Intro: C G C G
C
I'm walking backwards for Christmas
F
Across the Irish sea
C
I'm walking backwards for Christmas
G C
It's the finest thing for me
C F
I've tried walking sideways
C
And walking to the front
D
But people just laughed
G
And said it's a publicity stunt
C A
I'm walking backwards for Christmas
F G C
To prove that I love you
Cm
An immigrant lad
G
Loved an Irish Colleen
F G Cm
From Dublin's Galway Bay
Cm
He longed for her arms,
F
But she spurned his charms,
G Bb C
And sailed o'er the foam away
Bb Eb
She left the lad by himself, on his own
Bb Gm
All alone, a-sorrowing
Cm G#
And sadly he dreamed, or at least that's the
way it seemed, buddy,
G
That an angel choir for him,
C
an angel choir did sing.
G# Bb F# G#m
I'm walking backwards for Christmas
Bb Dm E
Across the Irish Sea
F Gm C
I'm walking backwards for Christmas,
Eb C
It's the finest thing for me.
C F
And so I've tried walking sideways,
C
And walking to the front
D
But people just laughed
G
And said it's a publicity stunt.
C A
So I'm walking backwards for Christmas
F G C
To prove that I love you.
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