Chords for First Christmas - Stan Rogers - Live

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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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This _ day, a year ago, _ he [A] was rolling in the snow
_ [B] With a [A] younger brother [G] in [D] his father's yard _ _ _
_ _ [A] Christmas break, a time for [Bm] touching home
_ The heart of all [Em] he'd known
And leaving _ [A] was so _ [G] _ hard
[A]
Three [D] thousand miles away
Now [A] he's working Christmas day _ _
[Bm] Making double [A] time for [G] the minding of [D] the store _ _ _ _ _
Well, [A] he always said he'd make it on [Bm] his own
He's spending Christmas Eve [Em] _ alone
_ _ _ First _ [G] _ Christmas [A] away _ [D] from home _ _ _ _ _
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[D] She's standing by the train _ [A] station
Hand handling for change
[Bm] For more [A] dollars [G] buys a decent meal
[D] And the room _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] looks like the Sally Ann place after [Bm] all
In a crowded sleeping [Em] hall
_ That echoes _ [A] like a tune
[G] _ _ _ [A] _
[D] But it's warm and clean and free
And there [A] are worse places to be
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And at least [A] it [G] means no beating from her [D] dad _ _ _ _ _
[A] And if she cries because it's Christmas [Bm] day
_ She hopes that [Em] it won't show _ _ _ _
[G] First Christmas _ _ [A] away _ [D]
from home _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ In the apartment stands a tree
_ [Em] And it looks so [D] small and bare
Not [G] like it was [D] meant to _ be _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ Golden angel on the top
It's not that same old [Bm] silver star
You want it [Em] for your own
_ First [G] _
_ Christmas _ _ [A] away _
[D] from _ home _ _ _
_ [A] Well, _ _ _ _ _
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in the morning they get prayers
Then [A] it's crafts and tea downstairs _
[Bm] Then another [A] meal [G] back in his little [D] room _ _ _ _ _
[A] Hoping maybe that the boys will [Bm] think her phone
_ _ Before the [Em] day is _ gone
Well, it's best they do [A] it soon
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] When [D] the old girl passed away
He [A] fell apart more every day
[Bm] Each head [A] always kept [G] the other _ [D] pretty well
_ _ _ _ _ [A] But the kids all say the nursing [Bm] home was best
_ As he couldn't live [Em] alone
_ _ _ _ _ [G] First _ Christmas _ [A] away _ [D] _
from home
In _ _ [A] _
_ _ the common room they've got the biggest tree
_ _ And it's huge and it's _
[D] cold
And lifeless, [G] not like it ought to [D] be
In _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ the lit up flashing Santa Claus on top
It's not that same old [Bm] silver star
You once [Em] made for your own
First _
[G] _ Christmas _ _ [A] away _
_ [D] _ from home _ _
First [Em] _ Christmas _ _ _ away [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ from [D] _
_ _ _ home _ _ _
[A] Here _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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[Ab] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ we go.