Christmas Morning chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

❄ Verse 1:

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

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

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

❄ Chorus:

E7
Christmas morning finally has come
C
It has meaning for each & everyone
E7
Christmas morning I cannot believe
F          G
Just last night was Christmas Eve



❄ Verse 2:

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

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

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


❄ Chorus 2:
E7
Christmas morning finally has come
C
It has meaning for each & everyone
E7
Christmas morning I'm afraid to say
F        G
Life goes on, on Christmas morning



❄ Verse 3:

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

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

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


❄ Chorus 3:

E7
Christmas morning finally has come
C
It has meaning for each & everyone
E7
Christmas morning I'm afraid to think
F        G
This time we are headed to the brink

Mandolin ❄ Solo:

C Dm F G x2

❄ Verse 5:

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

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

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

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