Chords for WIZZARD - THE STORY BEHIND THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SONG

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_ _ _ _ _ [D] Luckily, it's not all doom and gloom.
_ Nestling in amongst the tower blocks is a group of Brummie boys [Gm] preparing to bring facial
hair, [F] glitter and goodwill to the [Bb] nation. Roy Wood.
This is Roy Wood. _ _ _
Inner Wood.
_ _ Mental. _
_ _ _ _ Well, I first [Abm] liked him when he done See My Baby Drive and me and my sister was on holiday
with mum and dad at Clacton Butlings and that always reminds us of Clacton Butlings.
See [E] my baby drive.
_ _ See [A] my baby drive.
_ _ She [E] hangs on to me.
_ [Dbm] Roy Wood.
Real [Gb] name, Roy Wood, had [B] already been a pop star in the 60s with [E] a band called The Moon.
He also founded 70s [A] stadium fillers, the Electric Light Orchestra.
But it was the visionary lunacy of Wizard [Gbm] and a song he wrote in the summer of 73 that
[Gb] was to be his [E] enduring legacy.
I [A] thought, well, you know, for the past few [D] years the Christmas hits have been [Em] very strange,
no proper like [A] really rock and roll stuff or anything.
[E] I thought it's about time we had a rock and roll Christmas record. _ _
Actually, when we first heard [C] it, it was just another [G] Roy song and when he plays his songs
to you, because he actually stands in the room and sings it straight to your face, _ _ _ it's
a [D] moving experience.
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_ [E] _ _ _ Beard, glitter and bobble hats [Gbm] everywhere, but one crucial Christmas ingredient was [A] missing.
Roy needed some [B] children.
Happily, help [Am] was around.
[E] _ _ Bill, the piano [Ab] player, [G] knew this choir.
_ _ Bill had been a teacher.
I'm not sure [G] whether they were from his old school, but it was his connection.
We had a very big choir and _ Mr Powell asked us, well, we was all there and he asked us
to go and sing to this man who was playing the piano in the music room, one by [Dm] one.
And we [Ab] later found out it was the maths teacher's brother-in-law, _ _ Bill Hunt, and that's who
we were singing to.
So a couple of days passed and we still didn't know what was going on and one by one we got
pulled out to decide that it was going to be on this song, which was very exciting.
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_ _ I forget how many kids there were now. _
[Ab] We took four band members with us [Ab] and just to get them talking and to [Abm] get them into it,
the _ back of the bus was full of [E] pop and crisps and all that sort of [Ab] stuff and, you know,
creating a new custom brand for the band, you know.
_ _ _ And by the time we got down there, it was as if they really knew us, you know, as friends.
Now then, at number four in the charts, what is it?
Tell you what it is, of course, it's Wizard.
I wish it could be Christmas every day and that is a tune that we're going to play for you
just now with good sentiments.
[D] _ But the West Midland urchins only ever made it onto vinyl.
[G] Savage Christmas show union laws meant their place on telly was ruthlessly seized by cuties
who were but a short limousine [G] ride from their London stage school.
[E] _ _ [A] _ [D] I was the one with the balloon.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] No, _ _
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[G] _ _ not a penny.
Same with the video.
Same with the video.
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Seven pounds and they're still playing it [A] every Christmas.
That's it.
We don't even get a new sax. _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ When we started off, they didn't plan to [Bm] pick anyone up.
And then they said, oh, it would look quite cute [A] if you just scoop that one up,
put it by the side there and scooped me up.
And [E]
when you actually see the video, you see I don't actually kiss him on the cheek,
I'm kissing him on the hair.
We did that a couple of takes and the first [Am] take I kissed him right on the [D] cheek
and I got a mouthful of glitter.
[B] And as soon as I said cut. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [G] You well?
You all right?
You well?
Just [G] about.
He's got a tummy bug, but he's going to sing despite having vomited.
So I wish you a happy Christmas.
Every day, Roy [Ab] Wood!
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[Bm] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] It may not have topped the chart, but [E] 26 years on,
it's still a song no [D] self-respecting Christmas party should be without.
[G] A song that the great and the good and the not so great and [D] the not so good
dance to [Bm] every year.
_ _ [E] _ _ Go on, girl, give [A] it some.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ With [G] the success of that record, [Abm] it's very difficult for me to go Christmas shopping
because every time I walk into a store, you know, it goes on, doesn't it?
And then [C] everybody's looking at you and it's all that.
And you just can't concentrate.
_ [E] _ _ Your attention, please.
Customer announcement for Roy Wood.
Please make your way to the [Dbm] outside.
_ I was walking around Asda with my trolley, you know, like you do.
And [C] Santa came up to me and said,
_ _ he said, I hope you don't mind me saying this, but you've always been my hero.
And I went, it was [D] brilliant.
All together!
Well, [E] I wish it could be Christmas _ [A] every day.
_ _ _ We tend to be [G] nicer to people at Christmas.
Wouldn't it be nice to [Ab] be _ like that all year round? _ _ _ _ _
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