Chords for Michigan Christmas - Brian d'Arcy James

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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] When I [Cm] was a little boy and Christmas [Eb] time drew ever near, [Ab] I'd dream of all the things I longed [Ab] to see beneath [Bb] the tree.
_ [F] A ball, a [Dm] bat, a tiger's cap, perhaps a ten [F]-speed bike.
[Bb] I'd ride with Mike [F] McCardle round the boulevard for hours,
oh, if only Santa Claus would bring [G] the [C] things that I [F] would like.
_ But [G] now I'm so much older and live [Dm] so [G] far away, _ and [Eb] what I want [Gm] for Christmas is [C] so different [G] now today. _
_ _ _ I [F] _ _ _
[Dm] _ want a _ [F] Michigan Christmas with _ Michigan snow on [Bbm] the Saginaw trees, [C] and I [Dm] want to [C] be home with my [F] family.
A Michigan Christmas [G] is all that [F] I'm asking for, please.
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[D] _ _ _ [F] I _ [Dm] want [F] the thumb of the mitten, _ [Bb] the [F] Mackinac Bridge, a [Bbm] Lake Michigan _ breeze, and [F] I _ [Dm] want to [C] be home with my [F] family.
[Bb] A [F] Michigan Christmas [G] is all that [C] I'm asking for, please.
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[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ New [Bb]
York has [C] a Christmas [Bbm] tree bigger than you would [F] believe.
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_ [F] _ And _ [Dm] in Paris [A] the game [F] is drinking _ [G] champagne from [Gm] fine crystal [Dm] glasses [C] on New [Gm] Year's Eve.
_ _ _ [F] But _ I [Dm] _ know [Bb] a place [F] that is special where memories linger [Bbm] as sweet as your dreams.
[C] And _ I [Dm] want a Michigan [F] Christmas.
[G] A _ Michigan Christmas is all that [C] I'm asking [G] for.
_ _ _ _ [Em] A [C] _ Michigan [G] Christmas [C] with Michigan [G] snow on [Cm] the _ Saginaw trees, [D] and I [Em] want to [D] be home with my [Em] family.
_ _ A [G] _ _ Michigan Christmas. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ A [C] _ Michigan [G] _ Christmas _ [Am] is all that [D] I'm asking [D] _ [G] for, _ _ _ please.
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