Intro
D#m C# B G#m C# C#/F F#sus F# D#m A#m/C# G#/C C#
[Prelude]
F# C# D#m
Do you remember me?
D#m/F# A#m7 D#m7
I sat upon your knee
B F#/A# G#m7 C#sus4 C#
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies
[Verse 1]
F#/C# C# D#m
Well, I'm all grown-up now
D#m/F# A#m7 D#m7
and still need help somehow?
B F#/A# G#m C#sus4 C#
I'm not a child but my heart still can dream
F# C# D#m
So here's my lifelong wish
A#m Cadd2
My grown-up Christmas list
F#/A# G#m7 C#sus4 C#7
Not for myself but for a world in need
[Chorus]
F#2 F# D#sus D#m B
No more lives torn apart
G#9 C#7 A#m7
That wars would never start
D#m D#m7/C# Bsus2 F#/C#
And time would heal all hearts
F# D#m7 D#m7/C# B
and everyone would have a friend
G#9 C#sus A#m7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
D#m G#m7 C#7 F#
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Instumental]
A#/D D#m F#/A# B G#m7 C#sus C#
[Verse 2]
F#/C# C# D#m
As children we believed
D#m/F# A#m7 B
The grandest sight to see
B F#/A# G#m C#sus4 C#
Was something lovely wrapped beneath our tree
F# C# D#m
Well Heaven surely knows
A#m Cadd2
That packages and bows
F#/A# G#m C#sus4 C#
Can never heal a hurting human soul
[Chorus]
F#2 F# D#sus D#m B
No more lives torn apart
G#9 C#7 A#m7
That wars would never start
D#m D#m7/C# Bsus2 F#/C#
And time would heal all hearts
F# D#m7 D#m7/C# B
and everyone would have a friend
G#9 C#sus A#m7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
D#m G#m7 C#7 F#
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Bridge]
G7sus Cadd2
What is this illusion called?
The innocence of youth?
D#m7 G#7sus A
Maybe only in our blind belief
C# F#sus4 F#
Can we ev - er find the truth
[Instrumental]
B D#m/F# G#m G#m D#m7 Eadd7 F B/D# C#m F#sus4 F#
[Chorus]
F#2 F# D#sus D#m B
No more lives torn apart
G#9 C#7 A#m7
That wars would never start
D#m D#m7/C# Bsus2 F#/C#
And time would heal all hearts
F# D#m7 D#m7/C# B
and everyone would have a friend
G#9 C#sus A#m7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
D#m G#m7 C#7 F# A#m7
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Outro]
Em C#dim7 Bb9#5 Bm7
This is my only lifelong wish
D#m7 F#sus/G# C#sus C# F#
This is my grown-up Christmas list
C#m D#m A#m7 Cadd2 C#7 G