Christmas At The Airport Chords
by Nick Lowe
Christmas At The Airport by Nick Lowe is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Cm, E, F#, C#m, F#m and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A
Verse
Cm
Outside the taxi window
E A
On the way to catch my flight
Cm
I noticed snowflakes playing
E A
In the ever failing light
F# Cm
When you dropped me at departures
E C#m A F#m
It was really coming down
Cm
Deep and crisp and even
E A
And it settled on the ground
D E A
It looks like Christmas, Christmas at the airport
Cm
All the planes are grounded
E A
And the fog is rolling in
D E
It looks like Christmas, Christmas at the
A F#m
airport this year
Cm
Doors are locked and bolted
E A
Let the festivities begin
Cm
The terminal was seething
E A
Without much Christmas cheer
Cm
So I found an empty closet
E A
And bedded down in there
F# Cm
When I woke much later
E C#m A F#m
I was really quite alone
Cm
Checkin' was deserted
E A
Everyone had gone
D E
It looks like Christmas, Christmas
A
at the airport
Cm
I took a set of X rays
E A
and they came out very well
D E
It looks like Christmas, Christmas
A F#m
at the airport this year
Cm
Now I'm doing Santa's sleigh ride
E A
on the baggage carousel
D E A
It looks like Christmas, Christmas at the airport
Cm
I should be at the table
E A
with all my kith and kin
D E
It looks like Christmas, Christmas
A F#m
at the airport this year
Cm
Don't save me any turkey
E A
I found a burger in a bin