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Jim Henry - The Tree
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
The first one I remember 
Was aCbout three times my Gsize
DWe all stood there watching
As GDad brought it inside
It Ctook almost an hour
To Gstand it Dup just Gright
When he was Cdone he Gheld my DMama Gtight
[Verse 2]
We made cookies and hot chocolate
Sewed Cpopcorn on a Gstring
Cranked Dup the record player
So Mom could Gsing along with Bing
We hung Ccandy canes and ornaments
And Gtinsel DliberalGly
Turned off the Clight, plugged Gin the DChristmas Gtree
[Chorus]
We can't Cstart until it gets here
And we won't Gstop until it goes
It arCrives on top of Dad's old Ford
But only Gstays a week or Dso
It's the Gone family tradition
On Cwhich we all agree
It's Gjust not CChristmas G'til we've Dgot the Gtree
[Verse 3]
We wrote down what we wanted
All the Cbikes and guns and Ggames
Mom Dset the list on fire
Sent 'em up the Gchimney in flames
CTucked us all in tight
Said, in the Gmorning Dwe will Gsee
What Santa Cleaves unGder the DChristmas Gtree
[Chorus]
We can't Cstart until it gets here
And we won't Gstop until it goes
It arCrives on top of Dad's old Ford
But only Gstays a week or Dso
It's the Gone family tradition
On Cwhich we all agree
It's Gjust not CChristmas G'til we've Dgot the Gtree
[Verse 4]
The tree looked different in the morning
All its Cpromise was fulGfilled
SurDrounded by our presents
From Gfloor to window sill
And after Call the noise and Polaroids
And Gshouts of Djoyful Gglee
I fell aCsleep unGder the DChristmas Gtree
[Chorus]
We can't Cstart until it gets here
And we won't Gstop until it goes
It arCrives on top of Dad's old Ford
But only Gstays a week or Dso
It's the Gone family tradition
On Cwhich we all agree
It's Gjust not CChristmas G'til we've Dgot the Gtree

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The Tree

by Jim Henry

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Jim Henry - The Tree

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

The first one I remember

C G

Was about three times my size

We all stood there watching

As Dad brought it inside

It took almost an hour

G D G

To stand it up just right

C G D G

When he was done he held my Mama tight

[Verse 2]

We made cookies and hot chocolate

C G

Sewed popcorn on a string

Cranked up the record player

So Mom could sing along with Bing

We hung candy canes and ornaments

G D G

And tinsel liberally

C G D G

Turned off the light, plugged in the Christmas tree

[Chorus]

We can't start until it gets here

And we won't stop until it goes

It arrives on top of Dad's old Ford

G D

But only stays a week or so

It's the one family tradition

On which we all agree

G C G D G

It's just not Christmas 'til we've got the tree

[Verse 3]

We wrote down what we wanted

C G

All the bikes and guns and games

Mom set the list on fire

Sent 'em up the chimney in flames

Tucked us all in tight

G D G

Said, in the morning we will see

C G D G

What Santa leaves under the Christmas tree

[Chorus]

We can't start until it gets here

And we won't stop until it goes

It arrives on top of Dad's old Ford

G D

But only stays a week or so

It's the one family tradition

On which we all agree

G C G D G

It's just not Christmas 'til we've got the tree

[Verse 4]

The tree looked different in the morning

C G

All its promise was fulfilled

Surrounded by our presents

From floor to window sill

And after all the noise and Polaroids

G D G

And shouts of joyful glee

C G D G

I fell asleep under the Christmas tree

[Chorus]

We can't start until it gets here

And we won't stop until it goes

It arrives on top of Dad's old Ford

G D

But only stays a week or so

It's the one family tradition

On which we all agree

G C G D G

It's just not Christmas 'til we've got the tree

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