Julekveld I Skogen Chords by Rolf Just Nilsen

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It _ _ _ _ was Christmas [Ab] Eve [F] in the forest, far from [C] the noise _ [F]
of the streets,
_ [Bb] lay a red-painted little [F] house, or [G] poor Shlé and [C] Arim,
there in [F] the house that was covered by this white Christmas snow,
where [Bb]
the old mother lay, [F] and was wondering about her last [C] piece [F] of bread.
_ [C] Through the broken frosted windows, the [F]
Christmas stars looked in,
_ [G]
on the salty Christmas pears, on [C] the old, old skin,
and [Fm] by [C] the pit where [F] the fire met in the last piece of metal,
_ _ [Bb] the old _ father sat and [F] dreamed about [C] a Christmas _ [F] _ pig of the _ _ forefathers.
Was it Arim, was it, and the traces of the old Christmas table,
all [Bb] the Christmas food [F] in the house, was [G] a mosquito's bottle [C] of swore,
[F]
and in the roof the lamp glowed like a mosquito in the chimney,
where in [Bb] this burned, their [F] last drop, the Christmas [E] _ _ [F]
paraffin.
Everything [Em] that was heard [C] that Christmas Eve, _ _ [F] by Christmas sounds and songs,
[G]
were the old, sore Christmas wolves, and [C] Christmas sick and crying,
and [Fm] in the forest [C] [F] the peace was silent, only a stupid old man [C] sat [F] and swore,
in [Bb] a Christmas egg that [F] turned out [C] to be from [F] the fjord. _
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_ _ _ Then with a [C] stupid [Fm] mountain hose, the peace of Christmas was broken,
[A] _ _ [Bb] the stupidest of the [G] stupidest, but the pig [Fm] stood [C] still, _ _
_ _ _ [F] and _ _ _ _ on the [G] path to [Dm] the house, _ the happy Christmas trill was heard,
there [Gm] on the door it rang, [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ it is [C] someone who wants in,
[F] _
[C] but it was probably not Christmas, _ [Gm] like [A] one would [G] think.
_ _ _ There in the door full of Christmas fire [Gm] and Christmas [Ab] mood stood,
a [F] person with [E] fur, [F] a coat, _ _ glasses and cigar, _
and [Bb] a Christmas lump [Dm] in the throat, while [E] he [N] whispered,
_ _ [F] It _ _
_ _ [Bb] [A] was the oldest [Gm] son in the house, and [A] the family was poor,
[F] _ _ [G]
he [Bb] who no one had [Fm]
heard from, [G] was 24 _ [Am] years old,
but [F] now he stood there and sang a Christmas _ song,
while [Bb] he opened the Christmas [F] suitcase, with [Am]
Christmas gifts [F] in it,
it [C] was Christmas trees with Christmas lights, and [F] Christmas porridge with fat,
_ [Gb] and the [G]
old ones ate and enjoyed themselves, and [C] the _ Christmas cry was quiet,
_ [Bb] and [F] they talked about _ Christmas tears all the time, _ _
when [Bb] they both _ [F] got new sets with teeth [C]
in [F] the suitcase. _ _
_ But while Christmas night is falling, with magic [C] and [F] _ mystique,
[Bb] over Christmas joy, [F] Christmas mood and [G] Christmas [C] romance,
_ when [Fm] the Christmas [C] [F] song ended, for the old [C] Christmas night,
_ [Bb] it was just as we [F] expected, it [Gm] was [C] Christmas _ _
_ [F] anyway. _ _ _
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