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Barcarola You Must Be A Christmas Tree

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This song is in 3/4.
The first G of every stanza can be done as a little G - Gsus4 - G figure if you want some ornamentation.
[Intro]
 G-  Dm-  F- C  
 G-  Dm- F  
[Verse]
GOh, no one Dmelse is happily
FRecklessly Casking for Gmore than
What Dmthey may need
I can't Fsay what I need
[Verse 2]
GOh, temper what you Dmsay if you've
FNothing nice to Csay
So my Ggrandmother Dmsays to me
With her Fheart on her sleeve
[Verse 3]
GSo, sadly I Dmleft the door
FOpen and I Clet the dog Gout in the Dmsnow
Oh Fwhere did she go?
[Verse 4]
GOh, father friend, will you Dmpunish me, Fpunish me
With a Clook of contGempt, with a Dmlook of contempt
FI can recall
[Verse 5]
GOh, I know you did Dmright by me, Fright by me
CWagging your Ghands when you Dmfound me
With a Fbag of your things
[Verse 6]
GPlease, please don't be a Dmstranger here
A Fstranger who Ctakes from the Gworld
Who Dmtakes from the worldF  
[Verse 7]
GYou, you must be a DmChristmas tree, a FChristmas tree
You Clight up the Groom, oh, you Dmlight up the room
Oh you Flight up the room
[Verse 8]
GSo, suddenly you Dmkiss me
You Ftickled me in Cfront of your Gmother
Who Dmlooked away
With her Fhands on her face
[Instrumental break]
 G-  Dm-  F- C  
 G-  Dm- F  
[Coda]
(quietly, building over next four stanzas)
GDon't run away my friend
DmYou won't be back again
CYou said you needed me
But I Gknow that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me
GDon't run away my friend
DmYou won't be back again
CYou said you needed me
But I Gknow that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me
GDon't run away my friend
DmYou won't be back again
CYou ran your hands through my hair in the snow
Where the Gfrost of it blows with the terrible ghost
GDon't run away my friend
DmYou won't be back again
CYou said you needed me
      G (hold)
But I know...
[Instrumental break] 
G - G7 - Dm - F, repeat ad infinitum

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Barcarola You Must Be A Christmas Tree

by Sufjan Stevens

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This song is in 3/4.

The first G of every stanza can be done as a little G - Gsus4 - G figure if you want some ornamentation.

[Intro]

G Dm F C

- - -

G Dm F

- -

[Verse]

G Dm

Oh, no one else is happily

F C G

Recklessly asking for more than

What they may need

I can't say what I need

[Verse 2]

G Dm

Oh, temper what you say if you've

F C

Nothing nice to say

G Dm

So my grandmother says to me

With her heart on her sleeve

[Verse 3]

G Dm

So, sadly I left the door

F C G Dm

Open and I let the dog out in the snow

Oh where did she go?

[Verse 4]

G Dm F

Oh, father friend, will you punish me, punish me

C G Dm

With a look of contempt, with a look of contempt

I can recall

[Verse 5]

G Dm F

Oh, I know you did right by me, right by me

C G Dm

Wagging your hands when you found me

With a bag of your things

[Verse 6]

G Dm

Please, please don't be a stranger here

F C G

A stranger who takes from the world

Dm F

Who takes from the world

[Verse 7]

G Dm F

You, you must be a Christmas tree, a Christmas tree

C G Dm

You light up the room, oh, you light up the room

Oh you light up the room

[Verse 8]

G Dm

So, suddenly you kiss me

F C G

You tickled me in front of your mother

Who looked away

With her hands on her face

[Instrumental break]

G Dm F C

- - -

G Dm F

- -

[Coda]

(quietly, building over next four stanzas)

Don't run away my friend

You won't be back again

You said you needed me

But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me

Don't run away my friend

You won't be back again

You said you needed me

But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me

Don't run away my friend

You won't be back again

You ran your hands through my hair in the snow

Where the frost of it blows with the terrible ghost

Don't run away my friend

You won't be back again

You said you needed me

G (hold)

But I know...

[Instrumental break]

G - G7 - Dm - F, repeat ad infinitum

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