Eagles – Please Come Home For Christmas (Guitar)

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(Charles Brown - Gene Redd) Arrangement from Eagles' 1978 single
[Intro] (Single notes played on piano)
   A    E    F#   C#
e|-17--------14--------|
B|------17--------14---|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
[Verse 1]
              A       Amaj7            A7
Bells will be ringing      the sad, sad news

           D                     B7/D#
Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues

          A    D           A    A/G#  F#m
My baby's gone   I have no friends

           B7              E     E+
To wish me greetings once again
[Verse 2]
               A       Amaj7         A7
Choirs will be singing       "Silent Night"

          D               B7/D#
Christmas carols by candlelight

                     A         D                      A      A/G#  F#m
Please come home for Christmas,  please come home for Christmas

           B7        E7               A     A7
If not for Christmas,   by New Year's night
[Bridge]
              D                Dm
Friends and relations send salutations

A           E+           A    A7
Sure as the stars shine above

            D                         Dm
But this is Christmas, yes, Christmas my dear

            B7                          E     E+
The time of year to be with the one you love
[Verse 3]
             A       Amaj7                 A7
So won't you tell me      you'll never more roam

              D                        B7/D#
Christmas and New Year's will find you home

                    A      C#7             F#m  F#m/E  D
There'll be no more sorrow,   no grief and pain

    D#dim   A/E  F#m   B7  E7     A
And I'll be happy,   happy  once again

[Solo/Verse 4]
              A              Amaj7         A7               D                            B7/D#
e|------------12b-12-------------12-----------------------------------------12b-12------------|
B|------10-10--------12br-10-12b----12br-10--12b------10-12-12br-10-12br-10--------12br-10----|
G|-9/11--------------------------------------------11-----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                         A      C#7             F#m  F#m/E  D
Ooh, there'll be no more sorrow,   no grief and pain

    D#dim   A/E  F#m   B7       E7     A
And I'll be happy   at Christmas once again
[Outro] D D D A
(Single notes played on piano)
   A    E    F#   C#
e|-17--------14--------|
B|------17--------14---|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|