Barcarola You Must Be A Christmas Tree chords

[INTRO]
[G] - [Dm] - [F] - [C]
[G] - [Dm] - [F]

[VERSE]
[G]Oh, no one [Dm]else is happily
[F]Recklessly [C]asking for [G]more than
What [Dm]they may need
I can't [F]say what I need

[VERSE 2]
[G]Oh, temper what you [Dm]say if you've
[F]Nothing nice to [C]say
So my [G]grandmother [Dm]says to me
With her [F]heart on her sleeve

[VERSE 3]
[G]So, sadly I [Dm]left the door
[F]Open and I [C]let the dog [G]out in the [Dm]snow
Oh [F]where did she go?

[VERSE 4]
[G]Oh, father friend, will you [Dm]punish me, [F]punish me
With a [C]look of cont[G]empt, with a [Dm]look of contempt
[F]I can recall

[VERSE 5]
[G]Oh, I know you did [Dm]right by me, [F]right by me
[C]Wagging your [G]hands when you [Dm]found me
With a [F]bag of your things

[VERSE 6]
[G]Please, please don't be a [Dm]stranger here
A [F]stranger who [C]takes from the [G]world
Who [Dm]takes from the world [F]

[VERSE 7]
[G]You, you must be a [Dm]Christmas tree, a [F]Christmas tree
You [C]light up the [G]room, oh, you [Dm]light up the room
Oh you [F]light up the room

[VERSE 8]
[G]So, suddenly you [Dm]kiss me
You [F]tickled me in [C]front of your [G]mother
Who [Dm]looked away
With her [F]hands on her face

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
[G] - [Dm] - [F] - [C]
[G] - [Dm] - [F]

[CODA]
(quietly, building over next four stanzas)

[G]Don't run away my friend
[Dm]You won't be back again
[C]You said you needed me
But I [G]know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me

[G]Don't run away my friend
[Dm]You won't be back again
[C]You said you needed me
But I [G]know that you needed yourself to be cleaned of me

[G]Don't run away my friend
[Dm]You won't be back again
[C]You ran your hands through my hair in the snow
Where the [G]frost of it blows with the terrible ghost

[G]Don't run away my friend
[Dm]You won't be back again
[C]You said you needed me
G (hold)
But I know...

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
G - G7 - Dm - F, repeat ad infinitum