Piano Intro
D E A F#m
D E A
Acoustic Guitar
A Asus2 Asus4 A (2x)
verse 1
D E A F#m
It’s around this time of year I get to thinking
D E A C#7
About all the things I wish I’d said or done
D E F#m E D#dim
If I ever get myself together I’ll be stunned
D E
I know that I can’t be the only one
verse 2
D E A F#m
Resolutions rarely lead to revolutions
D E A C#7
No not everyone can spark one from their bed
D E F#m E D#dim
I’m tired and uninspired, truth be told rather be dead
D Dm Dm6
The past is something I can’t seem to shed
Pre-Chorus
A C#m
But it’s Christmas I’ll go through the motions
D A E
Atoning for mistakes I haven’t made
A C#m Cm
It’s the litmus, of my devotion
Bm Esus4 E
To people that don’t matter anyway
F G E E7 Am G D
Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean I’m having fun
F G E E7 Am G D
Despite all my ambition, what exactly have I done?
Interlude
Dm Dm/F Em Em/G E7/G# A
A Asus2 Asus4 A
Guitar Solo
D E A F#m
D E A C#7
D E F#m E D#dim
D Dm
Pre-Chorus
A C#m Cm
But it’s Christmas I’ll go through the motions
Bm Esus4 E
Atoning for mistakes I haven’t made
F G E E7 Am G D
Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean I’m having fun
F G E E7 Am G D
Despite all my ambition, what exactly have I done?
Outro
F G
I keep hoping maybe next year things will change
C Am F
Then when nothing’s different I try to assuage and smile
G Am G
As time passes me by
F G
I send more prayers than postcards despite all I lack
Am G F#dim
Yet every movement forward brings me two steps back
F Em Gm A7
It’s time for cheer, maybe next year
Dm G
And I won’t find anything I need beneath the tree
E7 A
Or anyone around it that might disagree
Dm G
That just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean I’m having
Ab Am Bbdim7 E7/B
fun
F Fm6 Cmaj7
Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean I’m having fun.