alive on christmas

LOVKN ORIGINAL

key - E flat

* for this version I’ll use C chords (capo 3)

Verse 1

C F

Stringing lights with your bottle of booze

C F

Fingers-crossed you won't blow a fuse

C F

Family fights and the weekly blues

C F

Is that all it is to you?

verse 2

C F

Early nights 'cause you get off late

C F

Tired eyes at a quarter to eight

C F

Trying hard to avoid the flue

C F

Is that all it is to you?

pre-chorus

G am

Trying not to be bitter

F C

But it sneaks in like a spy

G am

Trying not to be a quitter

F G

But it's harder every time

verse 3

C F

Netflix and a TV dinner

C F

Mom says that you're looking thinner

C F

Walmart made your Christmas tree

C F

Is that all it means to be

chorus

G am

Alive on Christmas

F C

Don't you know that it's more than just

G am

An American business

F C

A well-oiled, money machine?

G am G F

Don't you know what it really means to be

C F C F

Alive on Christmas?

verse 4

C F

Red porcelain Santa Claus

C F

Passed down from your old in-laws

C F

String of lights with a festive hue

C F

Is that all it is to you?

verse 5

C F

Sundown at 4pm

C F

You're wishing it was June again

C F

Another drink and it's off to sleep

C F

Is that all it means to be

chorus

G am

Alive on Christmas

F C

Don't you know that it's more than just

G am

An American business

F C

A well-oiled, money machine?

G am G F

Don't you know what it really means to be

Alive on Christmas?

bridge

am G F C - G/B

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

am G F C - G/B

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

am G

More than a clay manger

F C

If that's all you think than you're in danger

F am

It's time to see life in the eyes of Love

G F

It's time to find hope in God above

chorus/outro

G am

Oh, it’s Christmas

F C

Don't you know that it's more than just

G am

An American business

F C

A well-oiled, money machine?

G am G F

Don't you know what it really means to be

C

Alive on Christmas?