Big Thief

Christmas Day

Big Thief

Cavaco chords Intermediate level Intermediate
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Picking pattern / intro 
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D |----0------0------0------0-----0------0------0------0--| 
A |-------------------------------------------------------| 
D |-5-----5-------5-----5------5-----5-------7-----7------| 

Intro: 
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Dadd4/G                          Bm7 
Desperation flutters through me, pecking like a bird 
      D/A                         Dadd4/G 
I am no one, I am no one, name is nothing but a word 
Dadd4/G                     Bm7 
Even as the house is empty, whistling though her teeth 
     D/A                              Dadd4/G 
I am sheltered, I am sheltered, Im a knife within a sheath 
 

 
Dadd2/E 
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn 
           Dadd4/G 
She said, "morning dad" 
 

 
  Dadd4/G                      Bm7 
I call you from the bathroom, dripping through my shirt 
     D/A                          Dadd4/G 
I am nothing, I am numbing, and I need to feel the hurt 
      Dadd4/G                       Bm7 
I can hear you watching television, feeling up her skirt 
        D/A                             Dadd4/G 
Leaving bruises, she is vacant, she is looking through her purse 
 

 
Bm7                          D/A 
Christmas Day, I dont want anything 
              Dadd4/G 
I dont want anything 
 

 
Dadd2/E 
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn 
           Dadd4/G 
She said, "morning, dad" 
Dadd2/E 
Little eyes, wet bed, mow the lawn 
           Dadd4/G 
She said, "morning, dad" 
 

 
Dadd4/G               Bm7 
Frozen images of us embracing in the glow 
     D/A                                Dadd4/G 
As a daughter in her fathers arms, an angel in the snow 
          Dadd4/G                               Bm7 
You say, "Annie, there were good things too" as if I cannot see 
        D/A                             Dadd4/G 
I say, "Fuck your famous frail excuses, turn your face to me" 
 

 
Bm7                          D/A 
Christmas Day, I dont want anything 
             Dadd4/G 
I dont want anything 
Bm7                          D/A 
Christmas Day, I dont want anything 
              Dadd4/G 
I dont want anything 
 

Outro: 
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