Loudon Wainwright III – Christmas Morning (Guitar)

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Well the banks & the schools & the post office are closed

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You can park where you please and you won't get towed

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The streets are empty & the stores are finally closed

G
It's Christmas morning

C
He got a tie & she got a book

Dm
They weren't supposed to peek but they took a little look

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Tell me how long will it take for the dinner to cook

G
It's Christmas morning

C
There are so many presents underneath the tree

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A few are for you but the rest are all for me

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And we gotta tip the super and the doormen

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Can't you see, it's Christmas morning

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Christmas morning finally has come

C
It has meaning for each & everyone

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Christmas morning I cannot believe

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Just last night was Christmas Eve

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In the Rockefeller Center the big tree is shining bright

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Skaters skate beneath it in the winter light

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Like a picture on a Christmas card everything looks right

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On Christmas morning

C
And the homeless who have nothing will ask on Christmas day

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for us to give them something God we wish they'd go away

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Though there is no place for them to go

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They have no place to stay on Christmas morning

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Lying in a hospital dying in a bed with AIDS

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"He deserved it", I have heard it said

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Deck the halls with boughs of something

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Soon he will be dead on Christmas morning

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Christmas morning finally has come

C
It has meaning for each & everyone

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Christmas morning I'm afraid to say

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Life goes on, on Christmas morning

C
And the Prince of peace was born on a Christmas Day

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In the little town of Bethlehem not so far away

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From where a multitude has gathered in a warlike way

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On Christmas morning

C
So we watch the buildup here we go again

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There is sand, there are camels but where are the wise men

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Are they in Baghdad, are they in Washington

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It's Christmas morning

C
There are those who go to church, they kneel down to pray

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For loved ones who have left to serve so far away

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And for a Middle Eastern baby born on that very day

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It's Christmas morning

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Christmas morning finally has come

C
It has meaning for each & everyone

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Christmas morning I'm afraid to think

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This time we are headed to the brink

C
A week from today we begin a brand new year

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Let us all be hopeful, men & women of good cheer

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And resolve to fight against stupidity and fear

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It's Christmas morning

C
And as awful as the world can be we are still alive

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And if we're very careful we might well survive

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There are cures & solutions & there is compromise

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Christmas morning

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Christmas is for children I have heard it said

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That's why King Herod hated the babe in the manger bed

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They all came to worship & adore the child instead

C
Well the banks & the schools & the post office are closed

        Dm
You can park where you please and you won't get towed

F                                              G
The streets are empty & the stores are finally closed

G
It's Christmas morning