Chords for Kelwyn Hutcheon - Oh how I wish I were a child again

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[D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[E] Oh, how I wish I were a child again.
[F#] _ Red poinsettias [D#m] keep reminding [F#] me.
[G#] Christmas time [C#m] is just around the bend.
[F] _ Soon the feeling [F#] will be heavenly. _
[B] The kids anticipate [D#] vacation time.
Oh, Christmas chores [G#m] must wait a while.
[E] If they don't send [D#m] their letters, [G#m] bells won't [C#m] chime.
[E] Oh, how I wish [B] I were a child. _
_ _ _ _ [G] It's still some days away.
_ [B] When will it ever come?
_ _ _ _ [C#m] New curtains up [E] and down today.
[B] _ _ Linoleum _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ cobweb [Em] complete, not [G] played.
[B] Mom notices. _
Oh, gosh.
_ _ [A#] _ Insists that I must stay to [D#] help whitewash. _
[F#] Oh, how I wish I [E] were a child again.
[C#m] _ [F#] Red poinsettias [D#m] keep reminding me.
_ [D#] Christmas time [C#m] is just around the bend.
[F] _ Soon the [F#] feeling will be heavenly. _
[B] The kids anticipate [A#] vacation time.
[D#] Oh, [G] Christmas chores [G#m] must wait a while.
[E] If [F#] they don't send [D#m] their letters, [G#m] bells won't [C#m] chime.
[E] Oh, how I wish [B] I were a child. _
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[G] _ _ [D#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F] If [Em] they don't send [B] their letters, [Bm] bells won't [C#m] chime.
[F#] Oh, how I wish [E] I were a child. _
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Beneath the pitch oil tin, [B] the fire's burning bright.
_ _ [F#] The tree, [C#m] the [F#] creche, the [E] bay within [B] _ Christmas Eve night.
_ _ [G] They send me [Em] off to sleep, [G] _ [B] certain I'm out of sight.
_ _ _ [A#] I stay awake and peep till [D#] morning light.
[F#] Oh, how I wish I [E] were a child again.
[C#m] _ [F#] Red poinsettias [D#m] keep reminding me.
[D#] Christmas time is [C#m] just around the bend.
[F] _ Soon the feeling [F#] will be heavenly. _
[B] The kids anticipate [A#] vacation time.
[G] Oh, Christmas [G#m] chores must wait a while.
[E] If [F#m] they don't send [D#m] their letters, [G#m] bells won't [C#m] chime.
[E] Oh, how I wish [B] I were a child. _
[E] If [F#m] they don't send [D#m] their letters, [G#m] bells won't [C#m] chime.
Oh, how I wish [B] I were a child. _
[E] If [F#m] they don't send [F#] their letters, bells [D]
won't chime.
[E] _ Oh, how I wish _ [F#] I were [E] a _ [B] _ _
child. _ _ _ _ _ _
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