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[Intro]
C
[Verse]
CYou say you're Amleaving - Fgoing back Chome
Where's your Amfamily? FWhere do you come Cfrom?
AmSomething's Fmissing from your Clife, Amfelt it Fall Calong
Retrace your Amsteps, Fbalance and Ccheck Gwhere it Fall went Cwrong
The spirit is Ambroken - the Fpath is overCrun
Can't move Amforward and Fnow nothing gets Cdone
AmI hope Fyou can Cfind some inner Ampeace Falong the Cway
WhatAmever it takes I Fpray you'll Cmake it Ghome on FChristmas CdayG  F  C  
In Dmcase you don't Gfind what you need Dmwhen you finally Garrive
And your Fheart is Csnowed in Fthere's no warmth or Glight
AmTake this candle Cwith you and Ambook of Fmatches as Cwell
As you're climbing the Amwalls no Fanswers at Call
GExcept the Fgift you give Cyourself
[Instrumental]
Am  F  C  Am  F  C
I Ftrust you'll Cfind some inner Fpeace through times that are Crough
AmWhat would it Ftake to Chear you Gsay the Fgift you give is Clove
The Ggift you Flive is CenoughG  F  C  

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Gift X Change

by Calexico

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

[Verse]

C Am F C

You say you're leaving - going back home

Am F C

Where's your family? Where do you come from?

Am F C Am F C

Something's missing from your life, felt it all along

Am F C G F C

Retrace your steps, balance and check where it all went wrong

Am F C

The spirit is broken - the path is overrun

Am F C

Can't move forward and now nothing gets done

Am F C Am F C

I hope you can find some inner peace along the way

Am F C G F C G F C

Whatever it takes I pray you'll make it home on Christmas day

Dm G Dm G

In case you don't find what you need when you finally arrive

F C F G

And your heart is snowed in there's no warmth or light

Am C Am F C

Take this candle with you and book of matches as well

Am F C

As you're climbing the walls no answers at all

G F C

Except the gift you give yourself

[Instrumental]

Am F C Am F C

F C F C

I trust you'll find some inner peace through times that are rough

Am F C G F C

What would it take to hear you say the gift you give is love

G F C G F C

The gift you live is enough

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