Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:59:53 +0000 "Christmas" by Blues Traveler >From the album "A Very Special Christmas" Transcribed by Amanda Radford (Lyrics added by TeddyGoodBoy) C F G Am G Comes the time for Christmas, and I really have to ask Am F G C If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last C F G Am G I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come and carry me away Am F G C But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way C F G Am G Now excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me Am F G C Save me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless, and everybody sings C F G Am G Am If it's Chanukah or Kwanza, Solstice Harvest or December twenty fifth Am F G C Peace on Earth to everyone, and abundance to everyone your with CHORUS: C F G Am G Am F G Bb C C Bb Bb C C La Laaaa La La La La… Laaaaaa C F G Am G Comes the time for Christmas, and as you raise your Yuletide flask Am F G C There’s like this feeling that you carry, as if from every Christmas past C F G Am G It’s as if each year it grows, it’s like you feel it in your toes Am F G C And on and on your carol goes, harvesting love among your woes C F G Am G I want to buy into the benevolence, and I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me Am F G C Make me know what it’s about, as the longing in me, makes me want to sing C F G Am G Am Noel or Navidad, season celebration or just the end of the year Am F G C Christmas can mean anything, and I mean to keep its hope forever near REPEAT CHORUS Am Am G G Am Am C C As if a cold and frozen soul was warmed, to love, by love’s own hand Am Am G G F F G So goes the prayer, if for a day peace on Earth, and good will to men C F G C G At twenty below the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside Am F G C And the children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride C F G C G And how the next day they’ll get up and they will play, in the still falling Christmas snow Am F G C G And together we’ll celebrate forever, in defiance of the winds that blow C F G C My God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven, and the Spirit calls to me as well Am F G C As if Christmas, had made the winter warmer, made a paradise from what was Hell Am Am G G Am Am C C As if a cold and frozen soul is warmed, to love, by love’s own hand Am Am G G F F G So goes the prayer, if for a day peace on Earth, and good will to men Mixed Verses C F G C G Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask… Twenty below, the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside… Am F G C If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last The children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride C F G C G I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away… Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask… Am F G C But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last C F G C G It’s as if each year it grows, it’s like you feel it in your toes Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask… Now excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle… My God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven… Am F G C And on and on your carol grows, harvesting love among your woes If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last Save me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless… C F G Am G Am Oh Chanukah Oh Kwanza, Solstice Harvest or December twenty fifth… Comes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask… I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away… La Laaaa La La La La, La La La La La La La La, La La… Am F G C Peace on Earth to everyone, and abundance to everyone your with If this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last But I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way C F G Am G Am F G C Hark! The Herald Angels sing Glory to the newborn King Mix in other verses Mix in other verses C F G Am G Am F G C Peace on Earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled Mix in other verses Mix in other verses C F G Am G Am F G C Hark! The Herald Angels sing Glory to the newborn King Mix in other verses Mix in other verses C F G Am G Am F G C Peace on Earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled Mix in other verses Mix in other verses OUTRO C F G Am G I wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away Am F G C And I'll keep waiting through next May, until Christmas comes my way