Chords for GREG LAKE: "I Believe in Father Christmas", Moody Blues Cruise, 3/24/13

I would play it for him, and so I will.
It was interesting to just see how this song came about, because I'd written this little guitar lick.
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_ _ And I really [N] liked it, actually, I _ _ didn't think about to _ use it for, and I had it for quite some time.
And one day [Ab] I was walking around and [N] the tune, like jingle bells, occurred to me.
And I know it sounds ridiculous, but if you listen, [D] _
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[N] _ Anyway, _ _ then I thought, well, maybe it could be a song about Christmas.
[Ab] And I started to think more and more about Christmas and of the implications of it.
When I was [G] a very young boy, I [Ab] mean, Christmas was about peace, honour, good will to all [B] men.
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And I thought more and more that it became more about shopping and marketing and hype and stress. _
And I kind of lamented this old Christmas, you know, the Christmas where these neighbours were out and about, they'd patch it up.
I mean, you must have all heard them say, come on, it's Christmas. _
It was a time that greed and the meanest soul, you know, they would drop very harshly, you know,
and they would just for that one little time, they would become _ _ generous and foolish.
_ And so I decided, you know, that maybe a song about that would be good.
_ And then I thought, well, you know, if we really, how do [E] you tell that story?
And I think there's no better way than from a child's perspective, [N] which was mine.
_ And so we thought of the title, I believe, in light of Christmas.
So the gentleman who asked the question, here it is.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] They [D] said there'll [E] be snow at Christmas.
[D] They said there'll be peace on earth.
_ But instead it just kept on raining.
[G] A [D] pale tears for the virgin bird.
[G] _ I remember [D] one Christmas [G] morning, winter's light [D] and a distant fire.
The peal of an elk, [G] that Christmas [D] tree smell, the lights were tinsel and fire. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ [D] They told me a dream of Christmas.
_ They told me a silent night.
_ They told me a fairy story.
They said I [E] believe in the [D] Israelite. _
[G] I [D] believe in Father [E] Christmas.
[G] I look to the sky [D] for these signs he dies.
And I hope to be known [G] in the first [D] light of dawn.
I saw him in his disguise. _ _ _
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_ _ _ I wish you a hopeful Christmas.
_ I wish you a great new year.
All the anguish, pain and sadness.
[G] Leave [D] your heart and [E] let your love be [D] clear.
_ [G] They said there'll be [D] snow at Christmas.
[G] _ They said there'll [D] be peace on earth.
Hallelujah, Noel.
[G] To heaven [D] or hell.
A Christmas we can't be deserved. _
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