Scrappy Little Christmas Tree
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Switchfoot
(From the 2022 Album THIS IS OUR CHRISTMAS ALBUM)
[Intro]
D Eb E B Bb A
D Eb E B Bb A
G Ab A
[Verse 1]
A
When I was just a kid, I had no money at all
A
I didn't have the extra quid to spend for decking the halls
E
So the only little pine for my family and me
A G Ab A
Was a scrappy little Christmas tree
[Verse 2]
A
And then I got a little older and I got me some dough
A
So I went down to buy a tree, but it was covered with snow
E
I couldn't tell until it melted there on Christmas Eve
A
It was a scrappy little Christmas tree
[Pre-Chorus]
D A
It's getting late at the Christmas tree lot
E A
And all the trees worth getting were already got
B
Hey, but there's a runt in the corner sitting all alone
E
I said, "Hey Momma, maybe we could give him a home?"
[Chorus]
A
So I finally got a tree a little taller than me
A
I ain't hatin' decoratin', but you wouldn't believe
E
I was dreaming 'bout the simple way it used to be
A
With a scrappy little Christmas tree
[Guitar Solo]
B F# B
[Verse 3]
B
There ain't no correlation with the size of the gift
B
And the happiness you're feeling with the ones that you're with
F#
When you're sitting, reminiscing, kissing happy beneath
B
Any scrappy little Christmas tree
[Pre-Chorus]
E B
It's getting late at the Christmas tree lot
F# B
And all the trees worth getting were already got
C#
But there's a runt in the corner sitting all alone
F#
I said, "Hey Momma, maybe we could give him a home?"
[Chorus]
B
So I finally got a tree a little taller than me
B
I ain't hatin' decoratin', but you wouldn't believe
F#
I was dreaming 'bout the simple way it used to be
B
With you and me and that three-foot-tall, crappy Christmas tree
[Outro]
B F# B
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