Intro
G#m F# E C#m F# F#/A# Bsus B G#m D#m/F# C#/F F#
[Prelude]
B F# G#m
Do you remember me?
G#m/B D#m7 G#m7
I sat upon your knee
E B/D# C#m7 F#sus4 F#
I wrote to you with childhood fantasies
[Verse 1]
B/F# F# G#m
Well, I'm all grown-up now
G#m/B D#m7 G#m7
and still need help somehow?
E B/D# C#m F#sus4 F#
I'm not a child but my heart still can dream
B F# G#m
So here's my lifelong wish
D#m Cadd2
My grown-up Christmas list
B/D# C#m7 F#sus4 F#7
Not for myself but for a world in need
[Chorus]
B2 B G#sus G#m E
No more lives torn apart
C#9 F#7 D#m7
That wars would never start
G#m G#m7/F# Esus2 B/F#
And time would heal all hearts
B G#m7 G#m7/F# E
and everyone would have a friend
C#9 F#sus D#m7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
G#m C#m7 F#7 B
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Instumental]
D#/G G#m B/D# E C#m7 F#sus F#
[Verse 2]
B/F# F# G#m
As children we believed
G#m/B D#m7 E
The grandest sight to see
E B/D# C#m F#sus4 F#
Was something lovely wrapped beneath our tree
B F# G#m
Well Heaven surely knows
D#m Cadd2
That packages and bows
B/D# C#m F#sus4 F#
Can never heal a hurting human soul
[Chorus]
B2 B G#sus G#m E
No more lives torn apart
C#9 F#7 D#m7
That wars would never start
G#m G#m7/F# Esus2 B/F#
And time would heal all hearts
B G#m7 G#m7/F# E
and everyone would have a friend
C#9 F#sus D#m7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
G#m C#m7 F#7 B
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Bridge]
G7sus Cadd2
What is this illusion called?
The innocence of youth?
G#m7 C#7sus A
Maybe only in our blind belief
F# Bsus4 B
Can we ev - er find the truth
[Instrumental]
E G#m/B C#m C#m G#m7 Aadd7 F E/G# F#m Bsus4 B
[Chorus]
B2 B G#sus G#m E
No more lives torn apart
C#9 F#7 D#m7
That wars would never start
G#m G#m7/F# Esus2 B/F#
And time would heal all hearts
B G#m7 G#m7/F# E
and everyone would have a friend
C#9 F#sus D#m7
That right would always win
Em7 C#dim C7/F# Daug/F# Bm7
And love would nev-er end
G#m C#m7 F#7 B D#m7
This is my grown-up Christmas list
[Outro]
Em C#dim7 Bb9#5 Bm7
This is my only lifelong wish
G#m7 Bsus/C# F#sus F# B
This is my grown-up Christmas list
F#m G#m D#m7 Cadd2 F#7 G