Band: Capital Lights Song: His Favorite Christmas Story Chorus: 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 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 E He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes D, E, A A D A couple years later he was out on the road F#m E Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone A D When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye F#m E 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: 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 D December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the E A courage to ask her to dance D, E, A Verse 2: A D Every holiday season as he traveled F#m E He tell about his Christmas dance partner that he never knew well A D He share his favorite story with the locals he met F#m E He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man D, 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 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 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: 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 D December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I finally gained the E A courage to ask her to dance F#m, E, A (3X)E Verse 3: A D Twenty years later as he took his last breath F#m E It was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed A D The children were grown, he had nobody left F#m E 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 A Because his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told Outro: 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.