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Only At Christmas Time

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Aminor

90BPM

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1/80

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 80Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Verse]
e|---Am----------------Gsus4----------------F6----------------Gsus4------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---|
D|-----3-3---3-3---3---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-----5-----5---3-----3-----3---1-----1-----1---3-----3-----3-----|
AmOnly to Gsus4bring you F6peace
Only at Gsus4Christmas Amtime
AmOnly the Gsus4King of F6Kings
Only what Gsus4once was Ammine
AmIt takes the Gsus4end of F6time
It takes a Gsus4long, long Amtime
AmOnly one Gsus4thought of F6mine
Only at Gsus4Christmas C5time
[Chorus]
e|---C5----------------C5/B----------------C5/A----------------G----------------Fsus2----------------G------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|
D|-----5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---|
A|---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------3-----3-----3---1-----1-----1---3-----3-----3-----|
C5He brings us C5/Bpeace
He brings us C5/Ajoy
He brings all Gthoughts to Fsus2destroy
(Only at GChristmas C5time)
C5To brings us C5/Bpeace
To brings us C5/Ajoy
To brings all Gthoughts to Fsus2destroy
(Only at GChristmas Amtime)
[Interlude]
Am  Gsus4  F6  Gsus4
Am  Gsus4  F6  Gsus4
[Verse]
AmOnly at Gsus4Christmas F6time
Only a Gsus4tree to Amclimb
AmOnly at Gsus4Christmas F6time
If you can Gsus4read the Amsign
AmOnly at Gsus4Christmas F6time
Everything Gsus4lost will Amfind
AmOnly at Gsus4Christmas F6time
Only at Gsus4Christmas Ctime

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Only At Christmas Time

by Sufjan Stevens

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gsus4

C5/B

C5/A

Fsus2

[Verse]

Am Gsus4 F6 Gsus4

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---|

D|-----3-3---3-3---3---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---5-----5-----5---3-----3-----3---1-----1-----1---3-----3-----3-----|

Am Gsus4 F6

Only to bring you peace

Gsus4 Am

Only at Christmas time

Am Gsus4 F6

Only the King of Kings

Gsus4 Am

Only what once was mine

Am Gsus4 F6

It takes the end of time

Gsus4 Am

It takes a long, long time

Am Gsus4 F6

Only one thought of mine

Gsus4 C5

Only at Christmas time

[Chorus]

C5 C5/B C5/A G Fsus2 G

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0---|

D|-----5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5---|

A|---3-----3-----3---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0-----------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------3-----3-----3---1-----1-----1---3-----3-----3-----|

C5 C5/B

He brings us peace

C5/A

He brings us joy

G Fsus2

He brings all thoughts to destroy

G C5

(Only at Christmas time)

C5 C5/B

To brings us peace

C5/A

To brings us joy

G Fsus2

To brings all thoughts to destroy

G Am

(Only at Christmas time)

[Interlude]

Am Gsus4 F6 Gsus4

[Verse]

Am Gsus4 F6

Only at Christmas time

Gsus4 Am

Only a tree to climb

Am Gsus4 F6

Only at Christmas time

Gsus4 Am

If you can read the sign

Am Gsus4 F6

Only at Christmas time

Gsus4 Am

Everything lost will find

Am Gsus4 F6

Only at Christmas time

Gsus4 C

Only at Christmas time

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