Big Thief – Christmas Day (v1)★
Difficulty: intermediate Capo: None Tuning: E A D G B E (Standard)
Transpose
Db/Gb
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Bbm7
x32
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Ab6sus
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Eb9sus4
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C#G#C#FA#C#
[Verse 1]
Db/Gb Bbm7
Desperation flutters through me, pecking like a bird
Ab6sus Db/Gb
I am no one, I am no one, name is nothing but a word
Db/Gb Bbm7
Even as the house is empty, whistling though her teeth
Ab6sus Db/Gb
I am sheltered, I am sheltered, I’m a knife within a sheath
[Bridge]
Eb9sus4
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn
Db/Gb
She said, "morning dad"
[Verse 2]
Db/Gb Bbm7
I call you from the bathroom, dripping through my shirt
Ab6sus Db/Gb
I am nothing, I am numbing, and I need to feel the hurt
Db/Gb Bbm7
I can hear you watching television, feeling up her skirt
Ab6sus Db/Gb
Leaving bruises, she is vacant, she is looking through her purse
[Chorus]
Bbm7 Ab6sus
Christmas Day, I don’t want anything
Db/Gb
I don’t want anything
[Bridge]
Eb9sus4
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn
Db/Gb
She said, "morning dad"
Eb9sus4
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn
Db/Gb
She said, "morning dad"
[Verse 3]
Db/Gb Bbm7
Frozen images of us embracing in the glow
Ab6sus Db/Gb
As a daughter in her father’s arms, an angel in the snow
Db/Gb Bbm7
You say, "Annie, there were good things too" as if I cannot see
Ab6sus Db/Gb
I say, "Fuck your famous frail excuses, turn your face to me"
[Chorus]
Bbm7 Ab6sus
Christmas Day, I don’t want anything
Db/Gb
I don’t want anything
Bbm7 Ab6sus
Christmas Day, I don’t want anything
Db/Gb
I don’t want anything
[Outro]
Db/Gb Ab6sus Db/Gb Ab6sus x4
[Verse 1]
Db/Gb Bbm7
Desperation flutters through me, pecking like a bird
Ab6sus Db/Gb
I am no one, I am no one, name is nothing but a word
Db/Gb Bbm7
Even as the house is empty, whistling though her teeth
Ab6sus Db/Gb
I am sheltered, I am sheltered, I’m a knife within a sheath
[Bridge]
Eb9sus4
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn
Db/Gb
She said, "morning dad"
[Verse 2]
Db/Gb Bbm7
I call you from the bathroom, dripping through my shirt
Ab6sus Db/Gb
I am nothing, I am numbing, and I need to feel the hurt
Db/Gb Bbm7
I can hear you watching television, feeling up her skirt
Ab6sus Db/Gb
Leaving bruises, she is vacant, she is looking through her purse
[Chorus]
Bbm7 Ab6sus
Christmas Day, I don’t want anything
Db/Gb
I don’t want anything
[Bridge]
Eb9sus4
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn
Db/Gb
She said, "morning dad"
Eb9sus4
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn
Db/Gb
She said, "morning dad"
[Verse 3]
Db/Gb Bbm7
Frozen images of us embracing in the glow
Ab6sus Db/Gb
As a daughter in her father’s arms, an angel in the snow
Db/Gb Bbm7
You say, "Annie, there were good things too" as if I cannot see
Ab6sus Db/Gb
I say, "Fuck your famous frail excuses, turn your face to me"
[Chorus]
Bbm7 Ab6sus
Christmas Day, I don’t want anything
Db/Gb
I don’t want anything
Bbm7 Ab6sus
Christmas Day, I don’t want anything
Db/Gb
I don’t want anything
[Outro]
Db/Gb Ab6sus Db/Gb Ab6sus x4