Capital Lights - His favorite christmas story

He ^Amet her up in Delaware in ^D193^E7 She was ^Awearing red lipstick to ^Dmatch her pretty ^Edress ^ADecember 24th at a ^Dquarter till ^Eeleven is when he ^Dfinally gained the courage to ^Eask her to dance

It was the ^Anight before Christmas, it was^D love at first sight The ^F#mcarolers sang as they ^Edanced through the night She was a s^Amall town girl, he was a ^Dtraveling guy He ^F#mnever caught her name before they ^Esaid their goodbyes

A ^Acouple years later he was ^Dout on the road ^F#mHaving Christmas dinner in a ^Ediner alone When he s^Aaw a young waitress with a ^Dgleam in her eye Her favorite ^F#mday of the year she showed her ^Espirits were high She said ^Dsir can you shed a little ^Aholiday cheer A ^F#msimple Christmas story was all she ^Ewanted to hear He looked ^Aprepared with a smile as he ^Dstarted to say here’s m^F#my favorite Christmas story about a ^Agirl with no name

He said I ^Amet her up in Delaware in ^D193^E7 She was ^Awearing red lipstick to ^Dmatch her pretty ^Edress ^ADecember 24th at a ^Dquarter till ^Eeleven is when I ^Dfinally gained the courage to ^Eask her to ^Adance

Every h^Aoliday season as he tra^Dveled He tell about his ^F#mChristmas dance partner that he ^Enever knew well He share his ^Afavorite story with the ^Dlocals he met He was ^F#mcalled the Christmas story tellin ^Etraveling man

By ^Aage 53 he had ^Ddone settled down All the ^F#mneighborhood kids liked to ^Egather around Just to ^Alisten to his stories about his ^Dlife on the road All he ^F#mhad now were these ^Achildren he told And ^Devery Christmas eve they s^Ahowed up before dark He ^F#mtell them all the story but they ^Eknew it by heart They could q^Auote it word for word, he ^Dalways told it the same. It was his ^F#mfavorite Christmas story called the ^Agirl with no name

He said I ^Amet her up in Delaware in ^D193^E7 She was ^Awearing red lipstick to ^Dmatch her pretty ^Edress De^Acember 24th at a ^Dquarter till ^Eeleven is when I ^Dfinally gained the courage to ^Eask her to ^Adance

^ATwenty years later as he ^Dtook his last breath It was on a ^F#mcold Christmas morning on a ^Ehospital bed The ^Achildren were grown, he had ^Dnobody left Except the ^F#mlittle old nurse who was ho^Elding his hand He said ^DMa’am can you share a littl^Ae holiday cheer A ^F#msimple Christmas story was all he ^Ewanted to hear But his e^Ayes filled with tears at the ^Dwords that she spoke Because his favorite ^F#mChristmas story was the ^Aone that she told

She said I ^Amet him up in Delaware in ^D193^E7 Though I n^Aever caught his name he was a ^Dtraveling ^Eman De^Acember 24th at a ^Dquarter till ^Eeleven I’m so^D glad he got the courage t^Eo ask me to^A dance.