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