Intro
A# D#
[Chorus]
D# G#
Daddy's drinking up our Christmas
D# A#
Gonna be some hard times this year
D# G#
No tree or stockings or presents
D# A# D#
Just bottles of Christmas cheer
G# D#
No new Frigidaire for Momma
G# A#
No toy train for brother Jim
D# G#
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
D# A# D#
Don’t know what’s gonna become of him
[Verse 1]
D# G#
He quit his job last friday, paid his last paycheck
D# A#
And Momma, she ain’t seen a cent
D# G#
The cupboards are empty, the phone’s turned off
D# A# D#
Where we gonna come up with the rent
G#
We ain't seen daddy two or three days
D# A#
Tommy’s pa said they saw him at the track
D# G#
Daddy lay down that bottle if you hear my pleaa
D# A# D#
Mommy and me want you back
[Chorus]
D# G#
Daddy's drinking up our Christmas
D# A#
Gonna be some hard times this year
D# G#
No tree or stockings or presents
D# A# D#
Just bottles of Christmas cheer
G# D#
No new Frigidaire for Momma
G# A#
No toy train for brother Jim
D# G#
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
D# A# D#
Don’t know what’s gonna become of him
[Instrumental]
D# G# D# A#
D# G# D# A# D#
[Verse 2]
D# G#
Oh well the sheriff came around, said dad wrecked the family car
D# A#
They arrested him and threw him in the tank
D# G#
We’ll get you out Christmas morning if we can raise the bail
D# A# D#
Oh Daddy, please don’t take another drink
[Chorus]
D# G#
Daddy's drinking up our Christmas
D# A#
Gonna be no happy new year
D# G#
No tree or stockings or presents
D# A# D#
Just bottles of Christmas cheer
G# D#
No new Frigidaire for Momma
G# A#
No toy train for brother Jim
D# G#
Daddy's Drinking Up Our Christmas
D# A# D#
Don’t know what’s gonna become of him