Capital Lights - His Favorite Christmas Story
Chorus 1:
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)EHe (022100@1)met her up in Delaware in 1937
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EShe (022100@1)was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
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December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the
Ecourage (022100@1)to ask her to dance
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Verse 1:
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EIt (022100@1)was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight
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The carolers sang as they danced through the night
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EShe (022100@1)was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EHe (022100@1)never caught her name before they said their goodbyes
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EA (022100@1)couple years later he was out on the road
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EHaving (022100@1)Christmas dinner in a diner alone
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EWhen (022100@1)he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EHer (022100@1)favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) EShe (022100@1)said sir can you shed a little holiday cheer
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EA (022100@1)simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear
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He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my favorite
EChristmas (022100@1)story about a girl with no name
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)Chorus 2:
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)E (022100@1)He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EShe (022100@1)was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) ADecember (x02220@1)24th at a quarter till eleven is when I
E (022100@1) Afinally (x02220@1)gained the courage to ask her to dance
Verse 2:
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Every holiday season as he traveled he'd
E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)tell about his Christmas dance
D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)partner that he never knew well
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EHe'd (022100@1)share his favorite story with the locals he met
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He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man
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By age 53 he had done settled down
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All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around
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Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) AAll (x02220@1)he had now were these children he told
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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.
A (x02220@1) EIt (022100@1)was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name
Chorus 2
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)(3X) E (022100@1) E (022100@1)Verse 3:
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) ETwenty (022100@1)years later as he took his last breath
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EIt (022100@1)was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) EThe (022100@1)children were grown, he had nobody left
A (x02220@1) EExcept (022100@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
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A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke
A (x02220@1) EBecause (022100@1)his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told
Chorus 3:
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)She said I met him up in Delaware in 1937
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man
A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1)December 24th at a quarter till eleven
A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) AI'm (x02220@1)so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance.
