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Time: 3/4 (sync) Tenor: D Bass: C?
Key: D
INTRO: 1, 6m, 57, 1
1 5 1
This day a year a-go, he was rolling in the snow
6m 5 4 1
With a younger brother in his father's yard
5 6m 2m
Christmas break, a time for touching home, the heart of all he'd known
5 4 5
And leaving was so hard_________
1 5
Three thousand miles a-way, now he's . working Christmas Day
6m 5 4 1
Making double time for the minding of the store
5 6m
Well he always said, he'd make it on his own
2m
He's spending Christmas Eve a-lone
4 5 1 5 5
First Christmas a-way from home
1 5 1
She's standing by the train station, .. pan-handling for change
6m 5 4 1
Four more dollars buys a decent meal and a room
5 6m 2m
Looks like the Sally Ann place after all, in a crowded sleeping hall
5 4 5
That echoes like a tomb_______
1 5
But it's warm and clean and free, and there are worse places to be
6m 5 4 1
At least it means no beating from her Dad
5 6m
And if she cries be-cause it's Christmas Day
2m
She hopes that it won't show
4 5 1
First Christmas a-way from home
BRIDGE ONE:
5 / 5 1
..... In the a-partment stands a tree, and it looks so small and bare
4 5 /
Not like it was meant to be____, ..... Golden angel on the top
6m 2m
It's not that same old silver star, you wanted for your own
4 5 1
First Christmas a-way from home (INSTRUMENTAL)
NOTES:
tunes DADGBE, strums B 43 B2 43
1 5 1
In the morning, they get prayers, then it's crafts and tea down-stairs
6m 5 4 1
Then a-nother meal back in his little room
5 6m 2m
Hoping maybe that "the boys" will think to phone be-fore the day is gone
5 4 5
Well, it's best they do it soon________
1 5
When the "old girl" passed a-way, he fell a-part more every day
6m 5 4 1
Each had always kept the other pretty well
5 6m
But the kids all said the nursing home was best
2m
Cause he couldn't live a-lone
4 5 1
First Christmas a-way from home
BRIDGE TWO:
5 /
In the common room they've got the biggest tree /
5 1
/ And it's huge and cold and lifeless
4 5 /
Not like it ought to be____, and the lit-up flashing Santa Claus on top
6m
It's not that same old silver star, you once made for your own
4 5 1
First Christmas a-way from home
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
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