Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 50: Christmas Carol

_ _ _ _ Hi everyone.
Welcome back to Songs from Home.
_ We are back in the living room next to the table top tree, it being the holiday season.
_ And Angus is right outside of the frame of the camera.
He's exhausted.
We had a long walk just a little while ago and he's just _ _ kaput.
So I don't think he'll make an appearance.
And White Kitty, she is exhausted from the holidays as well.
And so she's sleeping upstairs. _ _
This _ is a song from my holiday album, Come Darkness, Come Light.
And I wrote it a few years back when_
Hold on a second. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ There she is.
_ This might be her only chance to say happy holidays to White Kitty.
So there you go. _
I'm going to put her down.
She's going to go _ take another nap. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ That's what goes on in my house. _ _
So I wrote this song a few years ago when I noticed that there were Christmas decorations going up in the streets _ before Halloween.
So I was a little _ taken aback by that.
And that's what kicked off this song.
But it has a lot of memories of my own growing up and _ _ the _ _ holidays mean [A] to me. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ The week [C#m] before Thanksgiving Day, [D] this town puts up [A] its old display.
_ [D] _ Streetlights [A] hung with candy [C#m] canes and [E] bows.
_ _ _ [A] _ The earlier [C#m] it gets each year, the [D] scarcer is [A] my Christmas cheer.
_ [D] I guess I [A] just like taking these [C#m] things slow. _
[E] _ _ [A] I really don't [C#m]
remember much [D] of Christmas's [A] _
growing up.
[D] Except the [A] year the Beatles came to [E] play.
[C#m] _ _ [E] _
[F#m] On my record player [C#m] that came from [D] Sears, that White [A] album filled my ears.
[D] _ _ _ [E] 1968 _ [A] on Christmas Day. _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ I [A] haven't [D] been to church since [A] God knows when. _ _ _
[F#m] I'm not [A] someone [Bm] who _ [E] usually _ [C#m] tells.
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Truth be told, [E] there's just two [D] wishes on my [A] list every Christmas.
[D] Peace on earth [E] and a [A] snowstorm now.
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_ _ _ _ [A] Now I hope [C#m] peace comes in our [D] time.
It's hard [A] enough to keep from crying.
_ _ [D] But every bit [A] of news just breaks [C#m] your heart.
_ _ _ _ [A] The same old [E] stories, the same old [A] [D] songs.
We dust them [A] off when Christmas comes.
[D] For one day [A] we just try to [C#m] do our part.
_ _ [E] _ And [A] around here [C#m] winter seems to [E] come [D] with rain and [A] mud and bits of sun.
[D] _ It's not [A] exactly _ career [C#m] and I.
_ [E] _ _ [A] And I don't mind cold [E] if it brings [C#m] snow.
[D] _ Alberta [A] clippers can come and go.
[D] But a [A] dusting would [E] make _ [A] everything alright. _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] Perhaps a Christmas [D] Eve from [A] long ago. _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ Delivered [A] Christmas [Bm] Day with a knee [E] high of snow.
_ _ _ [A] _ It's something [C#m] lost but not forgotten.
[A] [D] Like candy [A] hidden in a stocking.
It makes me every [E] year wish [F#m] it were so.
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Because Christmas is for [C#m] children's joy.
[D] For every [A] single matter of more.
_ [D] That's [A] the truth we've come to [C#m] understand.
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[F#m] But memories [E] that don't let go.
[A] [D] Like Beatles songs [A] and falling snow.
[D] Can make [F#m] us [E] feel [A] innocent _ again.
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_ [F#m] Maybe next [D] year we won't [A] go insane.
_ _ _ _ [C#m]
When they [F#m] rush to [Bm] hang the _ boys.
[A] _ [E] Because [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ peace can [C#m] shine in me and you.
[D] From _ Bethlehem [A] to Timbuktu.
_ _ Even [E] if the forecast [C#m]
[F#m] is for rain.
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Because peace will [C#m] shine in me and you.
[D] From _ [A] Bethlehem to Timbuktu.
_ _ Even [E] if the _ [C#m] forecast [A] is for rain.
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[D] That's _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [N] _ _ _ _ it from us everyone.
Thank you so much for tuning in.
White Kitty says Happy Holidays.
Angus and I do too.
We will see you the next time.
But until then you know _ exactly what to do.
_ Stay well.
Stay strong.
_ Wear your mask everywhere.
_ Carry on.
And always, always _ stay mighty.
We'll see you the next time. _ _ _ _ _
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