C  Bb  Ab  Bb  Eb  Ab  Bb
C  Bb  Ab  Bb  Eb  Ab  Bb

[Verse 1]
       C                     Bb             Eb                  Bb
It was Christmas Eve, I was all alone and my old heart was just like a stone
      Eb             Ab             Bb
And I didn't want no one to bother me
   C                 Bb                Eb                    Bb
My eyes were red, my lips were blue, my cheeks were cold and shriveled too
      Eb         Ab             Bb
I was as mean as mean could ever be

[Verse 2]
    C               Bb                Ab                  Bb
But look at all I'd come to own those velvet walls, that golden throne
      Eb           Ab           Bb
I'd sit inside and hide my misery
        C                    Bb             Ab                  Bb
And the only friend that I could claim is a pale old ghost who came in chains
   Eb            Ab             Bb
To warn me of my ill-begotten fate

[Verse 3]
           C                   Bb         Ab                  Bb
He said he lived his life regretfully, so full of fear and full of greed
        Eb                Ab                  Bb
And for him the chance to change was much too late
                 C        Bb                Ab                  Bb
But he said that I was Ebenezer Scrooge, that I still had some life to lose
         Eb             Ab             Bb
and that maybe I should open up the gate

[Verse 4]
    C                 Bb             Ab               Bb
For spirits come from yesterday and spirits come from yet to come
      Eb                Ab           Bb
He said follow them and do not hesitate
        C                    Bb                  Ab                  Bb
Then he hung his head and he drifted away and he left me there that winter day
     Eb                Ab          Bb
So I opened up my heart to have a look

[Verse 5]
          C                Bb             Ab                Bb
And I saw all the way back to the day my true love could no longer stay
    Eb           Ab           Bb
For I was just a miser and a crook
             C             Bb             Ab                    Bb
And with her parting but a year behind, I saw the life she went on to find
    Eb                   Ab     Bb
It was a picture-perfect story book

[Verse 6]
       C                 Bb             Ab             Bb
And it made me cry as my buckles shook, oh my oh I had found the hook
    Eb                      Ab             Bb
I got outta there, that was all I could take
       C                     Bb                Ab                  Bb
Then I looked out through the frosted glass to see the world that's yet to pass
    Eb            Ab           Bb
And return to my ignorance at once

[Verse 7]
    C                Bb                Ab                  Bb
But on the snowy streets below I saw children with no place to go
    Eb           Ab           Bb
Forgotten in the cold winter morn
       C                 Bb                Ab                  Bb
And it made me cry as my buckles shook and once again I found the hook
        Eb              Ab        Bb
I saw the world outside that I denied

[Verse 8]
    C                Bb             Ab                Bb
And life was turning into dream, my heart was bursting at the seams
    Eb        Ab             Bb
Bah humbug, I tried it but a lie
          C                Bb                 Ab              Bb
Christmas Eve will soon be Christmas morn and not before it's final warning
    Eb              Ab      Bb
The spirit of what's yet to come

[Verse 9]
                 C            Bb               Ab             Bb
It showed me the funeral of a rich old man who never shared or lent a hand
    Eb              Ab      Bb
And no one cared to say goodbye
                 C                Bb             Ab              Bb
It showed me the funeral of a poor young boy who lived a life of love and joy
        Eb         Ab        Bb
And the whole town cried and cried

[Verse 10]
   C              Bb            Ab               Bb
Oh why oh why, oh me oh my, I'm on my knees, I'm horrified
    Eb              Ab            Bb
To think of all the lies that I believed
    C                 Bb                   A              Bb
For all my wealth and all my clout there's so much I have gone without
    Eb         Ab    Bb
Forgive me, oh mercy me

[Verse 11]
   C            Bb              Ab                  Bb
As sure as I am here to say, as sure as this is Christmas day
    Eb           Ab     Bb
Redemption is my guarantee
     C                  Bb             Ab                  Bb
So I made my pledge and took my place among the ones that live in grace
    Eb           Ab   Bb
With love and generosity

[Outro]
    C        Bb             Ab                  Bb
For I am Ebenezer Scrooge, though I am old, my day is new
     Eb                 Ab  Bb
It's Christmas time and I'm free
     Eb                 Ab  Bb
It's Christmas time and I'm free