Capital Lights - His Favorite Christmas Story Chords & Tabs

Capital Lights - His Favorite Christmas Story

Chorus 1: 
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He met her up in Delaware in 1937
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She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
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December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when he finally gained the 
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courage to ask her to dance

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Verse 1:
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It was the night before Christmas, it was love at first sight
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The carolers sang as they danced through the night
           G                         C        G
She was a small town girl, he was a traveling guy
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He never caught her name before they said their goodbyes
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A couple years later he was out on the road
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Having Christmas dinner in a diner alone
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When he saw a young waitress with a gleam in her eye
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Her favorite day of the year she showed her spirits were high
         C                       G        D
She said sir can you share a little holiday cheer
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A simple Christmas story was all she wanted to hear
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He looked prepared with a smile as he started to say here’s my favorite 
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Christmas story about a girl with no name



Chorus  2:
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He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
G                                C                D
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
G                    C            D           G
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I               
                               D          G
finally gained the courage to ask her to dance

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Verse 2:
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Every holiday season as he traveled he’d 
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tell about his Christmas dance 
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partner that he never knew well
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He’d share his favorite story with the locals he met
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He was called the Christmas story tellin traveling man


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By age 53 he had done settled down
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All the neighborhood kids liked to gather around
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Just to listen to his stories about his life on the road
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All he had now were these children he told
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And every Christmas eve they showed up before dark
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He’d tell them all the story but they knew it by heart
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They could quote it word for word, he always told it the same.
                       G                        D
It was his favorite Christmas story called the girl with no name



Chorus  2:
G                                   C  D 
He said I met her up in Delaware in 1937
G                                C                D
She was wearing red lipstick to match her pretty dress
G                    C            D           G
December 24th at a quarter till eleven is when I               
                               D          G
finally gained the courage to ask her to dance




Verse  3:
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Twenty years later as he took his last breath
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It was on a cold Christmas morning on a hospital bed
       G                      C        G
The children were grown, he had nobody left
             G                        D
Except the little old nurse who was holding his hand
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He said Ma’am can you share a little holiday cheer
    G                                D     D      
A simple Christmas story was all he wanted to hear
         G                             C          G 
But his eyes filled with tears at the words that she spoke
                      G                    D
Because his favorite Christmas story was the one that she told


Chorus 3:
            G                        C   D 
She said I met him up in Delaware in 1937
          G                           C         D 
Though I never caught his name he was a traveling man
   G                 C      D 
December 24th at a quarter till eleven
        G                      D          G
I’m so glad he got the courage to ask me to dance.