Intro
Dm C A# Gm C C/E Fsus F Dm Am/C G/B C
[Prelude]
F C Dm
Do you remember me?
Dm/F Am7 Dm7
I sat upon your knee
A# F/A Gm7 Csus4 C
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies
[Verse 1]
F/C C Dm
Well, I'm all grown-up now
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and still need help somehow?
A# F/A Gm Csus4 C
I'm not a child but my heart still can dream
F C Dm
So here's my lifelong wish
Am Cadd2
My grown-up Christmas list
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Not for myself but for a world in need
[Chorus]
F2 F Dsus Dm A#
No more lives torn apart
G9 C7 Am7
That wars would never start
Dm Dm7/C A#sus2 F/C
And time would heal all hearts
F Dm7 Dm7/C A#
and everyone would have a friend
G9 Csus Am7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
Dm Gm7 C7 F
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Instumental]
A/C# Dm F/A A# Gm7 Csus C
[Verse 2]
F/C C Dm
As children we believed
Dm/F Am7 A#
The grandest sight to see
A# F/A Gm Csus4 C
Was something lovely wrapped beneath our tree
F C Dm
Well Heaven surely knows
Am Cadd2
That packages and bows
F/A Gm Csus4 C
Can never heal a hurting human soul
[Chorus]
F2 F Dsus Dm A#
No more lives torn apart
G9 C7 Am7
That wars would never start
Dm Dm7/C A#sus2 F/C
And time would heal all hearts
F Dm7 Dm7/C A#
and everyone would have a friend
G9 Csus Am7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
Dm Gm7 C7 F
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Bridge]
G7sus Cadd2
What is this illusion called?
The innocence of youth?
Dm7 G7sus A
Maybe only in our blind belief
C Fsus4 F
Can we ev - er find the truth
[Instrumental]
A# Dm/F Gm Gm Dm7 D#add7 F A#/D Cm Fsus4 F
[Chorus]
F2 F Dsus Dm A#
No more lives torn apart
G9 C7 Am7
That wars would never start
Dm Dm7/C A#sus2 F/C
And time would heal all hearts
F Dm7 Dm7/C A#
and everyone would have a friend
G9 Csus Am7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
Dm Gm7 C7 F Am7
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Outro]
Em C#dim7 Bb9#5 Bm7
This is my only lifelong wish
Dm7 Fsus/G Csus C F
This is my grown-up Christmas list
Cm Dm Am7 Cadd2 C7 G