Intro:
C    Csus4

C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                  E7 (020130@1)                           FI'm (133211@1)lighting a candle, as I'm looking through my window

                     C (x32010@1)                                        G (320003@1)                        FTo (133211@1)the town square, the snow covered streets are lonely and bare,

            Cyeah (x32010@1)
C (x32010@1)                               E7 (020130@1)                                   FThe (133211@1)town Christmas tree, winks mockingly at me,

               Fm9 (131113@1)                       G (320003@1)                      Dm9 (xx0210@1)    GCause (320003@1)I should be spending Christmas with you.


F (133211@1)                   G (320003@1)                              Am9G   FI (133211@1)wrapped my last gift and put the cellotape  away,


Dm9 (xx0210@1)            G (320003@1)                      Am9 (x02413@1) Am7/G (302020@1) Am9 (x02413@1)  Am9 (x02413@1)Am9/G
Checked the answering machine


F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)               Am9G  FAnd (133211@1)in the distance, a choir      sings

   GAbout (320003@1)the joy that Christmas brings

C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                      FAnd (133211@1)it's making me feel blue,

              C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)                     FCause (133211@1)I should be spending Christmas with you,

         C (x32010@1)                                E7 (020130@1)                     Am9G      FBut (133211@1)it breaks my heart that that's the place I just    can't be,

G (320003@1)                                  F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)F (133211@1)F/E (xx2211@1)G (320003@1)CCause (x32010@1)I hate your family.

C (x32010@1)           GThe (320003@1)day I met you,

            E7 (020130@1)                       FI (133211@1)knew you could get me through.

                       C (x32010@1)                         G (320003@1)                           F (133211@1)         CWhen (x32010@1)we're alone, my world is complete, you're all that I need.

C (x32010@1)                               GBut (320003@1)when your family call,

        E7 (020130@1)                  Fthey (133211@1)shit me up the wall,

                 F (133211@1)                              G (320003@1)                        CSpending (x32010@1)time with them just makes my brain bleed.

              G (320003@1)                         FAnd (133211@1)it's making me feel blue,

               C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)                      FCause (133211@1)I should be spending Christmas with you,

           C (x32010@1)                       E7 (020130@1)              Am9G     FBut (133211@1)I'd rather string my nuts up to a Christmas tree,

GCause (320003@1)I hate your family.

Dm9 (xx0210@1)              GThe (320003@1)night I first met them,

       Am9G    FThe (133211@1)dog was drunk,

                Dm9 (xx0210@1)G (320003@1)                                 Am9 (x02413@1)Am7/G (302020@1)Am9 (x02413@1)Am9 (x02413@1)Am9/G
And your father threatened me with a knife.

F (133211@1)                 GYour (320003@1)sister showed me

        Am9 (x02413@1)     G (320003@1)FHer (133211@1)collection of eels,

        G (320003@1)                                                             C (x32010@1)  GAnd (320003@1)what she did then will stay with me for life.

              F (133211@1)                         FF/G FF/G FF/G GAnd (320003@1)it's making me spu,

               C (x32010@1)                             G (320003@1)                      FCause (133211@1)I should be spending Christmas with you,

            C (x32010@1)                  E7 (020130@1)                Am9G FBut (133211@1)I'd rather drink a tumbler full of walrus  wee,

GCause (320003@1)I hate your family.

C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)                                    FWith (133211@1)your brother doing dick tricks at the table,

C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                                                     FI (133211@1)can't believe your mum asked me to play spin the bottle.

               C (x32010@1)                E7 (020130@1)                       Am9G D7Yeah (xx0212@1)I'd rather be enclosed in a box of killer      bees,

              C (x32010@1)               E7 (020130@1)                     Am9G D7Yeah (xx0212@1)I'd rather be attacked by giant chimpazees,

               C (x32010@1)                  E7 (020130@1)                        Am9G F (133211@1)  Fm9Yeah (131113@1)I'd rather wear a suit designed by Jenny     Keye

        C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)FYour (133211@1)mum is dumb

        C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)       FAnd (133211@1)your dad is mad

G (320003@1)                               C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)F/G (303211@1)F (133211@1)F/G (303211@1)F (133211@1)F/G (303211@1)GAnd (320003@1)that's why I'm so sad


Spoken Part:
C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)   (repeat as many times as desired)

G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)