Strawbs - Christmas Cheer
[Intro]
Em C Em C Em C Em C
[Verse 1]
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It was on the stroke of midnight
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On the final Christmas Eve
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People all around were saying
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"What do you believe?"
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Streets were laid with burnished gold
Em C
Statues made of chrome
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Up spoke the wicked messenger
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"You're welcome to my home"
[Chorus]
G Am
Everything's going to be alright
Em C
Everything's going to be alright
G Am
Everything's going to be alright
Em C
Everything's going to be alright
[Instrumental]
C Am C Em C Em C Em C Em C
[Verse 2]
Em C
Then tempers started flaring
Em C
As the heat began to rise
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Fields of corn and rapeseed
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Turned to dust before their eyes
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People started blaming
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The changing weather map
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The chrome began to tarnish
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The gold was sold for scrap
[Chorus]
G Am
Everything's going to be alright
Em C
Everything's going to be alright
G Am
Everything's going to be alright
Em C
Everything's going to be alright
[Instrumental]
C Am C Em C Em C Em C Em C
[Verse 3]
Em C
Then just before the end of time
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The sun began to dim
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People of the world began
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To sing a common hymn
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The Muslim kissed the Hindu
Em C
The Hindu kissed the Jew
Em C
The Jew kissed all the Buddhists
Em C
And the Christians joined the queue
[Chorus]
G Am
Everything's going to be alright
Em C
Everything's going to be alright
G Am
Everything's going to be alright
Em C
Everything's going to be alright
[Chorus]
G Am
Everything's going to be alright
Em C
Everything's going to be alright
G Am
Everything's going to be alright
Em C
Everything's going to be alright