Erasure - She Won't Be Home
Released on Crackers International ep.

Acoustic version

Standard Tuning

Intro: horn and xylophone/keyboard 

Ab 	  A
She looks around
B 			    A
There are snowflakes on the ground
F#  			  C#
Here comes another lonely Christmas

Ab	     A
Stars in the night
B			   A
There is one there shining bright
F#				C#	  Ab
Shine bright for me this lonely Christmas

B 		A
And I wanted to say to you
How much I want to be with you
I wanted to say to you
How much I need to be with you

Ab 		  A
And Christmastime comes once year
She knows this time he won't be near

A A

She phones her mom
Says this time, she cannot come
Don't worry, I'm with friends this Christmas

Dad gets upset
But in time he soon forgets
Here comes another lonely Christmas

And I wanted to say to you
How much I want to be with you
I wanted to say to you
How much I need to be with you

And Christmastime comes once year
She knows this time he won't be near

A A

Horn or guitar interlude:

E|-4-2-0-5--4-5-7-7-5-4-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----

Outro (2X)
And I wanted to say to you (she won't be home)
How much I want to be with you ('tis Christmas time at home)
I wanted to say to you (she won't be home)
How much I need to be with you ('tis Christmas time at home)