The Raveonettes

Grown-Up Christmas List(Chords)

The Raveonettes

Key: G

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	        Whew..this will go down in the record books as one of the hardest 
songs ever to pick out! I tried to get it as close as possible  
to the complex piano chords on the recording. 
 
**Play with a capo on 4 to match album key** 
 
 
    G     D/F#  Em          D        C 
Do you remember me, I sat upon your knee 
   C       G/B       Am       Am7    D 
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies  
       G      D/F#     Em                  D        C 
Well, I'm all grown-up now and still need help somehow 
     C     G/B      Am       Am7        D 
I'm not a child but my heart still can dream  
 
    G        D/F#     Em                  D        C 
So here's my lifelong wish, my grown-up Christmas list 
     C     G/B     Am      Am7    D 
Not for myself but for a world in need   
E C#m A No more lives torn apart B G#m7 That wars would never start C#m A B And time would heal all hearts E C#m A And everyone would have a friend B G#m7 And right would always win C#m C#m7 C#m Eb And love would never e----nd G#m7 C#m A B E Esus E This is my grown-up Christmas list
C#m A B G D/F# Em D C As children we believed the grandest sight to see C G/B Am Am7 D Was something lovely wrapped beneath our tree G D/F# Em D C Well Heaven surely knows that packages and bows C G/B Am Am7 D Can never heal a hurting human soul CHORUS E A What is this illusion called the innocence of youth C#m F#7 B Cmaj7 Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth (key change) G# D# Fm Fm D# C# C# G# Bbm D# Last chorus: F Dm Bb No more lives torn apart C Am7 That wars would never start Dm Bb C And time would heal all hearts F Dm Bb And everyone would have a friend C Am7 And right would always win Dm Dm7 Dm F+ And love would never e--nd oh Am7 Dm Bb C Am7 This is my grown-up Christmas list Dm Bb C Am7 This is my only life long wish Dm Bb C F This is my grown-up Christmas list F C Dm Dm C Bb F
Chords: 
A   =   x02220 
Am  =   x02210 
Am7 =   x02010 
B   =   x24442(bar chord) or xx4442 
Bb  =   x13331(bar chord) or xx3331 
Bbm =   x13321(bar chord) or xx3321 
C   =   x32010 
C#m =   x46654(bar chord) or xx6654 
C#m7=   x46454(bar chord) or xx6454 
D   =   xx0232 
D/F#=   200232 (hold down bottom string with thumb) 
Dm  =   xx0231 
Dm7 =   xx0211 
D#  =   x68886 
E   =   022100 
Esus=   022200 
Em  =   022000 
Eb  =   x6534x 
F   =   133211(bar chord) or xx3211  
F+  =   x7645x 
Fm  =   133111(bar chord)  
F#  =   244322(bar chord)  
F#7 =   242322(bar chord)  
G   =   320003   
G/B =   x2003x or x20003 
G#  =   466544(bar chord) 
G#m7=   464444(bar chord) 

Written by David Foster/Linda Thompson Jenner

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