( verse 1 )

C
every year at christmas
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all i can see
C
are pictures of the things i want
F
around the tree
G F
but this years a little different
G F
im not thinking of myself
G F
so my prayer for this christmas
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is for somebody else

( chorus )

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so i pray
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joy to the world
Am F
peace for every boy and girl
C G
hope when life is hard
Am F
light when everything seems dark

( verse 2 )
C
god i know youre listening
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and you can hear
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the need of every broken heart
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and all their tears
G F
i dont have a lot to offer
G F
just this one simple prayer
G F
that this christmas everyone would know
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somebody cares

( chorus )

G
i pray that every hungry soul
Am
will be filled and will be warm
G
that not a single solitary child
Am F
would suffer harm
G
and lord we find their ending
F
as we take another view
G Am
my hope is that this christmas prayer
F G
would somehow come true

( chorus )

( ending )

C G
joy to the world
Am F
peace for every boy and girl