Paul Kelly – The Gift That Keeps On Giving (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
C                             C Em7 Am
[tab]Am
Is coming to my house

C                             C Em7 Am
Like a wild deer at my doorway

Am
He was suddenly so close

F                    Am
My beams are made of cedar wood

F                  C
My rafters made of fir

Dm                F
My garden holds a fountain

F             C
Honeycomb and myrrh
[Verse 2]
C                         C Em7 Am
I went along the broadways

Am
Searching for my love

C                          C Em7 Am
I asked among the watchmen

Am
Have you seen my love?

F              Am
Promise not to wake him, sisters

F                  C
Let him sleep this time

Dm                  F
He comforts me with apples

F               C
Succors me with wine
[Chorus]
G       F
Holy    night

F
Blessed daylight

G          F           C
You are my true delight
[Verse 3]
C                        C Em7 Am
I saw to my soul, lovers

Am
I saw to me and my bed

C                             C Em7 Am
His right hand doth embrace me

Am
His left under my head

F                    Am
He brought me to the banquet house

F             C
When I looked above

Dm             F      
Then I saw his banner

F           C
Over me was love
[Chorus]
G       F
Holy    night

F
Blessed daylight

G          F           C
You are my true delight
[Outro]
C
The gift that keeps on giving

Am
I found the gift that keeps on giving

C
The gift that keeps on giving

Am                                   C
You're the gift that keeps on giving