Xmas Cake chords

Rilo Kiley

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INTRO 
Bm              F# 
Bm              F# 


verse 1 
Bm                                 F# 
When I take off my make-up, I look old and defeated  
Bm               F# 
I'm not so dangerous  
G                     Bm 
Cry into my Christmas cake  
Bm                 F# 
Staring holes into me all night  
Bm                    F# 
You should just give up  
G                                 Bm             A                             
Because our love's become selling secrets to the Russians they 
E7    G 
don't need / The cold 
Bm     A           E7                          
war is on between you and                  
G 
me  


SOLO 
Bm / F# 
Bm / F# 
G  / Bm / A  
E7 / G 


verse 2 
Bm                 F# 
25 years old and a bachelor's degree / Your 
Bm                           F# 
parents helped out with graduation fees / The 
G                  Bm 
loans were never e-nough / The 
G                             Bm              A                        
credit cards are calling your bluff Hold your hand, cut them  
E7         G 
up, move a-way / Or you'll be  
Bm          A             E7                 
paying them off ’til your kids grow  
G                                                
up and do the  


Bm / F# 
same 
Bm / F# 


verse 2 
Bm                      F# 
There's no more running water  
Bm                       F# 
Wrapping presents in the dark 
G              Bm  
Move into your car  
G                Bm 
Change where you park  
G                Bm         A                          
Too bad that job caroling department stores  
E7   G 
fell through / But the  
Bm          A        E7           
new year is right in front of  
G   G     
you Cry into your Christmas 

 
Bm              A            G             
cake Don't know what else to do. 
Bm              A            G 
     Don't know what else to do.            
                       G 
(Fa la la, Fa la la la LA)      


verse 3 
Bm               F# 
I fear I'm going deaf  
Bm                  F# 
I've got some sense left  
G                            Bm 
Give up some more to be with you  
G                             Bm              A 
'cause what good is seeing if love's not look-ing back at 
E7           G 
you?                                                           
    G                       Bm              A 
and what good is feeling if my hands aren't touching  
E7      G 
you?      


BRIDGE 
    Bm      A          G 
and another angel came down / He was 
Bm      A      G 
wearing only a cloud / He said 
Bm          A               E7 
"Sew up the bad that you've done 
Bm        A             G 
Tomorrow, Christmas day comes!" (Christmas       
G         G 
Daaaaaay) Cry into your Christmas  


Bm              A            G 
cake Don't know what else to do     
G                       Bm               A 
Cry into your Christmas cake don’t know  what else to   
G      Bm          A 
do The new year is right in 
C7       G 
Front of you