Loudon Wainwright III – Suddenly Its Christmas (Guitar)

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[tab]      F          Bb
Right after Hallowe'en

  F
Forget about Thanksgiving;

                         C
It's just a buffet in between

                   F             C7
There's lights and tinsel in the windows;

        F               Bb
They're stocking up the shelves;

        F
Santa's slaving at the North Pole

       C7                F
In his sweatshop full of elves

        F           C7
There's got to be a build-up

       F                   Bb
To the day that Christ was born:

    F
The halls are decked with pumpkins

                       C7
And the ears of Indian corn

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Dragging through the falling leaves

     F              Bb
In a one-horse open sleigh

F
Suddenly it's Christmas

      C7               F
Seven weeks before the day

Bb
Suddenly it's Christmas

     F
When they say "Season's Greetings"

                         C7
They mean just what they say:

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It's a season, it's a marathon

F             Bb
Retail eternity

         F
It's not over till it's over

        C7             F      G
And you throw away the tree

             G          D7
Outside it's positively balmy

       G          C
In the air nary a nip;

G
Suddenly it's Christmas

                 D7
Unbuttoned and unzipped

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Yes, they're working overtime

G              C
Santa's little runts;

G
Christmas comes but once a year

    D7              G
And goes on for two months

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Christmas carols in December

G             C
And November, too;

G
It's no wonder we're depressed

                        D7
When the whole thing is through

G            D7
Finally it's January;

G                     C
Let's sing "Auld Lang Syne";

         G
But here comes another heartache

       D7     G
Shaped like a Valentine

C
Suddenly it's Christmas

    G
The season is upon us;

                   D7
A pox, it won't go away

       G              D7
It's a season, it's a marathon

  G          C
Retail eternity

         G
It's not over till it's over

        D7             G
And you throw away the tree

             G
No, it's not over till it's over

        D7             G
And you throw away the tree;

               G
It's still not over till it's over

        D7             G
And you throw away the tree