Band: Capital Lights Song: His Favorite Christmas Story Chorus: 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 A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the E (022100@1) courage to ask her to dance A, D, E (3X) D, E, A Verse 1: A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) The carolers sang as they danced through the night A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes D, E, A A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) A couple years later he was out on the road F#m (244222@1) EHaving (022100@1)Christmas dinner in a diner alone A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye F#m (244222@1) EHer (022100@1)favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) She said sir can you shed a little holiday cheer F#m (244222@1) EA (022100@1)simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) F#m (244222@1) He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my favorite AChristmas (x02220@1)story about a girl with no name Chorus: A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)EHe (022100@1)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) D (xx0232@1) December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the E (022100@1) Acourage (x02220@1)to ask her to dance D, E, A Verse 2: A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Every holiday season as he traveled F#m (244222@1) EHe (022100@1)tell about his Christmas dance partner that he never knew well A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) He share his favorite story with the locals he met F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man D, E, A A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) By age 53 he had done settled down F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) All he had now were these children he told D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1)He tell them all the story but they knew it by heart A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same. F#m (244222@1) AIt (x02220@1)was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name Chorus: A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)EHe (022100@1)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) D (xx0232@1) December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the E (022100@1) Acourage (x02220@1)to ask her to dance F#m, E, A (3X)E Verse 3: A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) Twenty years later as he took his last breath F#m (244222@1) EIt (022100@1)was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) The children were grown, he had nobody left F#m (244222@1) EExcept (022100@1)the little old nurse who was holding his hand D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) He said Ma'am can you share a little holiday cheer F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke F#m (244222@1) ABecause (x02220@1)his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told Outro: 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 D (xx0232@1) E (022100@1) AI'm (x02220@1)so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance.
