Chords for “Voices Carry(He’s Your Daddy Now)” Aimee Mann & Ted Leo@Union Transfer Philadelphia 12/11/15
Tempo:
111.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Bb
Am
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
You know, my interest [Gbm] in Christmas songs has been [N] around for a long time, and I actually
wrote a Christmas song that I wrote a long time ago and ended up [B] changing the lyrics
to it, but I like to sing it with its original [N] words.
It's of course an art [B] addition.
It's kind of a sad story.
There was a kid who wakes up on Christmas Eve, and he hears his mother, and [Ab] he's a Santa
[B] Claus, and his mother comes, and she's sort of hard for him to deal with, and [N] he goes,
well, you don't know your own son.
[G]
[F] Christmas [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Bb]
[C] [D] [G]
[Bb] Eve, [C] I made out with some [G] friends.
[Bb] Heard the crash [C] and I opened [G] my eyes.
[Bb] I love my family.
[F] Santa [G] was here with me.
[Bb] All of a sudden I was wearing a [F] red jacket, and I spoke to [G] my kids, thank you.
[Am]
[C] It's getting dark now, [G] and so slow.
My [Am]
father's house, it's [C] getting dark now, and so [G]
slow.
[F]
[G] [Bb] Try so hard [C] not to get [G] upset.
[Bb] It's not your [C] fault for listening [G] to me.
I [Bb]
remember John joining [F] John.
He was a [G] Santa Claus.
[Bb]
Scatting around the Christmas tree.
[F] He's a [G] toy.
[A] You're a Christmas tree.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] It's so slow.
[Am]
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa.
[F]
[G]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [G]
[Bb]
[G] I'm Santa Claus.
I [Bb] love my warmth and I'm
[G]
[Bb]
[Am] sad.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa.
I'm [Am] Santa Claus.
He's a [C] Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa.
I'm [A] Santa Claus.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[D] It's so [G] slow.
[A] [C] It's so [G]
[Am] [C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[Am] [C]
[G]
[A] [C]
[G]
[A] [G] [C] [G]
[Am] [G]
[A] [C] [G]
[Am]
[C] slow.
[G] [Bb] I
[C] [G]
couldn't
[N]
stay for Christmas.
wrote a Christmas song that I wrote a long time ago and ended up [B] changing the lyrics
to it, but I like to sing it with its original [N] words.
It's of course an art [B] addition.
It's kind of a sad story.
There was a kid who wakes up on Christmas Eve, and he hears his mother, and [Ab] he's a Santa
[B] Claus, and his mother comes, and she's sort of hard for him to deal with, and [N] he goes,
well, you don't know your own son.
[G]
[F] Christmas [G]
[Dm] [G]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Bb]
[C] [D] [G]
[Bb] Eve, [C] I made out with some [G] friends.
[Bb] Heard the crash [C] and I opened [G] my eyes.
[Bb] I love my family.
[F] Santa [G] was here with me.
[Bb] All of a sudden I was wearing a [F] red jacket, and I spoke to [G] my kids, thank you.
[Am]
[C] It's getting dark now, [G] and so slow.
My [Am]
father's house, it's [C] getting dark now, and so [G]
slow.
[F]
[G] [Bb] Try so hard [C] not to get [G] upset.
[Bb] It's not your [C] fault for listening [G] to me.
I [Bb]
remember John joining [F] John.
He was a [G] Santa Claus.
[Bb]
Scatting around the Christmas tree.
[F] He's a [G] toy.
[A] You're a Christmas tree.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] It's so slow.
[Am]
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa.
[F]
[G]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [G]
[Bb]
[G] I'm Santa Claus.
I [Bb] love my warmth and I'm
[G]
[Bb]
[Am] sad.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa.
I'm [Am] Santa Claus.
He's a [C] Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa.
I'm [A] Santa Claus.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[D] It's so [G] slow.
[A] [C] It's so [G]
[Am] [C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[Am] [C]
[G]
[A] [C]
[G]
[A] [G] [C] [G]
[Am] [G]
[A] [C] [G]
[Am]
[C] slow.
[G] [Bb] I
[C] [G]
couldn't
[N]
stay for Christmas.
Key:
G
C
Bb
Am
F
G
C
Bb
You know, my interest [Gbm] in Christmas songs has been [N] around for a long time, and I actually
wrote a Christmas song that I wrote a long time ago and ended up [B] changing the lyrics
to it, but I like to sing it with its original _ [N] words.
It's of course an art [B] addition. _
It's kind of a sad story.
There was a kid who wakes up on Christmas Eve, and he hears his mother, and [Ab] he's a Santa
[B] Claus, and his mother comes, and she's sort of hard for him to deal with, and [N] he goes,
well, you don't know your own son.
_ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ Christmas [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Eve, [C] I made out with some [G] friends. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] Heard the crash [C] and I opened [G] my eyes.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I love my family.
_ [F] _ _ Santa [G] was here with me.
_ _ _ [Bb] All of a sudden I was wearing a [F] red jacket, and I spoke to [G] my kids, thank you.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] It's getting dark now, [G] and so slow.
_ _ _ _ My [Am]
father's house, it's [C] getting dark now, and so [G]
slow.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] Try so hard [C] not to get [G] upset. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] It's not your [C] fault for listening [G] to me.
I _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
remember John joining [F] John.
He was a [G] Santa Claus.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Scatting around the Christmas tree.
[F] _ He's a [G] toy.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] You're a Christmas tree.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] It's so slow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ I'm Santa Claus.
_ I [Bb] love my warmth and I'm _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ sad.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa. _ _ _ _
_ I'm [Am] Santa Claus.
He's a [C] Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa. _ _ _ _
_ I'm [A] Santa Claus.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[D] It's so [G] slow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] It's so _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] slow. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] I _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ couldn't _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ stay for Christmas. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
wrote a Christmas song that I wrote a long time ago and ended up [B] changing the lyrics
to it, but I like to sing it with its original _ [N] words.
It's of course an art [B] addition. _
It's kind of a sad story.
There was a kid who wakes up on Christmas Eve, and he hears his mother, and [Ab] he's a Santa
[B] Claus, and his mother comes, and she's sort of hard for him to deal with, and [N] he goes,
well, you don't know your own son.
_ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ Christmas [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Eve, [C] I made out with some [G] friends. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] Heard the crash [C] and I opened [G] my eyes.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] I love my family.
_ [F] _ _ Santa [G] was here with me.
_ _ _ [Bb] All of a sudden I was wearing a [F] red jacket, and I spoke to [G] my kids, thank you.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] It's getting dark now, [G] and so slow.
_ _ _ _ My [Am]
father's house, it's [C] getting dark now, and so [G]
slow.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] Try so hard [C] not to get [G] upset. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] It's not your [C] fault for listening [G] to me.
I _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
remember John joining [F] John.
He was a [G] Santa Claus.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Scatting around the Christmas tree.
[F] _ He's a [G] toy.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] You're a Christmas tree.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] It's so slow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ I'm Santa Claus.
_ I [Bb] love my warmth and I'm _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ sad.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa. _ _ _ _
_ I'm [Am] Santa Claus.
He's a [C] Santa Claus.
[G] Listen, Santa. _ _ _ _
_ I'm [A] Santa Claus.
[C] He's a Santa Claus.
[D] It's so [G] slow. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] It's so _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] slow. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] I _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ couldn't _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ stay for Christmas. _ _ _ _ _ _ _