Talking Christmas Goodwill Blues chords by John Wesley Harding

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Verse 1
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Well,
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I flew to
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L .A. for the very first time and met
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Howie
Klein and
Seymour
Stein.
They said, where's...
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We do this
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Christmas thing and we got
all the acts to sing.
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I  said, what do you want?
Do want to cover a winter wonderland
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or something?
They said, do what you like.
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So this is called
Talking
Christmas
Goodwill
Blues.
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Is this how it goes?
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Here it goes.
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Well
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Christmas comes but once a year
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364 days to get your arse in gear
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And he's a sucker, he's a fool
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The man who don't revere the yule
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So this
Christmas it's just me and you
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And a large helping of sweet baby
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Jisoo.
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May all your
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Christmases be very white and your box
ing days be out of sight, but spare
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a thought when you give the
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gifts for the people doing
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Christmas shifts.
Cos
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Christmas is a time for giving,
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like lifetime is a time for living.
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Well, they say that money's taken over and no
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one wants a cheap leg over, pull over.
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They say that when any bell rings,
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one of
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God's children gets his wings.
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Talking of wings,  there's a sign in
LAX that says,
495 shopping days until the
Christmas
after this one.
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Buy now, cry later.
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So deck your halls with mistletoe and save your
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cents and hope it snows and watch some
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old films on
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TV, but don't knock down the
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Christmas tree.
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Because you'll be cleaning up
pine needles in
July.
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That's a universal truth, unfortunately.
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Christmas hootenanny.
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Twelve drummers drumming,
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eleven pipers piping, ten lords
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a -leaping, nine ladies dancing,
eight maids a -moving, seven
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swans a -swimming, six geese a -laying,
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five gold rings,
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four calling birds, three
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French hens, two turtle doves.
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An d her apartment's in a big mess.
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An d the
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ASPCA's not too happy either.
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So I'm behind the speakers over here
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wishing you a hip -hop
Happy
New
Year,
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a wicked
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Christmas and the coolest yule,
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if you're by a fire or in a swimming pool.
John
Wesley
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Harding's the name and this is the
groove.
He was never known
to make foolish moves.
Watch out for the record when
it hits the shelves.
Happy
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Christmas, enjoy your elves!
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That's all folks!