Biography:
Capital Lights
Brett Admire (Guitar)
Bryson Phillips (Vox)
Michael Paul Phillips(Drums)
Jonathan Williams(Guitars)
There comes a time in every band’s life when abandoning commercial expectations in favor of heartfelt musical expressions and relatable lyrics takes center stage. For the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based pop/rock foursome Capital Lights, that realization came remarkably early in its already impressive career, following a name change and stylistic shift from members’ days in locally acclaimed screamo act afterEIGHT.
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Capital Lights — His Favorite Christmas Story
http://www.toothandnail.com/artists/149/Capital_Lights/
Tabbed By: Jonathan Vautour
Contact: [email protected]
www.jonstunes.ca
CHORUS 1:
A D E
He met her up in Delaware in 1937
A D E
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
A D E D
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the
E
courage to ask her to dance
VERSE 1:
A D E
It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight
A E
The carolers sang as they danced through the night
A D E
She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy
D E A
He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes
A D E
A couple years later he was out on the road
A E
Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone
A D E
When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye
D E A
Her favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high
D A
She said sir can you shed a little holiday cheer
F#m E
A simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear
A D F#m
He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my favorite
E
Christmas story about a girl with no name
CHORUS 2:
A D E
He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
A D E
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
A D E
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I
D E A
finally gained the courage to ask her to dance
VERSE 2:
A D E
very holiday season as he traveled he'd
E A
tell about his Christmas dance
E
partner that he never knew well
A D E
He'd share his favorite story with the locals he met
D E A
He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man
A D E
By age 53 he had done settled down
A E
All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around
A D E
Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road
D E A
All he had now were these children he told
D A
And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark
F#m E
He'd tell them all the story but they knew it by heart
A D
They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same.
F#m E
It was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name
Verse 3:
A D E
Twenty years later as he took his last breath
A E
It was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed
A D E
The children were grown, he had nobody left
A E A
Except the little old nurse who was holding his hand
D A
He said Ma'am can you share a little holiday cheer
F#m E
A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear
A D
But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke
F#m E A
Because his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told
CHORUS 3:
A D E
She said I met him up in Delaware in 1937
A D E
Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man
A D E
December 24th at a quarter till eleven
D E A
I'm so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance.
http://www.toothandnail.com/artists/149/Capital_Lights/
Tabbed By: Jonathan Vautour
Contact: [email protected]
www.jonstunes.ca
CHORUS 1:
A D E
He met her up in Delaware in 1937
A D E
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
A D E D
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the
E
courage to ask her to dance
VERSE 1:
A D E
It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight
A E
The carolers sang as they danced through the night
A D E
She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy
D E A
He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes
A D E
A couple years later he was out on the road
A E
Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone
A D E
When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye
D E A
Her favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high
D A
She said sir can you shed a little holiday cheer
F#m E
A simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear
A D F#m
He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here's my favorite
E
Christmas story about a girl with no name
CHORUS 2:
A D E
He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
A D E
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
A D E
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I
D E A
finally gained the courage to ask her to dance
VERSE 2:
A D E
very holiday season as he traveled he'd
E A
tell about his Christmas dance
E
partner that he never knew well
A D E
He'd share his favorite story with the locals he met
D E A
He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man
A D E
By age 53 he had done settled down
A E
All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around
A D E
Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road
D E A
All he had now were these children he told
D A
And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark
F#m E
He'd tell them all the story but they knew it by heart
A D
They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same.
F#m E
It was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name
Verse 3:
A D E
Twenty years later as he took his last breath
A E
It was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed
A D E
The children were grown, he had nobody left
A E A
Except the little old nurse who was holding his hand
D A
He said Ma'am can you share a little holiday cheer
F#m E
A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear
A D
But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke
F#m E A
Because his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told
CHORUS 3:
A D E
She said I met him up in Delaware in 1937
A D E
Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man
A D E
December 24th at a quarter till eleven
D E A
I'm so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance.
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