I Wont Be Present This Year
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"(I Won't Be) Present This Year" - The Stonemans
Track 4 of 11 on the album "A Stoneman Christmas" (1968)
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[Intro]
A B7 E C#m
F#m B7
E A E
[Verse 1]
E
There's no ink blue enough to write
A B7
This feeling in my heart
E
This is the first Christmas
A B7
That we've had to spend apart
A F#m E
I wish that I could be with you
A B7 E
To drink our cup of cheer
A B7 E C#m
But there's no way that I can be
F#m B7 E A E E7
Present... this year
[Chorus]
A E
No, I won't be present
B7 E
Around the tree this year
A E
This letter brings you all the love
F#7 B7
That I can send from here
C7
[Verse 2]
F
I'll miss your kisses, sweet and warm
A# C7
Beneath the mistletoe
F
And the shelter of your arms
A# C7
When it begins to snow
A# Gm F
And as you open Christmas gifts
A# C7 F
I wish I could be there
A# C7 F Dm
But there's no way that I can be
Gm C7 F A# F F7
Present... this year
A# C7 F Dm
But there's no way that I can be
Gm C7 F A# F
Present... this year
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