Chords for Sufjan Stevens, "Barcarola (You Must Be A Christmas Tree)" [Track 7/8, Vol. 6]

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Oh, no one [Dm] else is happily, _ recklessly [C] _ asking [G] for more than [Dm] they may need.
_ [F] I [C] can't say what I [F] need.
_ [G] Oh, _ whatever words [Dm] you say, a few [F] mouthy [C] nights to say.
So [G] my grandma _ [Dm] says to me, _ [Am] [F] with her heart on her sleeve.
_ [G] So, _ sadly [Dm] I left the [F] door open [C] and I let the [G] dog out [Dm] in the snow. _
_ _ [Am] [F] Oh, where did she go?
_ [G] _ Oh, father [Em] friend, [Dm] will you punish [F] me?
Punish [C] me with a look of [G] contempt.
With [Dm] a look of [E] contempt, [F] I can't recall.
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_ _ _ [G] Oh, _ I know [Dm] you did right by [F] me.
Right by [C] me, wagging [G] your hands when [Dm] you found me.
_ [Am] [F] With a bag of your things.
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Please, please don't [Dm] be a stranger here.
[F] A [C] stranger who takes [G] from the world.
[Dm] Who [G] takes from the world.
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_ _ _ [G] You, _ you must be [Dm] your Christmas tree.
A Christmas [C] tree.
You light up [G] the room.
Oh, you [Dm] light up the room.
[Am] Oh, [F] you light up _ _ _ [G] the room.
So, _ _ suddenly [Dm] you kissed me.
[F] You tickled [C] me in front [G] of your mother.
[Dm] _ With _ _ [C] _ [F] her hands on her face.
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Don't run away, friend.
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You'll be back _ again.
_ [C] You _ said you needed me.
_ [G] I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me.
_ [Em] _ [G] Don't run [Em] away, _ [G] friend.
[Dm] _ You _ won't be back [C] [Dm] again.
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You said you [G] needed me.
But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me. _ _
Don't run away, my friend.
_ [Dm] _ You _ won't be back again. _ _
[C] You and your hands, your fine hair in the snow.
Where [G] the frostbite blows in the tail.
Where the _ _ _ _ _ _
frostbite blows in the tail. _
_ [Dm] You _ _ won't be back again.
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You _ said you needed me.
[G] But I know _ _ _ _ _ that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me.
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