Christmas is Coming – The Payolas
From the Album “Hammer on a Drum” - 1983
Chords EADGBe
A 577655
Dbm 446654
Bm 224432
E 022100
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[INTRO Riff]
A Dbm Bm E A Dbm Bm E
e|-9-|-9-10-|-12-5-|-4/5-2-|-4/5-0-|---|-----|-----|-------|----------|
B|---|------|------|-------|-------|---|-----|-----|-------|----------|
G|---|------|------|-------|-------|-6-|-6-7-|-9-2-|-1/2---|----4-6-7-|
D|---|------|------|-------|-------|---|-----|-----|-----4-|-6/7------|
A|---|------|------|-------|-------|---|-----|-----|-------|----------|
E|---|------|------|-------|-------|---|-----|-----|-------|----------|
[INTRO]
A Dbm Bm E A Dbm Bm E
[VERSE]
A Dbm
Christmas is coming, It's been a long year
Bm E
I'm still in the same place, We're still over here
A Dbm
Go down to the market, Get lost in the crowd
Bm E
Go home to my records, I play them too loud
[CHORUS]
D E
Christmas is coming, It's been a long year
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
[VERSE]
A Dbm
Been down to the U.I., And nothing but queues
Bm E
Been down on my welfare, With holes in my shoes
A Dbm
The kitchen's still leaking, With floods on the floor
Bm E
The landlord will fix it, He only wants more
[CHORUS]
D E
Christmas is coming, It's been a long year
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
[SOLO] – play intro riff
A Dbm Bm E A Dbm Bm E
[CHORUS]
D E
Christmas is coming, It's been a long year
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
[VERSE]
A Dbm
Been down to the U.I., And nothing but queues
Bm E
Been down on my welfare, With holes in my shoes
A Dbm
But I'm not complaining, I'm happy, you see?
Bm E
And I'm still here waiting, So come and see me
[CHORUS]
D
Christmas is coming
E
It's been a long year
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
(I wish you were – 4x)
A Dbm Bm E
I wish you were here
(I wish you were – 4x)