Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Spotlight On Christmas (Guitar)

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Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Spotlight On Christmas [Intro] F C G C F C G C F [Verse 1]
       C        G       C    F
People love the working man

             C    G           C    F
Who does the best that he can but

         C           G          C
Don't forget all the horses and toys

F           C       G                      F
Never could fix the poor little rich boys
[Verse 2]
       C        G        C
People say they love the maid who

F          C          G      C          F
Sweats and toils just like a slave but

         C           G            C
Don't forget all the diamonds and pearls

F           C       G                      F
Never could fix the poor little rich girls
[Chorus]
        C       G     C      F
You can measure it in blood

        C       G     C    F
You can measure it in mud

       C        G            C     F
Let us say, for these twelve days

        C     G    C
Put the measuring away
'Cause it's Christmas
      G                    C
And a spotlight shining on Christmas

      G                    F
And a spotlight shining on us
[Interlude] F C G C F C G F [Verse 3]
       C        G      C
People love and people hate

F      C      G      C         F
People go and people wait but

         C          G        C
Don't forget Jesus, Mary and Joseph

F           C       G                           F
Once were a family, poor but rich in hope, yeah
[Verse 4]
         C          G        C
Don't forget Jesus, Mary and Joseph

F                C        G            C       F
Running from the law King Herod hath imposeth

         C         G         C
And they were each one quite odd

  F         C      G     C       F
A mensch, a virgin and a god but
[Verse 5]
         C             G          C
Don't forget that what kept them afloat

F                    C      G                   F
Floating through the desert doesn't take a boat

         C             G          C
Don't forget that what kept them above

F     C   G      C        F
Is unconditional love and
[Chorus]
        C       G     C      F
You can measure it in blood

        C       G     C    F
You can measure it in mud

       C        G            C     F
Let us say, for these twelve days

        C     G    C
Put the measuring away
'Cause it's Christmas
      G                    C
And a spotlight shining on Christmas

      G                    C
And a spotlight shining on us

      G                    C
And a spotlight shining on Christmas

      G                    F
And a spotlight shining on
[Verse 6]
       C        G       C    F
People love the working man

             C    G           C    F
Who does the best that he can but

         C           G          C
Don't forget all the horses and toys

F           C       G                  F
Never could fix the poor little rich boys