The Payolas - Christmas Is Coming

      Christmas is Coming – The Payolas
From the Album “Hammer on a Drum” - 1983

Chords   EADGBe
A        577655
Dbm      446654
Bm       224432
E        022100

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[INTRO Riff] 
   A             Dbm        Bm      E   A           Dbm       Bm     E
e|-9-|-9-10-|-12-5-|-4/5-2-|-4/5-0-|---|-----|-----|-------|----------|
B|---|------|------|-------|-------|---|-----|-----|-------|----------|
G|---|------|------|-------|-------|-6-|-6-7-|-9-2-|-1/2---|----4-6-7-|
D|---|------|------|-------|-------|---|-----|-----|-----4-|-6/7------|
A|---|------|------|-------|-------|---|-----|-----|-------|----------|
E|---|------|------|-------|-------|---|-----|-----|-------|----------|

[INTRO]
A   Dbm   Bm   E   A   Dbm   Bm   E

[VERSE]
A                    Dbm
Christmas is coming, It's been a long year
Bm                           E
I'm still in the same place, We're still over here
A                      Dbm
Go down to the market, Get lost in the crowd
Bm                     E
Go home to my records, I play them too loud


[CHORUS]
D                    E
Christmas is coming, It's been a long year
                 A    Dbm   Bm   E
I wish you were here


[VERSE]
A                      Dbm
Been down to the U.I., And nothing but queues
Bm                       E
Been down on my welfare, With holes in my shoes
A                            Dbm
The kitchen's still leaking, With floods on the floor
Bm                        E
The landlord will fix it, He only wants more


[CHORUS]
D                    E
Christmas is coming, It's been a long year
                A     Dbm   Bm   E
I wish you were here
                A     Dbm   Bm   E
I wish you were here


[SOLO] – play intro riff
A   Dbm   Bm   E   A   Dbm   Bm   E


[CHORUS]
D                    E
Christmas is coming, It's been a long year
                 A    Dbm   Bm   E
I wish you were here
                A     Dbm   Bm   E
I wish you were here


[VERSE]
A                      Dbm
Been down to the U.I., And nothing but queues
Bm                       E
Been down on my welfare, With holes in my shoes
A                        Dbm
But I'm not complaining, I'm happy, you see?
Bm                          E
And I'm still here waiting, So come and see me


[CHORUS]
D
Christmas is coming 
E
It's been a long year
                A    Dbm  Bm  E
I wish you were here 
                A    Dbm  Bm  E
I wish you were here
                A    Dbm  Bm  E
I wish you were here
                (I wish you were – 4x)
                A    Dbm  Bm  E
I wish you were here
                (I wish you were – 4x)