ALMOST CHRISTMAS
As recorded by Chris Isaak
(From the 2022 Album EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S CHRISTMAS)



[Intro]



[Verse 1]

I gotta get my

 girl a presen

t

She got one fo

r me

She wrapped it

 up real prett

y

It's underneat

h a tree

She goes shopp

ing early

I go way too l

ate

Every year's t

he same thing
           
I procrastinat

e


[Chorus]
        
It's almost Ch

ristmas

And I'm the la

st one in the 

store
            
It's almost Ch

ristmas

I can't do thi

s anymore
            
It's almost Ch

ristmas

I can hear tho

se sleigh bell

s ring
            
It's almost Ch

              
ristmas and I 

              
haven't bought

   
 a thing


[Verse 2]
         
I should buy h

er fancy earri

ngs

Maybe find the

 right perfume

I'm open to su

ggestions

But they bette

r get here soo

n

She goes shopp

ing early

I go way too l

ate

Every year's t

he same thing
           
I procrastinat

e


[Chorus]
        
It's almost Ch

ristmas

And I'm the la

st one in the 

store
            
It's almost Ch

ristmas

I can't do thi

s anymore
            
It's almost Ch

ristmas

I can hear tho

se sleigh bell

s ring
            
It's almost Ch

              
ristmas and I 

              
haven't bought

          
 a thing


[Bridge]
             
Everything is 

            
closing down
              
Not one presen

               
t have I found
              
Now they're lo

             
cking up the d

oor
            
I don't know w

              
hat I'm shoppi

     
ng for


[Chorus]
        
It's almost Ch

ristmas

And I'm the la

st one in the 

store
            
It's almost Ch

ristmas

I can't do thi

s anymore
            
It's almost Ch

ristmas

I can hear tho

se sleigh bell

s ring
            
It's almost Ch

              
ristmas and I 

              
haven't bought

        
 a thing


[Guitar Solo]
  


[Outro]
       
Almost Christm

as
              
(The door will

    
 be closing in

 five minutes)
            
It's almost Ch

ristmas (thank

 you for shopp

ing)

Yeah, yeah
            
It's almost Ch

ristmas
             
It's almost Ch

            
ristmas