My First Christmas Chords by Carolyn Arends

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Well her daddy took a photograph [C] in _ [D] _
[G] 1923 _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] She was just a little baby laying by [F#] the Christmas [G] tree _ _ _ _ _
[D] And her mama knew [G] she was way too small
[Em] _ [D] To remember very much [G] at all
[Em] And [D] so she [C] made sure [G] to write
[Am] These words [G] on the back of that black and white
_ _ [D] This is my [G] first Christmas
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[Em] _ [D] First time to [C] hear the [G] choir sing
[Em] Glory, [D] Hallelujah [C] to the baby [G] king
[Em] And a holy night [C] is what [G] this is
[Am] Cause this [D] is my [C] first Christmas _
This [D] is my [G] first Christmas
[D] She _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ was raising her own babies [C] in the winter [Gm] of [G] 44 _ _ _ _ _
_ Trying to make that Christmas merry
While their daddy [D] fought the second [G] world war _ _ _
_ [Em] And she slipped [D] into the chapel [C] on [G] Christmas Eve
_ Something [D] holy happened [C] when the [G] preacher preached
[Em] She [D] went [G] forward and she prayed
[Am] She said [G] I never will forget _ today
_ _ _ [D] This is my [G] first Christmas _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ [D] First time [C] that I can [D] really sing
Glory, Hallelujah [C] to the [G] baby king
And a holy [C] night is what this is
[Am] Cause this [D] is my [C] first Christmas
_ This [D] is my [G] first [C] Christmas
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_ _ _ _ [E] It [D] was just [F] _ [G] November past
She _
_ _ [Em] _ [D] said goodbye [Gm] and breathed her _ _ last _
[E] And the great [D] _ [A]-grandchildren miss [G] her so
[Am] If [G] she [D] could she would let them _ know
_ This is my [G] first Christmas
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[Em] _ [D] First time to [C] hear the [G] angels sing
Glory, [D] Hallelujah [C] to the risen [G] king
[Em] And a holy night is what [G] this is
[Am] Cause this is my [G] first Christmas _
This [D] is my [G] first Christmas _
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