Christmas Eve In My Home Town

Words & Music by Don Upton & Stan Zabka
Recorded by Kate Smith, 1966


Intro:

        C9           Cm          G     Bm7-5    E-9  E
There's so much to remember, no wonder   I   re-mem-ber

A7              Gdim A7   D7    
Christmas Eve in my home town.



  D9    Am7  D+5   G             Gdim   Am7           Cdim 
'Cause there were carols in the square, laughter everywhere,

 G               G/F#    Bm7-5   E7  
Couples kissing under the mistletoe;

   Am7       Cm7  Cm7-5      G       B7      E7
I can't help re-mi-nis-cing, knowing I'll be missing

A7              Cdim A7   D     DM7 D7
Christmas Eve in my home town.


G           Gdim   Am7          Cdim
Nothing can erase the mem'ries I embrace,

G                  G/F#   Bm7-5     E-9     E
Those familiar footprints upon the snow.

        Am7           Cm7      Cm7-5   G     B7   E-9   E
There's so much to re-mem-ber,      no wonder I re-mem-ber

A7              Cdim D7   G
Christmas Eve in my home town.



Bridge:


Em7        A6/7/9  A7     Em7        A6/7/9  A7
I'd like to  be   there, trimming the tree there

D              Fdim  A7      D6
And there's a chance that I might!

F#m7        B7      F#m7           B7
I can hear singing, steeple bells ringing 

  E7     A7      D      DM7  D7
Noel and Silent Night.


G                Gdim   Am7          Cdim

Wise men journeyed far, guided by a star,

      G              G/F#      Bm7-5   E-9     E
But though I'm not a wise man, this I know:

         Am7        Cm7    Cm7-5          G        B7     E-9   E
Through dreams and just pretending, I'm there and I'll be spen-ding

A7              Cdim D7   G
Christmas Eve in my home town.



 
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