Tuning: E A D G B E

This song is in 3/4. The first G of every stanza can be done as a little G - Gsus4 - G figure if you want some ornamentation. [Intro] G - Dm - F - C G - Dm - F [Verse]

^GOh, no one ^Dmelse is happily ^FRecklessly ^Casking for ^Gmore than What ^Dmthey may need I can't ^Fsay what I need

[Verse 2]

^GOh, temper what you ^Dmsay if you've ^FNothing nice to ^Csay So my ^Ggrandmother ^Dmsays to me With her ^Fheart on her sleeve

[Verse 3]

^GSo, sadly I ^Dmleft the door ^FOpen and I ^Clet the dog ^Gout in the ^Dmsnow Oh ^Fwhere did she go?

[Verse 4]

^GOh, father friend, will you ^Dmpunish me, ^Fpunish me With a ^Clook of cont^Gempt, with a ^Dmlook of contempt ^FI can recall

[Verse 5]

^GOh, I know you did ^Dmright by me, ^Fright by me ^CWagging your ^Ghands when you ^Dmfound me With a ^Fbag of your things

[Verse 6]

^GPlease, please don't be a ^Dmstranger here A ^Fstranger who ^Ctakes from the ^Gworld Who ^Dmtakes from the world ^F

[Verse 7]

^GYou, you must be a ^DmChristmas tree, a ^FChristmas tree You ^Clight up the ^Groom, oh, you ^Dmlight up the room Oh you ^Flight up the room

[Verse 8]

^GSo, suddenly you ^Dmkiss me You ^Ftickled me in ^Cfront of your ^Gmother Who ^Dmlooked away With her ^Fhands on her face

[Instrumental break] G - Dm - F - C G - Dm - F [Coda] (quietly, building over next four stanzas)

^GDon't run away my friend ^DmYou won't be back again ^CYou said you needed me But I ^Gknow that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me

^GDon't run away my friend ^DmYou won't be back again ^CYou ran your hands through my hair in the snow Where the ^Gfrost of it blows with the terrible ghost

^GDon't run away my friend ^DmYou won't be back again ^CYou said you needed me G (hold) But I know...

[Instrumental break] G - G7 - Dm - F, repeat ad infinitum

Sufjan Stevens - Barcarola you must be a christmas tree