Tablature first christmas - TRADITIONNEL

          



 From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca>

  

  FIRST CHRISTMAS   Time: 3/4 (sync)   Tenor: D   Bass: C?

  - Stan Rogers, 1979, on Between The Breaks, Key: D

  

  

  INTRO: 1,  6m,  57,  1

  

       1            *      5                  1

  This day a year a-go, he was rolling in the snow

         6m      5       4               1       *

  With a younger brother in his father's yard

  5                  *                 6m        *                 2m

  Christmas break, a time for touching home, the heart of all he'd known

      *              5     4   5  

  And leaving was so hard_________

        1                *             5                   *

  Three thousand miles a-way, now he's . working Christmas Day

         6m     5            4              1       *

  Making double time for the minding of the store

          5                 *              6m

  Well he always said, he'd make it on his own

       *                        2m      *

  He's spending Christmas Eve a-lone

        4           5        1     *   5   5

  First Christmas a-way from home

  

        1               *              5                   1

  She's standing by the train station, .. pan-handling for change

            6m      5      4                 1       *

  Four more dollars buys a decent meal and a room

  5                    *               6m        *                2m

  Looks like the Sally Ann place after all, in a crowded sleeping hall

       *             5     4   5  

  That echoes like a tomb_______

           1                  *                   5               *

  But it's warm and clean and free, and there are worse places to be

     6m       5        4                1       *

  At least it means no beating from her Dad

      5               *                    6m

  And if she cries be-cause it's Christmas Day

      *                   2m      *

  She hopes that it won't show

        4           5        1     *

  First Christmas a-way from home

  

  

  BRIDGE ONE:

  5              *                 5/4          5                  1

  ..... In the a-partment stands a tree, and it looks so small and bare

           4               *   *   5                         5/4

  Not like it was meant to be____, ..... Golden angel on the top

       *                        6m        *               2m

  It's not that same old silver star, you wanted for your own

  *     4           5        1      *

  First Christmas a-way from home     (INSTRUMENTAL)

  

  

  NOTES:

  - Rogers: tunes DADGBE, strums B 43 B2 43

  

  FIRST CHRISTMAS     PAGE TWO

  

  

         1                 *                  5                   1

  In the morning, they get prayers, then it's crafts and tea down-stairs

         6m     5         4             1       *

  Then a-nother meal back in his little room

         5               *                   6m       *               2m

  Hoping maybe that "the boys" will think to phone be-fore the day is gone

             *               5     4   5  

  Well, it's best they do it soon________

            1                  *              5               *

  When the "old girl" passed a-way, he fell a-part more every day

           6m     5        4            1       *

  Each had always kept the other pretty well

          5                 *                6m

  But the kids all said the nursing home was best

           *               2m      *

  Cause he couldn't live a-lone

        4           5        1     *

  First Christmas a-way from home

  

  

  

  BRIDGE TWO:

         5           *               5/4

  In the common room they've got the biggest tree  /

                  5                 1

       / And it's huge and cold and lifeless

      4                *   *                  5                       5/4

  Not like it ought to be____, and the lit-up flashing Santa Claus on top

       *                        6m        *                  *

  It's not that same old silver star, you once made for your own

  *     4           5        1      *

  First Christmas a-way from home

  SYMBOLS:

  - Asterisk (*) =  new measure, play same chord

  - Period (.)   =  1/8 note rest at start of a measure

  - Underline(_) =  sustain note into next measure

  

  CHORDS (Number System):

  - Example:     1    2    3    4    5    6    7

  - Key of C:    C    D    E    F    G    A    B

  - Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

  - Submitted by:  Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)

  

  MERRY CHRISTMAS!  Even if it requires at least one box of Kleenex to get 

  through this song!

  

   


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