Chords for Robert Earl Keen, Merry Christmas from the Family

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_ I love Rye and stuff like that, it's great.
Like Hillbilly Swing is fantastically played, really great.
And my proudest moment is they did an instrumental version of this particular song [G] that I'm thinking of doing right now.
And now they have this song which is really cool.
But [Eb] then finally, I'm going to do it, right?
[Db] Because if [C] you get an instrumental version of your song, you're in, right?
And since all you, since all y'all know, you know, I'm talking to people who know music business, Nashville, Tennessee.
[Ebm] You know that if you want to get to the top in music business, [Eb] this song is going to be in the elevator, [N] won't it?
But if you want to get to the top, you got to_ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I got drunk at that guy's Christmas _ _ _ _ _ party _ _
_ We were drinking champagne, punch [C] and _ homemade [G] _ _ [D]
eggnog
_ _ _ [G] Little sister brought her new boyfriend
_ _ _ He was a _ Mexican _ _
When I awoke to [Em] think I'd met [C] the other side
[G] Police, knock [D] me out, police [G] knock me _ down _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Brother Ken brought his cat to bed _ _ _ _
The three from the Spurs to pop a win _
_ And the two [Em] I kept going to win
[C] From the second line to the very [D] _
end
Of _ [G] _ course he brought his new wife, Kate
_ _ We talked all about A.K. _
Chains, smoking [Em] while the stereo _ plays
_ [C] Noel, _ [D] Noel, the first Noel
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ All the turntables and ballgames on
_ [C] This barbarie is where the eggnog's gone
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_ Send somebody to the quick-bite store
[C] We need some ice and an extension cord
_ _ [D] The canopy would make the fire rise
A box of tampons, a lot of Perot light
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_ _ [Em] Everybody say cheese
_ Merry Christmas [D] from fan _
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_ _ _ _ _ Frank and Rita drove from Harlem gym
_ I can't remember how I'm kins to them _
But when they tried to put their [Em] motor home in
[C] They blew our Christmas [D] _
lights
Cause [G] _ _ they think it's what went wrong
_ We all waited out in our front lawn
_ He threw a breaker and the [Em] lights came on
And [C] we sang [D] Silent Night, oh [G] Silent Night
_ _ _ That was almost as good _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ Carl Jerky turned the ballgame on
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[D] _ Send somebody to the Snuffman go
[G] _ [C] We need some celly and a can of bike stuff
_ [D] A bag of lemons and some diet _ Sprite
A box of tampons, a side of white
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_ _ _ [Em] Everybody say [C] cheese
_ Merry Christmas [D] from fan
_ [G] _ _ Merry _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] Christmas from _ fan _ _ _ _ _
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