Intro G - Dm - F - C G - Dm - F Verse G Dm Oh, no one else is happily F C G Recklessly asking for more than Dm What they may need F I can't say what I need Verse 2 G Dm Oh, temper what you say if you've F C Nothing nice to say G Dm So my grandmother says to me F With her heart on her sleeve Verse 3 G Dm So, sadly I left the door F C G Dm Open and I let the dog out in the snow F Oh where did she go? Verse 4 G Dm F Oh, father friend, will you punish me, punish me C G Dm With a look of contempt, with a look of contempt F I can recall Verse 5 G Dm F Oh, I know you did right by me, right by me C G Dm Wagging your hands when you found me F With a bag of your things Verse 6 G Dm Please, please don't be a stranger here F C G A stranger who takes from the world Dm F Who takes from the world Verse 7 G Dm F You, you must be a Christmas tree, a Christmas tree C G Dm You light up the room, oh, you light up the room F Oh you light up the room Verse 8 G Dm So, suddenly you kiss me F C G You tickled me in front of your mother Dm Who looked away F With her hands on her face Instrumental break G - Dm - F - C G - Dm - F Coda (quietly, building over next four stanzas) G Don't run away my friend Dm You won't be back again C You said you needed me G But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me G Don't run away my friend Dm You won't be back again C You said you needed me G But I know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me G Don't run away my friend Dm You won't be back again C You ran your hands through my hair in the snow G Where the frost of it blows with the terrible ghost G Don't run away my friend Dm You won't be back again C You said you needed me G (hold) But I know... Instrumental break G - G7 - Dm - F, repeat ad infinitum
