Capital Lights - His Favorite Christmas Story
Chorus 1:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)DHe (xx0232@1)met her up in Delaware in 1937
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the
Dcourage (xx0232@1)to ask her to dance
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1) (4X)
Verse 1:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GIt (320003@1)was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)
The carolers sang as they danced through the night
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GShe (320003@1)was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GHe (320003@1)never caught her name before they said their goodbyes
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GA (320003@1)couple years later he was out on the road
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) DHaving (xx0232@1)Christmas dinner in a diner alone
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GWhen (320003@1)he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GHer (320003@1)favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DShe (xx0232@1)said sir can you share a little holiday cheer
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) DA (xx0232@1)simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)
He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my favorite
DChristmas (xx0232@1)story about a girl with no name
Chorus 2:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GDecember (320003@1)24th at a quarter till eleven is when I
D (xx0232@1) Gfinally (320003@1)gained the courage to ask her to dance
Verse 2:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)
Every holiday season as he traveled he'd
G (320003@1) Gtell (320003@1)about his Christmas dance
D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)partner that he never knew well
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GHe'd (320003@1)share his favorite story with the locals he met
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)
He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man
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By age 53 he had done settled down
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)
All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAll (320003@1)he had now were these children he told
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark
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He'd tell them all the story but they knew it by heart
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They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same.
G (320003@1) DIt (xx0232@1)was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name
Chorus 2:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DShe (xx0232@1)was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GDecember (320003@1)24th at a quarter till eleven is when I
D (xx0232@1) Gfinally (320003@1)gained the courage to ask her to dance
Verse 3:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GTwenty (320003@1)years later as he took his last breath
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) DIt (xx0232@1)was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)children were grown, he had nobody left
G (320003@1) DExcept (xx0232@1)the little old nurse who was holding his hand
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He said Ma'am can you share a little holiday cheer
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)
A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke
G (320003@1) DBecause (xx0232@1)his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told
Chorus 3:
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)She said I met him up in Delaware in 1937
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)December 24th at a quarter till eleven
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GI'm (320003@1)so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance.
