Another Christmas song       (Listen to sample)

 

    C - F     C - F       C - F     C - F

 

   C                               G                        F                          Am

1.    Hope everybody's ringing on their own bell, this fine morning,

C                                    G                   - F                          C

    hope everyone's connected to that      long distance phone.

G                               C           - G                           Am

    Old man, he's a mountain,        old man, he's an island,

F                            Dm                      

    old man, he's a-waking says,

                          F    Dm                           C         +  F - C (4x)

    “I'm going to call, call all my children home.“

 

   C                                 G                       F                          Am

2.    Hope everybody's dancing to their own drum this fine morning,

C                               G                 F                   C

    the beat of distant Africa or a Polish factory town.

             G                                   C         - G                          Am

    Old man, he's calling for his supper,       calling for his whisky,

      F                                   Dm                      

    calling for his sons and daughters,

     F         Dm                               C           

   calling, calling all his children round.

 

+  F - C (3x)    F - Am - G - F - G    - F - G

 

   C                           G                        F                            Am

3.    Sharp ears are tuned in to the drones and chanters warning,

C                                             G                               F                    C

    mist blowing round some headland, somewhere in your memory.

G                                    C          - G                                  Am

    Everyone is from somewhere,      even if you've never been there,

F                                      Dm                      

    so take a minute to remember

                       F                               Dm                    C   

    the part of you that might be the old man calling me.

 

+  F - C          F - Am - G - F - G    - F - G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   C                                       G                         - F                    Am

4.    How many wars you're fighting out there,    this winter's morning?

C                    G                        F                          C

    Maybe it's always time for another Christmas song.

 

G                             C                       

    Old man he's asleep now.

G                                           Am                     

    he’s got appointments to keep now,

        F                                    Dm                     F

    dreaming of his sons and daughters, and proving,

      Dm                                    C

    proving that the blood is strong.

 

    (Jethro Tull)