Standard (EADGBE)

Intro/Verses/Chorus chord riff: (played throughout song)

:The following chords refer to the above chord riff.

Intro

Play riff 2x

Verse 1

 It's Christmas so we'll stop

 It's on with the lights to warm the dark, it can cloak elsewhere

 As the rot stops for today, let the rot stop just for one day

 Only good red eyes, red suits, and faces will radiate

 And the cold will hide its face, now the cold is turned away

 We can be best friends with the people we hate

 'Cause we've all got blood, and it's warmer than you think

 Yeah it is warm and it is thick

 We all breathe out clouds we're built to give at least once each year

 Now that's better than never I guess

 And life might never get better than this

 With the perfect excuse for out natures to change and wear shiny clothes

 Oh it's Christmas so press pause and we'll go

Interlude 1

Play riff 2x (with some ooh’ing and ahh’ing)

Verse 2

(same structure as Verse 1)

Oh it's Christmas so we'll stop

'Cause the wine on our breath puts the love in our tongues

So forget the names

I called you on Christmas Eve

In fact forget the entire year

Don't reflect just pretend and you won't feel scared

You won't feel a thing 'cause it's all been tucked away

And once you're tucked in bed

You'll hold on to the day for the last few seconds

Your gray dull face is protected from the wind

And I'll protect you I promise I will

And the rest of our lives will be just like Christmas with fewer toys

You're a good girl I'm a good boy, so I thought

Interlude 2

same as Interlude 1

Verse 3

(same structure as Verse 1)

Oh it's Christmas so we stopped

Were it not for the tick of the clock

And the spinning of the Earth in space

We could always be this way

And as we sleep at the fall of the day

In the room next door the tree lights brighten the rodents' eyes

And catches a glimpse of the dust beginning to rise

Outro

(repeat 2x)

The next day life went back to its past self

 The next day life went back to its past self