{"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":760383,"song":"A Christmas Song","artist":"Jethro Tull","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11589007-a-christmas-song-chords-by-jethro-tull/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/760383?type=chord","rating":4.65472,"votes":38,"content":"Jethro Tull \r\nA Christmas Song\r\n\r\nCapo 2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOnce in royal davids city [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nstood a lonely cattle shed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere a mother held her baby.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYoud do well to remember the things he later    said.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen youre stuffing yourselves at the christmas parties,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYoull just laugh when I tell you to take a running jump.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYoure missing the point Im sure does not need making[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat christmas spirit is not what you drink.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo how can you laugh when your own mothers hungry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd how can you smile when the reasons for smiling are wrong?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd if I just messed up your thoughtless pleasures,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRemember, if you wish, this is just a christmas song.[/tab]","plain_text":"Jethro Tull \nA Christmas Song\n\nCapo 2","chords":["A","C","G","D","Am","Em"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}