The Last Christmas Song (12.24.13)

The Last Christmas Song (12.24.13)

The tree is empty down below
There's no more wine and no more snow
Soon there'll be no more holiday
Christmas has come and it's going away
This is the last Christmas song
This is the last Christmas song
This is the last Christmas song I will sing to you

The trash cans are full of paper and bows
The stockings are empty, and that's how it goes
Soon there'll be just another day
Christmas has come and it's going away
This is the last Christmas song
This is the last Christmas song
This is the last Christmas song you'll hear from me

Changes come this time of year
The latest thing is almost here
So the last thing you'll want to hear
Is one more song of holiday cheer

They say everything comes to an end
Who can tell if we'll meet again
Soon they'll all be regular days
Christmas is going and it just won't stay
This is the last Christmas song
This is the last Christmas song
This is the last Christmas song

Verse:
G F C G
C e7 A# F

Bridge:
D e C G
D e C
D e C G
D e C D

Original notes to myself:
(My first instinct is to repeat this last bit as though it were a record skipping a groove. Then, a noise that sounds like a scratch, and the song resolves to the last chord. Of course, you can always try to find a last line for the song instead.)

4/2 3/2 2/3 (pulloff) 2/2
4/2 3/2 1/5 2/5

Christmas Time Is Finally Here (12.24.13)

Christmas Time Is Finally Here (12.24.13)

It's Christmas time; what's on your list
I'll help Santa with what he's missed
Give me peace on earth, goodwill toward men
Maybe send a card every now and then

Colored lights and candy canes
Carolers singing down the lane
Friends and family gathered near
Christmas time is finally here

Bells that ring and reindeer tales
A favorite song that never fails
To raise the holiday cheer
Christmas time is finally here

I made a resolution long ago
While we were beneath the mistletoe
I'd love you 'til the last star fell
How long that is, time will tell

Winter nights and stars that glow
If we get lucky it might snow
But even if the skies are clear
Christmas time is finally here

Chorus: G a C D
Verse: b7 G e A
Break: G A f# D
Bridge: b7 c#7 Dmaj7 F#dim7 Ebdim7 A7
End: G A D

Change (09.04.13)

Change (09.04.13)

Do you remember
Back when, last November
When you couldn't keep your hands off
Now no place is far enough
How you've changed, honey
How you've changed, never saw it coming...

You used to come and hear me sing
Now my phone, it never rings
It's such a peculiar thing
When free-fall snaps our wings
How you've changed, honey
How you've changed

Take me back to summers past
You and I were running fast
Somehow we knew it couldn't last
But still we kept on going

All I know is what I knew
Every day I'd get the blues
And every night I'd lose them to you
And this is where we were going

Take your hands out your pockets
And lay them on me
Make it better than it was
Bring it back to me

So many distractions, too many temptations
I want to cut back without losing sensation
And all these mistakes we've made, all the traps we have laid,
It's how we make our education
This is something better than that
This is something better than that

It's been on my mind
A long, long time
The lies we tell ourselves
Are stronger than the ones we share
And the truth we always ache to tell
The one that's gonna get us nowhere
It overrides the "might as well"
It's more than we can bear

I know it's late
But what I have to say, it just won't wait
You know by now, I'm not going away
And I know the words, I'm just trying to say
How I've changed, honey
How I've changed

a F E, d E F G

Fly (07.22.13)

Fly (07.22.13)

One of these days I'm gonna fly away  G D C D
One of these days I'm gonna fly  G D C C add D
You might break my wings and cast me down  G D C D
But still I'm gonna fly  G D C C add D, e7

Flood's gonna come and take us down
Flood's gonna take us down
And when the dark skies clear up baby
One of us will be drowned

  You won't wonder where I've gone  F
  Your bed won't be empty for long  C
  They say that's the way it goes  D
  They should know, they should know  G D C D G D C C add D

The sun's gonna rise and start the day
The sun's gonna rise again
And in the shining morning light, You're gonna see the end
You're gonna see the end

  You won't wonder where I've gone  F
  Your bed won't stay  empty for long  C
  They say that's the way it goes  D
  They should know, they should know  G D C D G D C C add D

Justify (07.31.13)

Justify (07.31.13)

She walked me to the door  G a b a G
And it felt like no more
Coming out of nowhere
The end of a great affair

I lied quietly when she said
She loved me out of spite
She's not the one I want
But she's what I needed tonight

Everyone has their reasons  D C
You just bow down and take it  e
You don't have to know the reason  D C
You just have to know how to fake it  e

No-one can tell me
If I'm asking too much
Will I always be
One short of the one I love

Opium kisses, bedroom tears
Empty walls, wasted years
She's still lonely even when I'm around
I can break her heart without making a sound

Everyone has their reasons  D C
You just bow down and take it  e
You don't have to know the reason  D C
You just have to know how to fake it  e

Every time she talks about it
I don't know what to do
So I close my eyes
And think of you

Because love, love, love
I think I've had enough