3 Generations

         D 
Wash the dishes, wash the dishes 
    G                Gm 
The Christmas dinner dishes 
D                        A 
Three generations in the kitchen all at once 
    D 
And go and get a camera 
    G              Gm 
And go and wake up grandpa 
D          G             A              D       A 
Three generations in the kitchen all at once 



D 
Play a Christmas album 
    G               Gm 
The Elvis Christmas album 
D                           A 
Three generations sing blue Christmas all at once 
    D 
Light another candle 
     G              Gm 
Come sit near the piano 
D          G             A              D 
Three generations sing together all at once, oh 


G            Gm             D      A     Bm 
Put away the turkey to make sandwiches tomorrow 
A   G                              A 
And put away the bones to make the soup for the winter 
    G 
But not the wish bone 
           A                        G      D   Em       A 
We'll just put it on the counter to let it dry out this week 
   G              D        Em         A Bm C A 
In time to make a wish for New Year's Eve,   yeah 

 
D 
Take turns with the washing 
    G                   Gm 
And take turns with the drying 
D                        A 
Three generations in the kitchen all at once 
         D 
Soak the tough ones 'til tomorrow 
             G                   Gm 
And save the suet for the winter sparrow 
D          G             A                D 
Three generations, merry Christmas all at once, ooh 

 
G                           D      A     Bm 
Put away the turkey to make sandwiches tomorrow 
A   G                              A 
And put away the bones to make the soup for the winter 
    G 
But not the wish bone 
           A                          G      D   Em       A 
We'll just leave it on the counter to let it dry out this week 
   G              D        Em         A Bm C A 
In time to make a wish for New Year's Eve 


D 
And put away the fancy dishes 
        G                  Gm 
just to take them out next Christmas 
D                            A 
Three generations are only together for so long 
        D 
Telling stories of the good times 
    G                 Gm 
the bad times and the wartimes 
D          G                 A             D 
Three generations are only together for so long