Tom: G
G
[Verse 1]
C (or Am)
On Christmas Eve at her jukebox bar
D G
the owner put out the old mason jar
C (or Am)
of the change she saved, on a stool up front
D
just so anyone could sing if they want
[Bridge] x2
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C (or Am)
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D
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[Verse 2]
G C (or Am)
well the college kid with a college drunk
D G
Gave ‘em deck the halls from the top of his lungs
C (or Am)
they said “kid go home” but he just sat down
D
Said “they ain’t missed me once, they ain’t starting now”
[Bridge]
G
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C (or Am)
Ba da da da da
D
Ba da da da da da ba da da da da da da
[Verse 3]
G C (or Am)
The preschool teacher of twenty nine
D G
made a solo out of baby it’s cold outside
C (or Am)
Sent a text to her ex, said “I miss him tonight,
D
think I’d miss him less if he treated me right”
[Bridge]
G
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C (or Am)
Ba da da da da
D
Ba da da da da da...
[Chorus]
G D Em
the owner asked ‘em for encores every track
Bm (or G) C
She asked ‘em “where did ya learn to sing like that?
G Am
Who’s gonna give it a try, honey don’t be shy
D G
I know the words, I’ll sing with ya the whole time”
D Em
The neighbors opened their windows just to hear
D G C
They know that magic don’t happen every year
G
You get whatever you need
C
by the time you leave
D G
that jukebox bar on Christmas Eve
Em Am D
Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho
[Verse 4]
G C (or Am)
Well the lawyer was loaded and scraping along
D G
doing silver and gold like a funeral song
C (or Am)
she said “it’s not when I lose, 'cause losing is fine
D N.C
It’s when I win for someone who wins all the time”
[Bridge]
G
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C (or Am)
Ba da da da da
D
Ba da da da da da ba da da da da da da
[Verse 5]
G C (or Am)
The laid off coach, without looking up
D G
crooned I’ll be home to the foam in his cup
C (or Am)
said “I miss the days when the things I'd say
D
pushed people to win- didn't push em' away
[Bridge]
G
Ba da da da da
C (or Am)
Ba da da da da
D
Ba da da da da da ba da da da da da da
[Chorus]
G D Em
the owner asked ‘em for encores every track
Bm (or G) C
She asked ‘em “where did ya learn to sing like that?
G Am
Who’s gonna give it a try, honey don’t be shy
D G
I know the words, I’ll sing with ya the whole time”
D Em
The neighbors opened their windows just to hear
D G C
They know that magic don’t happen every year
G
You get whatever you need
C
by the time you leave
D G
that jukebox bar on Christmas Eve
Em Am D
Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho
[Verse 6]
G C (or Am)
Well the poet and postman and plumber in love
D G
did “Last” and “Blue” and “12 Days Of”
C (or Am)
and the big bank big wig swigging some rum
D G
did Santa baby like a hit and run
Then the journalist and therapist
C (or Am) D G
sung jolly old saint Nicholas
[Ending]
And the owner watched
Em D
and she didn’t charge anyone for drinks
G
and they turned to her with sympathy
C (or Am) D G
they said “you’re working late on Christmas Eve
C (or Am)
And you’re all alone, that don’t seem right”
D G Em C (or Am)
She said “look around — I ain’t alone tonight”
D G Em
No, we ain't alone tonight
C (or Am) D
Woah oh oh oh oh oh
G
Woah oh oh oh oh
