Tumbleweed Christmas Tree - Red Steagall Chords
Chords: G, D, A, A7, D7
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Genre: country, folk, christmas
Key D no capo
[Intro]
G G D D
A A G A D
[Verse 1]
D
It was a rough year for a rough neck's children
G
Hard times and harder living
D
We moved when the rent come due
A A7
And it come due once a week
D
That year in late December
G
Found us in an old house trailer
D A D
West of Odessa near a town they call Notrees
[Verse 2]
D
Too poor to pay attention
G
Daddy lived on good intentions
D A A7
He intended Christmas to be just what we believed
D
He drove to town in the company pickup
G
When he didn't have sawbuck
D
For the price of a Christmas tree
A D D7
He brought back a tumbleweed
[Chorus]
G
Christmas Eve in Notrees, Texas
D
Wind blowing through the cactus
A
Santa Clause was a rich kids saint
G A D D7
And a poor kid's dream
G
But I'd trade every fancy present
D
I ever had or ever will get
A G A D
For the night of the tumbleweed Christmas tree
[Solo]
D D D D
[Verse 3]
D
Daddy sat it on the dinette table
G
Momma made a newsprint angel
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