Christmas Day

Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D Am D G Am

[Verse 1]
D            Am            D    
Where in the world did you come 
        Am
from my dear?
         D          Am             
Did some mysterious voice tell you 
G            Am
I'd still be here?
  D                     Am        
I bought this ticket to Mobile, 
         D            Am
but I been stranded all day.
D             Am             G  
p.a. said the bus broke down ten
                     Am       D  
 miles away from the station
Am D


[Chorus]
Am          D      C           
So seldom a door...so seldom a 
D
key...
Am          D             C
so seldom a lock like the love 
between you and me.
    Am           D         C     
But seldom comes happiness 
      D
without the pain
       Am           D             
of the devil in the details since I 
C
saw the smile on your
Am            C           G     
face as I was crying in a 
    F       G  Am         C
Greyhound station on Christmas 
       G  F G
Day...in 1998
Am            C           G     
face as I was crying in a 
    F       G  Am         C      
Greyhound station on Christmas 
  G      F
Day. Hey yay hey yeah

[Verse 2]
    D         Am          D      
The burden of love is the fuel of
     Am
 bad grammar
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    D           Am            
You stutter and stammer--what a 
  G        Am
bitch to convey
    D           Am               
the crux of the matter, when the 
D              Am
words you must utter
    D          Am           
are hopelessly tangled in the 
  G                           Am  
memories and scars you show no 
   D Am D
one.

[Chorus]
Am          D      C           D
So seldom a door...so seldom a key.
Am          D             C
so seldom a hit like the hurt you 
put on me
     Am           D         C    
But seldom comes happiness 
       D
without the pain
       Am           D             
of the devil in the details since I 
C
saw the smile on your
Am            C           G     
face as I was crying in a 
    F       G  Am         C
Greyhound station on Christmas 
       G  F G
Day...in 1998
Am            C           G     
face as I was crying in a 
    F       G  Am         C      
Greyhound station on Christmas 
  G      F   G
Day. Hey yay hey yeah

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
  D              Am         D
I remember quite clearly, a bad 
          Am
Muzak version
   D              Am            
of James Taylor's big hit, called 
   G        Am
"Fire and Rain"
    D              Am             
was playing as you crouched down 
   D         Am
and tearfully kissed me,
                D              
and I thought, "Damn, what good 
 Am             G           
fiction I will mold from this 
            Am     D Am D
terrible pain."

[Chorus]
   Am       D      C           D
So seldom a door...so seldom a key.
Am          D             C
so seldom a gift like the gift you 
gave me.
     Am           D         C    
But seldom comes happiness 
       D
without the pain
       Am           D             
of the devil in the details since I 
C
saw the smile on your
Am            C           G     
face as I was crying in a 
    F       G  Am         C
Greyhound station on Christmas 
        G       F    G
Day...yay yay yay yeah
Am            C           G     
face as I was crying in a 
    F       G  Am         C
Greyhound station on Christmas 
        G       F    G
Day...yay yay yay yeah

[Otro]
Am      C           G         F 
Amazing grace, how sweet the 
  G  Am     C       G    F      G
smile upon the face I never thought
    Am       C         G       F
       G    Am           C       G
             F     G    F   
on Christmas Day...in 1998...in 
G     F   G              D
1998...Christmas Day