Rob Carroll - Just Because Its Christmas(Cavaco chords)

	        
Piano Intro 
D E A F#m 
D E A 

Acoustic Guitar 
A Asus2 Asus4 A (2x) 

verse 1 
      D                  E             A          F#m 
It’s around this time of year I get to thinking 
      D                  E             A          C#7 
About all the things I wish I’d said or done 
      D    E             F#m  E        D#dim 
If I ever get myself together I’ll be stunned 
      D                         E 
I know that I can’t be the only one 

verse 2 
      D              E          A          F#m 
Resolutions rarely lead to revolutions 
       D             E                   A          C#7 
No not everyone can spark one from their bed 
      D            E               F#m     E      D#dim 
I’m tired and uninspired, truth be told rather be dead 
      D                               Dm  Dm6 
The past is something I can’t seem to shed 

Pre-Chorus 
         A                              C#m 
But it’s Christmas I’ll go through the motions 
  D                            A   E 
Atoning for mistakes I haven’t made 
         A                C#m    Cm 
It’s the litmus, of my devotion 
    Bm                        Esus4 E 
To people that don’t matter anyway 

F       G         E       E7        Am     G         D 
Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean I’m having fun 
F           G     E    E7        Am   G       D 
Despite all my ambition, what exactly have I done? 


Interlude 
Dm Dm/F Em Em/G E7/G# A 
A Asus2 Asus4 A 

Guitar Solo 
D   E   A  F#m 
D   E   A  C#7 
D   E  F#m  E  D#dim 
D   Dm 

Pre-Chorus 
         A                              C#m    Cm 
But it’s Christmas I’ll go through the motions 
    Bm                        Esus4 E 
Atoning for mistakes I haven’t made 

F       G         E       E7        Am     G         D 
Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean I’m having fun 
F           G     E    E7        Am   G       D 
Despite all my ambition, what exactly have I done?
 

Outro 
F                             G 
I keep hoping maybe next year things will change 
C                                   Am              F 
Then when nothing’s different I try to assuage and smile 
    G              Am          G 
As time passes me by 

   F                                       G 
I send more prayers than postcards despite all I lack 
    Am              G                 F#dim 
Yet every movement forward brings me two steps back 
      F        Em       Gm       A7 
It’s time for cheer, maybe next year 

Dm                                  G 
And I won’t find anything I need beneath the tree 
    E7                          A 
Or anyone around it that might disagree 
      Dm                                  G 
That just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean I’m having 
Ab  Am  Bbdim7 E7/B 
fun 

F                           Fm6                     Cmaj7 
Just because it’s Christmas doesn’t mean I’m having fun.