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 A December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the E courage to ask her to dance A D E (4X) Verse 1: A D E It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight A D E The carolers sang as they danced through the night A D E She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy A D E He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes A D E A couple years later he was out on the road A D E Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone A D E When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye A D E Her favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high D A E She said sir can you shed a little holiday cheer A D E A simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear A D E A He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here’s my favorite E Christmas story about a girl with no name A E A 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 Verse 2: A D Every holiday season as he traveled he’d E A tell about his Christmas dance D E partner that he never knew well A D E He’d share his favorite story with the locals he met A E A He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man A E A A D E By age 53 he had done settled down A D E All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around A D E Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road A E A All he had now were these children he told D A E And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark A D E He’d tell them all the story but they knew it by heart A D E They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same. A E It was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name Chorus 2 A E A (3X) E E Verse 3: A D E Twenty years later as he took his last breath A D E It was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed A D E The children were grown, he had nobody left A E Except the little old nurse who was holding his hand D A E He said Ma’am can you share a little holiday cheer A D E A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear A D E But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke A E 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.