Intro: C Cadd9 C F
C Cadd9 C F
C
Every now and then I like to pick up the phone
F
And make a call down memory lane
Am G F
Well how you been, well baby you could say I've been lonely too
C
I've been picking up the pieces ever since the day
F
I left you sleeping on the motel road
Am G F
I heard you had two kids, got married, it was quite the show
G
You're my one stone true regret
F G
As I'm lying alone in my bed
C
On this silent night
G F G ( F Am G )
I say a little prayer for you on this silent night
F Am G
I send this message through, I was wrong to run
C F G
Shoulda took a little time for life
C Am G
'Cause loneliness is no repayment for sacrifice
C G F G F C
I'm doing time in paradise on this silent night
( C Cadd9 C F )
C
I remember how we touched, we were young in love
F
Didn't know what was wrong or right
Am G F
We just stuck to each other like the earth sticks to the sun
C
You taught me how to laugh, I learned how to cry
F
It was easy as one, two, three
Am G F
We were lucky and wild back then, just happy to be
G F G
Now I think about you with desire, and my heart's still full of fire
C
On this silent night
G F G ( F Am G )
I say a little prayer for you on this silent night
F Am G
I send this message through, I was wrong to run
C F G
Shoulda took a little time for life
C Am G
'Cause loneliness is no repayment for sacrifice
C G F G F C
I'm doing time in paradise on this silent night
F C F G
In my mind I see the wind blow through your hair
F C F G
I have a photograph of you and I somewhere
F C F G
Painting pictures of the life that we would share
F Am F Am
I wear this badge of sorrow, but how was I to know?
F C
I found the truth comes easy when you live in the light
F Am G
I guess it only goes to show
F Am G
So you think I'm crazy 'cause I feel this way
F Am G F G
Gonna pick myself up off the ground and I'll turn it around
C G
On this silent night
G F G ( F Am G )
Yeh I say a little prayer for you on this silent night
F Am G
I send this message through, I was wrong to run
C F G
I should have put a little more into life
C Am F
'Cause loneliness is no repayment for sacrifice
C G F G F C
I guess it s time to say goodbye, on this silent night
( C Cadd9 C F )
F G F C
On this silent night