I Was Born On Christmas Day
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Saint Etienne
(From the 1994 Album TIGER BAY)
[Intro]
N.C.
Ha-ha-ha, Roll the tape!
D G/A D
[Verse 1]
G/A D G/A
Spent the summer holed up in a room
D G/A
Looking pretty, won't you be here soon?
D G/A
Euro Disney, could not work at all
D Em
A little bird had told me in the fall
Em
Getting groovy after Halloween
G
Mid-November, got back on the scene
G/A D G/A
I'm so glad that I just got my pay
D
I was born on Christmas day
[Interlude]
Am Em Am Em
[Verse 2]
G/A D G/A
In December, my heart's full of spring
D G/A
I could phone you, tell you everything
D G/A
Like the crazy evenings on the yacht
D Em
Tim and Sarah went and tied the knot
Em
Did you know they pulled the town hall down?
Em
I don't think you'll recognize this town
G/A D G/D
Never could have been a tennis wife
D
Get into the acting life
[Interlude]
Am Em Am Em
D Em D
[Verse 3]
Em
Getting groovy after Halloween
G
Mid-November, got back on the scene
D
I'm so glad that I just got my pay
D
I was born on Christmas day
[Outro]
D
I was born on Christmas day
D
I was born on Christmas day
Em D G/A D G/A D G/A
D G/A D G/A
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