{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":602426,"song":"Christmas","artist":"Blues Traveler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572335-christmas-chords-by-blues-traveler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/602426?type=chord","rating":4.92364,"votes":34,"content":"From the album \"A Very Special Christmas\"\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nComes the time for Christmas, and I really have to ask[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come and carry me away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSave me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless, and everybody sings[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf it's Hanukah or Kwanza, Solstice Harvest or December twenty fifth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeace on Earth to everyone, and abundance to everyone your with[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLa Laaaa La La La La…             Laaaaaa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nComes the time for Christmas, and as you raise your Yuletide flask[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere’s like this feeling that you carry, as if from every Christmas past[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt’s as if each year it grows, it’s like you feel it in your toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd on and on your carol goes, harvesting love among your woes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI want to buy into the benevolence, and I was hoping for a miracle to hold me, wash me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMake me know what it’s about, as the longing in me, makes me want to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNoel or Navidad, season celebration or just the end of the year[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChristmas can mean anything, and I mean to keep its hope forever near[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLa Laaaa La La La La…             Laaaaaa[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs if a cold and frozen soul was warmed, to love, by love’s own hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo goes the prayer, if for a day, peace on Earth, and good will to man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt twenty below the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how the next day they’ll get up and they will play, in the still falling Christmas snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd together we’ll celebrate forever, in defiance of the winds that blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven, and the Spirit calls to me as well[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs if Christmas, had made the winter warmer, made a paradise from what was Hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs if a cold and frozen soul is warmed, to love, by love’s own hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo goes the prayer, if for a day, peace on Earth, and good will to man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Mixed Verses]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nComes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…[/tab]\r\nTwenty below, the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside…\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last[/tab]\r\nThe children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away…[/tab]\r\nComes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way[/tab]\r\nIf this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt’s as if each year it grows, it’s like you feel it in your toes[/tab]\r\nComes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…\r\nNow excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle…\r\nMy God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven…\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd on and on your carol grows, harvesting love among your woes[/tab]\r\nIf this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last\r\nSave me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless…\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh Hanukah, oh Kwanza, Solstice Harvest or December twenty fifth…[/tab]\r\nComes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…\r\nI wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away…\r\nLa Laaaa La La La La, La La La La La La La La, La La…\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeace on Earth to everyone, and abundance to everyone your with[/tab]\r\nIf this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last\r\nBut I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHark! The Herald Angels sing            Glory to the newborn King[/tab]\r\nMix in other verses                     Mix in other verses\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeace on Earth and mercy mild           God and sinners reconciled[/tab]\r\nMix in other verses                     Mix in other verses\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHark! The Herald Angels sing            Glory to the newborn King[/tab]\r\nMix in other verses                     Mix in other verses\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeace on Earth and mercy mild           God and sinners reconciled[/tab]\r\nMix in other verses                     Mix in other verses\r\n\r\n[Ending]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll keep waiting through next May, until Christmas comes my way[/tab]","plain_text":"From the album \"A Very Special Christmas\"\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n[Mixed Verses]\n\nTwenty below, the winter storm it billows, but the fire is so warm inside…\n\nThe children while nestled in their pillows, dream of St. Nicholas’ ride\n\nComes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…\n\nIf this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last\n\nComes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…\nNow excuse me if I’m not being reverent, but I was hoping for a miracle…\nMy God in Heaven, now I feel like I’m seven…\n\nIf this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last\nSave me from my righteous doubt, as I watch helpless…\n\nComes a time for Christmas, and I can not help but ask…\nI wish your one-horse open sleigh, would come carry me away…\nLa Laaaa La La La La, La La La La La La La La, La La…\n\nIf this is feeling merry, how much longer must it last\nBut I've been waiting here all day, and one just hasn’t come my way\n\nMix in other verses                     Mix in other verses\n\nMix in other verses                     Mix in other verses\n\nMix in other verses                     Mix in other verses\n\nMix in other verses                     Mix in other verses\n\n[Ending]","chords":["A","C","F","G","Am","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}