Capo on 3rd fret

Em C G
Em C G D
Em C G
Em C D G

EmWhen (022000@1)we were young
         D (xx0232@1)      EmOh, (022000@1)when we were young
         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)     EmWe (022000@1)put popcorn on a string and hung it on the sill
C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)        GCarolers (320003@1)would sing as the night grew still

EmAnd (022000@1)we were poor
        DEm
Back in 1984
              C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)       EmThere (022000@1)were candles on the fireplace and tinsel round the wreath
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)          GAnd (320003@1)a foot of snow on top of the streets

Em C G
Ooooooooooh
Em C G D
Ooooooooooh
Em C G
Ooooooooooh
Em C D G
Ooooooooooh

EmAnd (022000@1)when I'd grown
             D (xx0232@1) EmLike (022000@1)we all must do
         C (x32010@1)           GFound (320003@1)myself a sturdy soul
D (xx0232@1)          EmTo (022000@1)see me through
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)    DG 
That was the fall of '92

EmI (022000@1)was strong
          D (xx0232@1)       EmAnd (022000@1)from dusk till dawn
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            EmI (022000@1)worked two jobs just to keep the lights on
C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)    EmI (022000@1)saved up for months to buy a chain
        C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)       GAnd (320003@1)I gave it to one on Christmas Day

DOoooooooooh (xx0232@1)
Bm (x24432@1)        C (x32010@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)I found myself alone in the winter cold
         Em (022000@1)               C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)     GNow (320003@1)my life is filled with things I do not need
         Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)           GBut (320003@1)the only thing I want before I'm old
      Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)      GWon't (320003@1)fit under my christmas tree

Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)     Em (022000@1)              
Are we lost to our younger days
    C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)
No longer are we able to find that place
C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     EmStrangers (022000@1)to the kids we used to know
       C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)     GAnd (320003@1)I don't decorate my house no more

(Brandi sings this part is a capella,
 but you can play the intro)

Oooooooooh



G (320003@1)      Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)            GAnd (320003@1)the only thing I want before I leave
       Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)Won't fit under my Christmas tree
         Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)            GAnd (320003@1)the only thing I want before I leave
      Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)       GWon't (320003@1)fit under my Christmas tree
      Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)       GWon't (320003@1)fit under my Christmas tree