Intro: D/A7 x 2

                LONELY CHRISTMAS

                  Bill Melton

                                               Rock 3 102

           D                            G

CHRISTMAS BELLS ARE RINGING, CHRISTMAS VOICES ARE SINGING

        D                          A

YET THE ONLY SOUND I HEAR IS YOUR GOODBYE

         D                       G

SEASON CHEERS FILLS THE AIR, SMILING FACES EVERY WHERE

      D                    A        D

THIS YEAR, CHRISTMAS ONLY MAKES ME CRY

              D                       G

'TWAS JUST A YEAR AGO TODAY THAT YOU TURNED AND WALKED AWAY

         A7                              D

IT'S A  LONELY LONELY CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU

chorus

         G                              D    A7

IT'S A LONELY LONELY CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU

A7                                 D

ONCE YOU WERE MINE BUT NOW WE'RE THRU

             G

I CALL YOUR NAME IN MY DREAMS

               D  A/C#        Bm

YOUR MEMORIES' EVERY WHERE IT SEEMS

                A7                      D

IT'S A LONELY LONELY CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU

I PLACE YOUR GIFTS BENEATH THE TREE

              G

WRAPPED WITH LOVE SIGNED BY ME

       D                                          A7

YET I KNOW IT WILL STILL BE THERE ON CHRISTMAS DAY

           D                              G                  Gm

WHILE I RECALL CHRISTMAS'S PAST WHEN YOU SAID OUR LOVE WILL LAST

               D            A7             D

NOW NOTHING'S LEFT BUT THE TEARS I CRY TO-DAY

STILL EVERY NIGHT I KNEEL AND PRAY

      G

THAT YOU'LL COME BACK TO STAY

                A7                             D

'CAUSE IT'S A LONELY LONELY CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU

         A7                             D

SUCH A LONELY LONELY CHRISTMAS WITHOUT YOU