Sparks – Thank God Its Not Christmas (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Unlike prior chords on this website, this one is in the right key, the chords are correct, and all the bits of
it are here--even the riffs and such. Just in time to learn for you to bring out your inner misanthrope in the
festive season. Enjoy.
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Play above riff thrice.
[Verse]
D What do I hear, what do I hear? Bm Chit-chat, and clinking glass Am Cheap talk, a lady's laugh A After hours D What do I see, what do I see? Bm Some sunken hideaway Am Where people go to play B After hours
[Bridge]
Em A5 There I'll spend the night D A5 Meeting fancy things Em At bistros and old haunts Em Trying very hard to sin
Play the following chord progression as octaves on the A/G strings, with the final A an octave higher than the
initial one:
A B C D E F G A
[Verse]
D Then it is day, and in a way Bm The pattern's much the same Am In spots, a matinee A Every day D Blend with the crowd, blend with the loud Bm Hypnotic ebb and flow Am Until the day goes slowly B Into night
[Bridge]
Em A5 See the same old crowd D A5 At bistros and old haunts Em 'Til the lights grow dim, Em The not-so-subtle hint to be gone
A B C D E F G A
[Chorus]
F Thank God it's not Christmas G When there is only you, and nothing else to do F Thank God it's not Christmas G Where there's just you to do A The rest is closed to public view
[Guitar Solo]
A
[Verse]
(play intro riff throughout rather than chords)
Carolling kids, carolling kids
A trifle premature
In tones so rich and pure and crystalline
Call for the day, the popular day
It's fast approaching now
But will the mood allow
One dissent
[Bridge]
Em A5 If this were Seine D A5 We'd be very suave Em But it's just the rain Em Washing down the boulevard
A B C D E F G A
[Chorus]
F So thank God it's not Christmas G When there is only you, and nothing else to do F Thank God it's not Christmas G When there's just you to do A The rest is closed to public view
[Guitar Solo]
A
[Piano Break]
D Bm Am A
[Verse]
D Popular days, popular ways Bm Are for the chosen few Am Not meant for me and you A Obviously D Popular nights, popular rites Bm Great things to say and do Am They aren't said or done by you A Obviously
[Bridge]
Em A5 If this were Seine D A5 We'd be very suave Em But it's just the rain Em Washing down the boulevard
[Outro]
A B C D E F G A D Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo...