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CHRISTMAS TEARS As recorded by Eric Clapton (From the 2018 Album HAPPY XMAS) Words & Music by Sonny Thompson & Robert Wilson Arranged by Eric Clapton Trancribed by Slowhand [1st Verse]
I hear C7sleigh bells ring F7 But I haven’t heard a word from you in years C7 I hear sleigh F7bells ringin’ But I haven’t heard a word from you in years C7 Db7 C7 G7/DI hear choirs singin’ G7 F7 And I’m just Adim/Gsittin’ here cryin’ Christmas C7tears F7 C7 G7
[2nd Verse]
C7Everybody’s singin’ “Merry Christmas” F7 As they watch the starry sky filled with reinC7deer G7/D F7Everybody’s singin’ “Merry Christmas” As they watch the starry sky filled with reinC7deer G7/D I’m smilin’ G7on the outside F7 But on the Adim/Ginside I’m cryin’ Christmas C7tears F7 C
[Bridge]
Well, you’ve been F7gone such a long, long time But it’s C7Christmas and I can’t get you off of my mind Yes, you’ve been F7gone a hundred years or more If you D7come back They could hang a “Merry G7Christmas” on my door
I need you C7baby Kiss and hold me tight F7I need you darling On a lonely F#dim7Christmas night And as I C/Gsit and I thE7ink of the Amlong,C7/G lonely yearF7s F#dim7I can’t help but C/Gcry A7 B7 G7sus Christmas Ctears
[Guitar Solo] F7 C7 F7 D7 G7 C7 F7 F#dim7 C/G E7 Am C7/G F7 F#dim7 C/G A7 D7 Gsus [Outro] C7 F7 C7