Whew..this will go down in the record books as one of the hardest
songs ever to pick out! I tried to get it as close as possible
to the complex piano chords on the recording.
**Play with a capo on 4 to match album key**
G D/F# Em D C
Do you remember me, I sat upon your knee
C G/B Am Am7 D
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies
G D/F# Em D C
Well, I'm all grown-up now and still need help somehow
C G/B Am Am7 D
I'm not a child but my heart still can dream
G D/F# Em D C
So here's my lifelong wish, my grown-up Christmas list
C G/B Am Am7 D
Not for myself but for a world in need
E C#m A
No more lives torn apart
B G#m7
That wars would never start
C#m A B
And time would heal all hearts
E C#m A
And everyone would have a friend
B G#m7
And right would always win
C#m C#m7 C#m Eb
And love would never e----nd
G#m7 C#m A B E Esus E
This is my grown-up Christmas list
C#m A B
G D/F# Em D C
As children we believed the grandest sight to see
C G/B Am Am7 D
Was something lovely wrapped beneath our tree
G D/F# Em D C
Well Heaven surely knows that packages and bows
C G/B Am Am7 D
Can never heal a hurting human soul
CHORUS
E A
What is this illusion called the innocence of youth
C#m F#7 B Cmaj7
Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth
(key change)
G# D# Fm Fm D# C#
C# G# Bbm D#
Last chorus:
F Dm Bb
No more lives torn apart
C Am7
That wars would never start
Dm Bb C
And time would heal all hearts
F Dm Bb
And everyone would have a friend
C Am7
And right would always win
Dm Dm7 Dm F+
And love would never e--nd oh
Am7 Dm Bb C Am7
This is my grown-up Christmas list
Dm Bb C Am7
This is my only life long wish
Dm Bb C F
This is my grown-up Christmas list
F C Dm Dm C Bb F
Chords:
A = x02220
Am = x02210
Am7 = x02010
B = x24442(bar chord) or xx4442
Bb = x13331(bar chord) or xx3331
Bbm = x13321(bar chord) or xx3321
C = x32010
C#m = x46654(bar chord) or xx6654
C#m7= x46454(bar chord) or xx6454
D = xx0232
D/F#= 200232 (hold down bottom string with thumb)
Dm = xx0231
Dm7 = xx0211
D# = x68886
E = 022100
Esus= 022200
Em = 022000
Eb = x6534x
F = 133211(bar chord) or xx3211
F+ = x7645x
Fm = 133111(bar chord)
F# = 244322(bar chord)
F#7 = 242322(bar chord)
G = 320003
G/B = x2003x or x20003
G# = 466544(bar chord)
G#m7= 464444(bar chord)