First Christmas - Stan Rogers - Between the Breaks...Live! Tabbed by: Dave Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B e) INTRO (its not exactly right but it sounds nice) D A e|-2----------2-------5-------3-p-2--------0----------0--------3--------2-p-0-------| B|-------3---------3--------3-----------3--------2----------2--------2------------2-| G|----2---------2--------2-----------2--------2----------2--------2------------2----| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------0-------0-----------0--------0-----------| D|-0-------0----------0-------0-----------------------------------------------------| Bm A G D e|------------------------------------------------------------2-p-0----| B|-3--------2--------0--------2-3--------------------3--------------3--| G|-------4--------2--------0---------0---2-----2-----------2-----------| D|----4--------2--------0---------0---------0-----------0--------------| A|-2--------0----------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------5-------------------0--------0-----------0--------| A Bm e|-0-----------0------0--------------------------------------2----------------| B|-----------------------------0-h-2--------3---------3----------------3------| G|-------2----------2-------2------------2-------4---------4------4---------4-| D|----2----------2-------2------------2-------4---------4------4---------4----| A|-0--------0---------0--------0------------2------2---------2------2---------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Em G Asus4 A D e|-0---------0-------0-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------0-------0--------2-3---------3-p-2--------2------3--3-| G|------0---------0--------0----------0--------0----------0------------2-------------2-| D|---2---------2--------2----------2--------0----------0------------2----------2-----0-| A|------------------------------------------------------------0----------0-------------| D|-2------2----------2--------2----------5-------------------------------------------0-| D A This day a year ago he was rolling in the snow Bm A G D With a younger brother in his father's yard A Bm Christmas break a time for touching home Em A The heart of all he'd known and leaving was so hard D A Three thousand miles away now he's working Christmas Day Bm A G D Making double time for the minding of the store A Bm Well he'd always said he'd make it on his own Em He's spending Christmas Eve alone G A D First Christmas away from home D A She's standing by the train station, panhandling for change Bm A G D Four more dollars buys a decent meal and a room A Bm Looks like the Sally Ann place after all Em A In a crowded sleeping hall that echoes like a tomb D A But it's warm and clean and free and there are worse places to be Bm A G D And at least it means no beating from her Dad A Bm And if she cries because it's Christmas Day Em She hopes that it won't show G A D First Christmas away from home A D In the apartment stands a tree and it looks so small and bare G D Not like it was meant to be A Bm The Golden Angel on the top it's not that same old silver star Em You wanted for your own G A D First Christmas away from home D A In the morning they get prayers then it's Crafts and tea downstairs Bm A G D Then another meal back in his little room A Bm Em Hoping maybe that the boys will think to phone before the day is gone A Well it's best they do it soon D A When the old girl passed away he fell more apart eyery day Bm A G D Each had always kept the other pretty well A Bm But the kids all said the nursing home was best Em Cause he couldn't live alone G A D First Christmas away from home A In the Common Room they've got the biggest tree D And it's huge and cold and lifeless G D Not like it ought to be A And the lit-up flashing Santa Claus on top Bm Em It's not that same old silver star you once made for your own G A D First Christmas away from home G A D First Christmas away from home | h hammer-on | p pull-off