No Capo
Standard Tuning

[Intro]

            
            


[Verse]

             
   Hello Dan, 


   it's Joe he

re,
           
   I hope you'

           
re keeping wel

l,
             
   it’s the 21

          
st of December
           
   now they’re

              
 ringing the l

    
ast bell.
             
   If I get go

              
od behaviour
             
   I'll be out

              
 of here by Ju

    
ly,
             
   won’t you k

              
iss my kids on

 
 Christmas day

,
        
   please don'

              
t let them cry

       
 for me.
        


[Verse]

             
   I guess the

              
 brothers are 

              
driving down f

    
rom Queensland
           
   and Stella'

              
s flying in fr

       
om the coast.
             
   They say it

              
's gonna be a 

        
hundred degree

s, even more m

aybe,
           
   but that wo

    
n't stop the r

oast.
             
   Who's gonna

          
 make the grav

y now?
             
   I bet it wo

              
n't taste the 


same
             
   Just add fl

           
our, salt, a l

ittle red wine

 and don't for

get a
           
dollop of toma

             
to sauce for s

#
weetness and t

hat extra tang

.


[Bridge]

              
And give my lo

             
ve to Angus an

     
d to Frank and

 Dolly,
              
Tell 'em all I

           
'm sorry I scr

     
ewed up this t

ime.
              
And look after

             
 Rita, I'll be

          
 thinking of h

er,
              
early Christma

           
s morning, whe

           
n I'm standing

      
 in line.
        


[Verse]

             
   I hear Mary

             
's got a new b

#
oyfriend,
           
   I hope he c

            
an hold his ow


n
             
   Do you reme

              
mber the last 

     
one?    What w

as his name ag

ain?
           
  (Just a litt

              
le too much co

   
logne)
             
   And Roger, 

              
you know I'm e

          
ven gonna miss

 Roger
             
'Cause there's

              
 sure as hell 

              
no one in here

 
 I want to fig

ht


[Bridge]

              
Oh praise the 

             
Baby Jesus, ha

           
ve a Merry Chr

istmas,
              
I'm really gon

           
na miss it, al

              
l the treasure

         
 and the trash
              
And later in t

             
he evening, I 

          
can just imagi

ne,
              
You'll put on 

           
Junior Murvin 

              
and push the t

      
ables back
              
And you'll dan

             
ce with Rita, 

              
I know you rea

    
lly like her,
              
Just don't hol

           
d her too clos

              
e, oh brother 


please don't s

tab me in the 

back
              
I didn't mean 

             
to say that, i

              
t's just my mi

      
nd it plays up

,
              
Multiplies eac

           
h matter, turn

        
s imagination 

into fact
              
You know I lov

             
e her badly, s

              
he's the one t

  
o save me,
              
I'm gonna make

           
 some gravy, I

              
'm gonna taste

     
 the fat
              
Tell her that 

             
I'm sorry, yea

             
h I love her b

#
adly,
              
tell 'em all I

           
'm sorry, and 

              
kiss the sleep

  
y children for

 me.
              
You know one o

             
f these days, 

              
I'll be making

 
 gravy,
              
I'll be making

           
 plenty, I'm g

           
onna pay 'em a

   
ll back.
        

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