Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Well it's Christmas in
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the jailhouse again
And I've been looking all around
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for a face to call a friend
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It seems everybody in here has
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a better place to be
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presents under the tree
Verse 2
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stories that we have told
About the work we can't find and the
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women who have left us in the cold
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promised like peace and harmony
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They don't apply when you're
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doing time for B&E
Verse 3
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But everybody deserves
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It don't matter what stupid
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Everybody deserves a
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Merry Christmas
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So come on baby let's have
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ourselves some fun
Verse 4
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a single word I said
About the funny way she walks or the
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watermelon size of her head
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This time things will be different,
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of that there is no doubt
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If she would just come on down here
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and bail me out
Verse 5
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serves a Merry Christmas
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It don't matter what stupid
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Everybody deserves a
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Merry Christmas
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So come on baby let's have ourselves some
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fun
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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and all across this land
I've seen the very best and
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the very worst of man
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My brothers are the drifters,
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the beggars, and the thieves
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And I believe that baby was born
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for the ones like these
Verse 7
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serves a Merry Christmas
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It don't matter what stupid
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Everybody deserves a Merry
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Christmas
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So come on baby let's have
Verse 8
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And I know you've heard this story
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every year when the cold rolls in
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mas in the jailhouse again
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D C Em
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