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Christmas Eve In My Home Town
Words & Music by Don Upton & Stan Zabka
Recorded by Kate Smith, 1966
Intro:
C9 Cm G Bm7-5 E-9 E
There's so much to remember, no wonder I re-mem-ber
A7 Gdim A7 D7
Christmas Eve in my home town.
D9 Am7 D+5 G Gdim Am7 Cdim
'Cause there were carols in the square, laughter everywhere,
G G/F# Bm7-5 E7
Couples kissing under the mistletoe;
Am7 Cm7 Cm7-5 G B7 E7
I can't help re-mi-nis-cing, knowing I'll be missing
A7 Cdim A7 D DM7 D7
Christmas Eve in my home town.
G Gdim Am7 Cdim
Nothing can erase the mem'ries I embrace,
G G/F# Bm7-5 E-9 E
Those familiar footprints upon the snow.
Am7 Cm7 Cm7-5 G B7 E-9 E
There's so much to re-mem-ber, no wonder I re-mem-ber
A7 Cdim D7 G
Christmas Eve in my home town.
Bridge:
Em7 A6/7/9 A7 Em7 A6/7/9 A7
I'd like to be there, trimming the tree there
D Fdim A7 D6
And there's a chance that I might!
F#m7 B7 F#m7 B7
I can hear singing, steeple bells ringing
E7 A7 D DM7 D7
Noel and Silent Night.
G Gdim Am7 Cdim
Wise men journeyed far, guided by a star,
G G/F# Bm7-5 E-9 E
But though I'm not a wise man, this I know:
Am7 Cm7 Cm7-5 G B7 E-9 E
Through dreams and just pretending, I'm there and I'll be spen-ding
A7 Cdim D7 G
Christmas Eve in my home town.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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