Chords for Loudon Wainwright - Christmas Morning (original version, rare)

_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [D] Well, the banks and the schools and the post [Em] office are closed.
You can park where you please and you won't [G] get towed.
And the streets are empty and the stores [A] are finally closed.
It's Christmas morning.
[D] He got a tie and she got [Em] a book.
They weren't supposed to peek, but they took a [G] little look.
Tell me, how long will it take for the dinner [A] to cook?
[F#m] It's Christmas morning.
[D] There are so many presents underneath [Em] the tree.
A few are for you and the rest are all [G] for me.
And you got to tip the super in the doorman, [A] can't you see?
It's [D] Christmas morning.
_ _ [F#] Christmas morning finally has [D] come.
It has meaning for each and every [F#] one.
Christmas morning, I cannot [G] believe.
Just last [A] night was Christmas Eve.
[D] In the Rockefeller Center, the big [Em] tree is shining bright.
Skaters skate beneath it in the winter [G] light.
Like a picture on a Christmas card, everything [F#m] looks right.
It's Christmas morning.
[D] And the homeless who have nothing will ask on [Em] Christmas Day
for us to give them something.
God, we wish they'd [G] go away, though there is no place for them to go.
They have no [F#m] place to stay on Christmas morning.
[D]
Lying in a hospital, dying [Em] in a bed with AIDS.
He deserved it.
I have [G] heard it said.
Deck the halls with boughs of something.
[A] Soon he will be dead.
It's [D] Christmas morning.
_ [F#] _ Christmas morning [D] finally has come.
It has meaning for each [F#] and every one.
Christmas morning, I'm afraid to say, [A] life goes on on Christmas Day.
[D] And the Prince of Peace was born [Em] on a Christmas Day
in the little town of Bethlehem, [G] not so far away
from where a multitude has gathered in a warlike way.
[F#m] It's Christmas morning.
[D] So we watch the build up.
Here we go [Em] again.
There is sand.
There are camels.
But where are the [G] wise men?
Are they in Baghdad?
Are they in Washington?
[F#m] Christmas morning.
[D] There are those who go to church.
They kneel [Em] down to pray for loved ones who have left to serve so [G] far away
and for a Middle Eastern baby born on [A] that very day.
It's [D] Christmas morning.
_ _ [F#]
Christmas morning finally has [D] come.
It has meaning for each and every [F#] one.
Christmas morning, [G] I'm afraid to think [A] this time we are going to the grave.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D]
A week from today, we begin a brand [Em] new year.
Let us all be hopeful, men and women of [G] good cheer,
and resolve to fight against stupidity [A] and fear.
[F#m] It's Christmas morning.
[D]
And as awful as the world can be, we are [Em] still alive.
And if we're very careful, we might well [G] survive.
There are cures and solutions, and there is [A] compromise.
It's Christmas [D] morning.
Christmas is for children, I have heard it [Em] said.
That's why King Herod hated the babe in the manger bed.
_ [G] They all came to worship and adore the child instead.
_ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] Well, the banks and the schools and the post office are [Em] closed.
You can park where you please, and you won't get [G] told.
And the streets are empty.
The [A] stores are finally [F#m] closed.
It's [D] Christmas morning.
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