First Christmas - Stan Rogers - Between the Breaks...Live! 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D|---2---------2--------2----------2--------0----------0------------2----------2-----0-| A|------------------------------------------------------------0----------0-------------| D|-2------2----------2--------2----------5-------------------------------------------0-| D (xx0232@1) AThis (x02220@1)day a year ago he was rolling in the snow Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DWith (xx0232@1)a younger brother in his father's yard A (x02220@1) BmChristmas (x24432@1)break a time for touching home Em (022000@1) AThe (x02220@1)heart of all he'd known and leaving was so hard D (xx0232@1) AThree (x02220@1)thousand miles away now he's working Christmas Day Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DMaking (xx0232@1)double time for the minding of the store A (x02220@1) BmWell (x24432@1)he'd always said he'd make it on his own EmHe's (022000@1)spending Christmas Eve alone G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DFirst (xx0232@1)Christmas away from home D (xx0232@1) AShe's (x02220@1)standing by the train station, panhandling for change Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DFour (xx0232@1)more dollars buys a decent meal and a room A (x02220@1) BmLooks (x24432@1)like the Sally Ann place after all Em (022000@1) AIn (x02220@1)a crowded sleeping hall that echoes like a tomb D (xx0232@1) ABut (x02220@1)it's warm and clean and free and there are worse places to be Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)at least it means no beating from her Dad A (x02220@1) BmAnd (x24432@1)if she cries because it's Christmas Day EmShe (022000@1)hopes that it won't show G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DFirst (xx0232@1)Christmas away from home A (x02220@1) DIn (xx0232@1)the apartment stands a tree and it looks so small and bare G (320003@1) DNot (xx0232@1)like it was meant to be A (x02220@1) BmThe (x24432@1)Golden Angel on the top it's not that same old silver star EmYou (022000@1)wanted for your own G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DFirst (xx0232@1)Christmas away from home D (xx0232@1) AIn (x02220@1)the morning they get prayers then it's Crafts and tea downstairs Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DThen (xx0232@1)another meal back in his little room A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1) EmHoping (022000@1)maybe that the boys will think to phone before the day is gone AWell (x02220@1)it's best they do it soon D (xx0232@1) AWhen (x02220@1)the old girl passed away he fell more apart eyery day Bm (x24432@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DEach (xx0232@1)had always kept the other pretty well A (x02220@1) BmBut (x24432@1)the kids all said the nursing home was best EmCause (022000@1)he couldn't live alone G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DFirst (xx0232@1)Christmas away from home AIn (x02220@1)the Common Room they've got the biggest tree DAnd (xx0232@1)it's huge and cold and lifeless G (320003@1) DNot (xx0232@1)like it ought to be AAnd (x02220@1)the lit-up flashing Santa Claus on top Bm (x24432@1) EmIt's (022000@1)not that same old silver star you once made for your own G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DFirst (xx0232@1)Christmas away from home G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DFirst (xx0232@1)Christmas away from home | h hammer-on | p pull-off
