Rilo Kiley – Xmas Cake (Guitar)

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3/4 time [INTRO] 1 2 3 / 1 2 3 1 2 3 / 1 2 3 Bm F# Bm F# [VERSE 1]
Bm                                 F#
When I take off my make-up, I look old and defeated 

Bm               F#
I'm not so dangerous 

G                     Bm
Cry into my Christmas cake 

Bm                 F#
Staring holes into me all night 

Bm                    F#
You should just give up 

G                                 Bm             A                            
Because our love's become selling secrets to the Russians they

E7    G
don't need / The cold

Bm     A           E7                         
war is on between you and                 

G
me 
[SOLO] Bm / F# Bm / F# G / Bm / A E7 / G [VERSE 2]
Bm                 F#
25 years old and a bachelor's degree / Your

Bm                           F#
parents helped out with graduation fees / The

G                  Bm
loans were never e-nough / The

G                             Bm              A                       
credit cards are calling your bluff Hold your hand, cut them 

E7         G
up, move a-way / Or you'll be 

Bm          A             E7                
paying them off ’til your kids grow 

G                                               
up and do the 

Bm / F#
same
Bm / F# [VERSE 2]
Bm                      F#
There's no more running water 

Bm                       F#
Wrapping presents in the dark

G              Bm 
Move into your car 

G                Bm
Change where you park 

G                Bm         A                         
Too bad that job caroling department stores 

E7   G
fell through / But the 

Bm          A        E7          
new year is right in front of 

G   G    
you Cry into your Christmas
[CHORUS]
Bm              A            G            
cake Don't know what else to do.

Bm              A            G
     Don't know what else to do.           

                       G
(Fa la la, Fa la la la LA)     
[VERSE 3]
Bm               F#
I fear I'm going deaf 

Bm                  F#
I've got some sense left 

G                            Bm
Give up some more to be with you 

G                             Bm              A
'cause what good is seeing if love's not look-ing back at

E7           G
you?                                                          

    G                       Bm              A
and what good is feeling if my hands aren't touching 

E7      G
you?     
[BRIDGE]
    Bm      A          G
and another angel came down / He was

Bm      A      G
wearing only a cloud / He said

Bm          A               E7
"Sew up the bad that you've done

Bm        A             G
Tomorrow, Christmas day comes!" (Christmas      

G         G
Daaaaaay) Cry into your Christmas 
[CHORUS]
Bm              A            G
cake Don't know what else to do    

G                       Bm               A
Cry into your Christmas cake don’t know  what else to  

G      Bm          A
do The new year is right in

C7       G
Front of you