His Favorite Christmas Story


Saw the other tab on here and it sounded kinda off, so heres what i came up with. Capital Lights - His Favorite Christmas Story 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 A D E (3X) D E A (1x) Verse 1: A D It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight F#m E The carolers sang as they danced through the night A D She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy F#m A A D A He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes A D A couple years later he was out on the road F#m D Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone A D When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye F#m 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 A 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 A December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I E A finally gained the courage to ask her to dance A E A Verse 2: A D Every holiday season as he traveled he’d F#m tell about his Christmas dance E partner that he never knew well A D He’d share his favorite story with the locals he met F#m A He was called the Christmas story telling traveling man A E A A D By age 53 he had done settled down F#m E All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around A D Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road F#m E 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 A It was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name Chorus 2 F#m A E (3X) E E Verse 3: A D Twenty years later as he took his last breath F#m D It was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed A D The children were grown, he had nobody left F#m 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 D 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 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 A E A I’m so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance.