majorC
It has meaning for each & everyone
E7E7
Christmas morning I'm afraid to think
FF        G+G
This time we are headed to the brink

Mandolin ❄ Solo:

C majorC DmDm FF G+G x2

❄ Verse 5:

C majorC
A augmentedA week from today we begin a brand new year
    DmDm
Let us all be hopeful, men & women of good cheer
  FF
And resolve to fight against stupidity and fear
   G+G
It's Christmas morning

C majorC
And as awful as the world can be we are still alive
       DmDm
And if we're very careful we might well survive
     FF
There are cures & solutions & there is compromise
G+G
Christmas morning

C majorC
Christmas is for children I have heard it said
    DmDm
That's why King Herod hated the babe in the manger bed
FF                            G+G
They all came to worship & adore the child instead

C majorC
Well the banks & the schools & the post office are closed
    DmDm
You can park where you please and you won't get towed
FF                       G+G
The streets are empty & the stores are finally closed
G+G
It's Christmas morning