Christmas Carol Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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[A] The week [E] before Thanksgiving [D] Day, this town [A] puts up its old display.
[D] [A] Streetlights hung with candy [E] canes and balls. _ _
[A] The earlier [E] it gets each [D] year, the scarcer [A] is my Christmas [D] cheer.
I guess I [A] just like taking [E] these things slow.
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[A] really [E] don't remember [D] much of [A] Christmases growing up,
[D] except the [A] year the Beatles [E] came to play. _
[A] On my record [E] player that came from [D] Sears, that white [A] album filled my [D] ears.
In [E] 1968, on [A] Christmas Day, _ [E] _
[F#m] I haven't [D] been to church since [A] God knows when.
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[F#m] I'm not someone [Bm] who usually [E] attends. _ _
[A] Truth be [E] told, there's just two [D] wishes on my [A] list every [D] Christmas.
Peace on [E] Earth and a [A] snowstorm now and [E] then. _
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[E] _ [A] _ [G#] _ [A] Now I pray that [E] peace comes in our [D] time.
It's hard [A] enough to keep from [D] crying,
when every [A] bit of news just breaks [E] your heart.
_ [A] The same old [E] stories, the same old [D] songs,
we'll dust them [A] off when Christmas [D] comes.
For one day we [A] just try to do [E] our part.
_ _ [A] And round here [E] winter seems to [D] come,
with rain [A] and mud and bits of [D] sun.
It's not [A] exactly career [E] and I,
_ [F#m] I don't mind [E] cold if it brings [D] snow.
Alberta [A] clippers come and go.
[D] But a dusting [E] would make [A] everything alright.
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] Perhaps a [D] Christmas Eve [A] from long ago.
_ [E] [F#m] A preferred [Bm] Christmas Day [E] with knee-high snow.
_ [A] Eat something [E] lost but not forgotten,
[D] like candy [A] hidden in a [D] stocking.
That makes me [E] every year wish [F#m] it were [C#m] so.
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Because Christmas [E] is for children's [D] joy,
for every [A] single girl and [D] boy.
[A] That's the truth we come to [E] understand. _ _
[F#m] But the [A] memories [E] that don't let go,
[A] [D] like Beatles [A] songs and falling snow,
[D] can make us [E] feel innocent [A] again.
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[F#m] And maybe next [D] year we won't go [A] insane.
_ [E] When [F#m] they [Bm] rush to hang the bows,
the [E] candy canes.
[A] Because peace will [E] shine in me and [D] you,
from Bethlehem [A] to Timbuktu,
[D] even [E] if the forecast [A] is for rain. _
Peace will shine [E] in me and you,
[D] from Bethlehem [A] to Timbuktu,
[D] even [E] if the [A] forecast is for rain.
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