From:_Barrie_McCombs_ 

 
 

FIRST_CHRISTMAS___Time:_3/4_(sync)___Tenor:_D___Bass:_C? 

-_Stan_Rogers,_1979,_on_Between_The_Breaks,_Key:_D 

 
 

 
 

INTRO:_1,__6m,__57,__1 

 
 

_____1____________*______5__________________1 

This_day_a_year_a-go,_he_was_rolling_in_the_snow 

_______6m______5_______4_______________1_______* 

With_a_younger_brother_in_his_fathers_yard 

5__________________*_________________6m________*_________________2m 

Christmas_break,_a_time_for_touching_home,_the_heart_of_all_hed_known 

____*______________5_____4___5 

And_leaving_was_so_hard_________ 

______1________________*_____________5___________________* 

Three_thousand_miles_a-way,_now_hes_._working_Christmas_Day 

_______6m_____5____________4______________1_______* 

Making_double_time_for_the_minding_of_the_store 

________5_________________*______________6m 

Well_he_always_said,_hed_make_it_on_his_own 

_____*________________________2m______* 

Hes_spending_Christmas_Eve_a-lone 

______4___________5________1_____*___5___5 

First_Christmas_a-way_from_home 

 
 

______1_______________*______________5___________________1 

Shes_standing_by_the_train_station,_.._pan-handling_for_change 

__________6m______5______4_________________1_______* 

Four_more_dollars_buys_a_decent_meal_and_a_room 

5____________________*_______________6m________*________________2m 

Looks_like_the_Sally_Ann_place_after_all,_in_a_crowded_sleeping_hall 

_____*_____________5_____4___5 

That_echoes_like_a_tomb_______ 

_________1__________________*___________________5_______________* 

But_its_warm_and_clean_and_free,_and_there_are_worse_places_to_be 

___6m_______5________4________________1_______* 

At_least_it_means_no_beating_from_her_Dad 

____5_______________*____________________6m 

And_if_she_cries_be-cause_its_Christmas_Day 

____*___________________2m______* 

She_hopes_that_it_wont_show 

______4___________5________1_____* 

First_Christmas_a-way_from_home 

 
 

 
 

BRIDGE_ONE: 

5______________*_________________5/4__________5__________________1 

....._In_the_a-partment_stands_a_tree,_and_it_looks_so_small_and_bare 

_________4_______________*___*___5_________________________5/4 

Not_like_it_was_meant_to_be____,_....._Golden_angel_on_the_top 

_____*________________________6m________*_______________2m 

Its_not_that_same_old_silver_star,_you_wanted_for_your_own 

*_____4___________5________1______* 

First_Christmas_a-way_from_home_____(INSTRUMENTAL) 

 
 

 
 

NOTES: 

-_Rogers:_tunes_DADGBE,_strums_B_43_B2_43 

 
 

FIRST_CHRISTMAS_____PAGE_TWO 

 
 

 
 

_______1_________________*__________________5___________________1 

In_the_morning,_they_get_prayers,_then_its_crafts_and_tea_down-stairs 

_______6m_____5_________4_____________1_______* 

Then_a-nother_meal_back_in_his_little_room 

_______5_______________*___________________6m_______*_______________2m 

Hoping_maybe_that_"the_boys"_will_think_to_phone_be-fore_the_day_is_gone 

___________*_______________5_____4___5 

Well,_its_best_they_do_it_soon________ 

__________1__________________*______________5_______________* 

When_the_"old_girl"_passed_a-way,_he_fell_a-part_more_every_day 

_________6m_____5________4____________1_______* 

Each_had_always_kept_the_other_pretty_well 

________5_________________*________________6m 

But_the_kids_all_said_the_nursing_home_was_best 

_________*_______________2m______* 

Cause_he_couldnt_live_a-lone 

______4___________5________1_____* 

First_Christmas_a-way_from_home 

 
 

BRIDGE_TWO: 

_______5___________*_______________5/4 

In_the_common_room_theyve_got_the_biggest_tree__/ 

________________5_________________1 

_____/_And_its_huge_and_cold_and_lifeless 

____4________________*___*__________________5_______________________5/4 

Not_like_it_ought_to_be____,_and_the_lit-up_flashing_Santa_Claus_on_top 

_____*________________________6m________*__________________* 

Its_not_that_same_old_silver_star,_you_once_made_for_your_own 

*_____4___________5________1______* 

First_Christmas_a-way_from_home 

SYMBOLS: 

-_Asterisk_(*)_=__new_measure,_play_same_chord 

-_Period_(.)___=__1/8_note_rest_at_start_of_a_measure 

-_Underline(_)_=__sustain_note_into_next_measure 

 
 

CHORDS_(Number_System): 

-_Example:_____1____2____3____4____5____6____7 

-_Key_of_C:____C____D____E____F____G____A____B 

-_Detailed_description:_/pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt 

-_Submitted_by:__Barrie_McCombs_([email protected]) 

 
 

MERRY_CHRISTMAS!__Even_if_it_requires_at_least_one_box_of_Kleenex_to_get 

through_this_song! 

 
 


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