Capo 4

INTRO:  C x 4

C5
I'm looking forward to Christmas
           F5                               C5
It's sentimental I know, but I just really like it
C5
I'm hardly religious
                   F5                                        C5       
I'd rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu to be honest
               G5                                  F5
And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism
                                       C5
The commercialisation of an ancient religion

And the western-isation of a dead Palestinian
                                             G5
Press-ganged into selling PlayStations and beer
                            F5
But I still really like it.


C5
I, I really like Christmas
               F5                      C5
Though I'm not expecting a visit from Jesus
                   G5     
I'll be seeing my dad
     F5                       E5          A5
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
                F5                       C5
They'll be drinking white wine in the sun
                   G5
I'll be seeing my dad
    F5                       E5          A5
My sisters and brother, my gran and my mum
             F5                       C5
We'll be drinking white wine in the sun.



C5
I don't go for ancient wisdom
           F5                                                          C5
I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious it means that they're worthy
C5
I get freaked out by churches
             F5                                                       C5
Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy
               G5                                       
And yes I have all of the usual objections 
               F5                                         C5
To the mis-education of children forced into a cult institution

And taught to externalise blame

And to feel ashamed
                                        G5
And to judge things as plain right and wrong
                      F5
But I quite like the songs.


C5
I'm not expecting big presents
    F5                                                             C5
The old combination of socks, jocks and chocolate is just fine by me.
                          G5
'Cause I'll be seeing my dad
    F5                       E5          A5
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
              F5                         C5
They'll be drinking white wine in the sun
                   G5
I'll be seeing my dad
   F5                        E5          A5
My sisters and brother, my gran and my mum
              F5                        C5
They'll be drinking white wine in the sun.



    F5
And you my baby girl
    C5
My jetlagged infant daughter
           F5
You'll be handed round the room
        C5
Like a puppy at a primary school
    F5
And you're too young to know
               C5            
But you will learn yourself one day
          F5
That wherever you are and whatever you face
F5                                                       A5
These are the people who'll make you feel safe in this world
                   ?
My sweet blue-eyed girl


        F5
And if my baby girl
              C5
When you're twenty-one or thirty-one
     F5
And Christmas comes around
         C5
And you find yourself nine thousand miles from home
        F5                         G5
You'll know whatever comes
       G5                                E5                   A5
Your brother and sister, and me and your mum
              F5                          C5
Will be waiting for you in the sun
C5                              G5
Girl, when Christmas comes
G5                                                           
Your brothers and sisters, your aunts and your uncles
                                                 E5                     A5
Your grandparents, cousins, and me and your mum
                 F5                                  C5
Will be drinking white wine in the sun
           F5                                C5
We'll be waiting for you in the sun
F5
Baby, whenever you come
                                     C5
We'll be drinking white wine in the sun
 F5
Waiting.


C5
I, I really like Christmas
           F5              C5
It's sentimental I know...