CHRISTMAS TEARS
As recorded by Eric Clapton
(From the 2018 Album HAPPY XMAS)
Words & Music by Sonny Thompson & Robert Wilson
Arranged by Eric Clapton
Trancribed by Slowhand
[1st Verse]
C7 F7
I hear sleigh bells ring
C7
But I haven’t heard a word from you in years
F7
I hear sleigh bells ringin’
C7 Db7 C7
But I haven’t heard a word from you in years
G7/D G7 F7
I hear choirs singin’
Adim/G C7 F7 C7 G7
And I’m just sittin’ here cryin’ Christmas tears
[2nd Verse]
C7 F7
Everybody’s singin’ “Merry Christmas”
C7 G7/D
As they watch the starry sky filled with reindeer
F7
Everybody’s singin’ “Merry Christmas”
C7 G7/D
As they watch the starry sky filled with reindeer
G7 F7
I’m smilin’ on the outside
Adim/G C7 F7 C
But on the inside I’m cryin’ Christmas tears
[Bridge]
F7
Well, you’ve been gone such a long, long time
C7
But it’s Christmas and I can’t get you off of my mind
F7
Yes, you’ve been gone a hundred years or more
D7
If you come back
G7
They could hang a “Merry Christmas” on my door
C7
I need you baby
Kiss and hold me tight
F7
I need you darling
F#dim7
On a lonely Christmas night
C/G E7 Am C7/G F7
And as I sit and I think of the long, lonely years
F#dim7 C/G A7 B7 G7sus
I can’t help but cry
C
Christmas tears
[Guitar Solo]
F7 C7 F7 D7 G7 C7 F7 F#dim7 C/G E7
Am C7/G F7 F#dim7 C/G A7 D7 Gsus
[Outro]
C7 F7 C7