December chords by The Waterboys

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Verse 1:
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December is the cruelest month
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But this time for once my cheeks are warm
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After long years in the monkey-house
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I am ready for the storm



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Let them throw all their cannonballs
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Let all their strongmen come
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I'm ready to go anywhere
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Through venom, sick and scum!

Verse 2:
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December isn't always cold
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But this year she's mine and I know why
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Somewhere a flower has to grow
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For every flower that dies
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I'm stricken with fever
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But my heart is strong as steel
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I'm ready to go anywhere!
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I can believe
I can feel!

Verse 3:
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December is a trusted friend
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I always recognise her face
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It's a plague of fools thrown aside
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Forever by her soft and silent grace
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She is reckless as a mayday
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Gentle as a stone
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And ready to go anywhere
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To carry me back home!

Verse 4:
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December fell deep in the bleak
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Mid-winter time when jesus christ
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Howled a baby saviour's howl
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A primal truth as pure as ice
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And though we crucified him on a cross
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And dragged his name from prayer to curse
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He was able to go anywhere
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He was almost one of us!