Tumbleweed Christmas Tree
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONniIEi87B8
Key D no capo
[Intro]
G G D D
A A G A D
[Verse 1]
D
It was a rough year for a rough neck's children
G
Hard times and harder living
D
We moved when the rent come due
A A7
And it come due once a week
D
That year in late December
G
Found us in an old house trailer
D A D
West of Odessa near a town they call Notrees
[Verse 2]
D
Too poor to pay attention
G
Daddy lived on good intentions
D A A7
He intended Christmas to be just what we believed
D
He drove to town in the company pickup
G
When he didn't have sawbuck
D
For the price of a Christmas tree
A D D7
He brought back a tumbleweed
[Chorus]
G
Christmas Eve in Notrees, Texas
D
Wind blowing through the cactus
A
Santa Clause was a rich kids saint
G A D D7
And a poor kid's dream
G
But I'd trade every fancy present
D
I ever had or ever will get
A G A D
For the night of the tumbleweed Christmas tree
[Solo]
D D D D
[Verse 3]
D
Daddy sat it on the dinette table
G
Momma made a newsprint angel
D A A7
Ornaments of tinfoil scraps buttons on a string
D
It took us all night to decorate it
G
When we got done I have to say that
D A D D7
It was the prettiest tumbleweed that I'd ever seen
[Solo]
G G D D A A G A D
D D G G D D A D
[Verse 4]
D
Wind rocked the trailer like a cradle
G
While we sang our Christmas carols
D A A7
Setting on the sofa on the duct tape Naugahyde
D
Daddy looked proud as big city banker
G
Momma trying hard to be thankful
D A D D7
But looking at the tumbleweed she laughed until she cried
[Chorus]
G
Christmas Eve in Notrees, Texas
D
Wind blowing through the cactus
A
Santa Clause was a rich kids saint
G A D D7
And a poor kid's dream
G
But I'd trade every fancy present
D
I ever had or ever will get
A G A D
For the night of the tumbleweed Christmas tree
[Verse 5]
D
I was just six going on seven
G
But being poor was an education
D A A7
And that night I learned a lot about just what Christmas means
D
It means love and it means loving
G
It means money don't mean nothing
D A D D7
And it means a tumbleweed can make a Christmas tree
[Chorus]
G
Christmas Eve in Notrees, Texas
D
Wind blowing through the cactus
A
Santa Clause was a rich kids saint
G A D D7
And a poor kid's dream
G
But I'd trade every fancy present
D
I ever had or ever will get
A G A D
For the night of the tumbleweed Christmas tree
[Outro]
G
I'd trade every fancy present
D
I ever had or ever will get
A G A D D
For the night of the tumbleweed Christmas tree
How to play Tumbleweed Christmas Tree
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.