Intro: G#  C#  G#  Eb

G#                   G#m      C#
 Woke up, the sun streaming in my room
G#                            Eb
 Warm beach from Palm, December afternoon
G#                         C#
 You close your eyes, another year blows by
G#                             Eb        G#  C#
 Somewhere in the wind, just another life

  G#                                 C#
My parents sent a Christmas card and then it's true
  G#                                   Eb
We understand you're staying, and we're proud of you
         G#                                C#
There's a well-rehearsed disinterest in the atmosphere
  Eb             G#
I don't know if that's what this time gave me
       Eb            G#
Or if it lead me here

        C#       Eb      Fm
And I played so many parts
              C#         Eb       Fm
I don't know which one's really me
       Bbm       Eb    Fm
Don't know if I can take

  Eb          G#        Eb
Another Christmas in L.A.
         Fm           C#
Another pitcher of Sangria
    G#            Eb
In an empty beach café
        G#             Eb
Another Christmas in L.A.
         Fm            C#
Hold me tighter, Carmelita
           G#                 Eb
I don't know how long I can stay

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G#                    C#m C#
 Left a girl behind in my old man's truck
G#                          Eb
 Sometimes I wonder where she ended up
G#                           C#
 Maybe she got married, had a couple of kids
G#
 Who do you think you're fooling, man?
   Eb
Of course she did

            C#     Eb      Fm
I'm walking in that tennis bar
         C#        Eb    Fm
Try and talk with Harry Bean
         C#     Eb     Fm  Eb
I don't know if I can take

              G#        Eb
Another Christmas in L.A.
           Fm              C#
Another casting call on Thursday
      G#                  Eb
For a job that doesn't pay
          G#            Eb
Another Christmas in L.A.
          Fm          C#
Another burnout in a tank top
                G#            Eb
It seems your basket is the case
          Fm               C#
A fat protagonist in flip flops
           G#             Eb
With an extensive resume
          C#   Eb     Fm     Eb
From Echo Park to Catalina

G#             Eb            Fm
Dreaming of a white Christmas
     C#    G#      Eb
The one I used to know
G#                 Eb              Fm
Tree tops glisten, children listen
     C#           G#     Eb
To sleigh bells in the snow

( G#  Eb  Fm  C#  G# )

Eb            G#        Eb
 Another Christmas in L.A

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