Jonathan Coulton - Christmas Is Interesting

i was looking for this song and couldn’t find it on the site . eventually i found
it on coulton’s wiki page , and thought i could put it here in cause anyone was looking for it .
– jacobtheme

originally transcribed by unmodisch

intro is D & G
“crazy joco edim7” is xx2323

D G D
you have put on your feety pajamas
G A D
it’s time for a long winter’s nap
G A F#m Bm
there’s a knock on the door and a stranger is there
Em A
he wants you to sit on his lap
D G D
he takes your watch and he gives you a hairbrush
G A Bm
your wife gets a wig on a chain
Em A
he says he can’t stay
F#m Bm Em
cause he’s got a long way to go
A crazy joco Edim7
and it’s starting to rain

G A
christmas is interesting
D
like a knife in your heart
Em A
christmas is interesting
D
how it tears you apart
G A
christmas is interesting
D
like a stick in your eye
Em ( F# ) G
it’s so freaking interesting
A
that it might make you cry

D G D
so you’re an elf , but you’d rather be a dentist
G A D
maybe you’re a train with square wheels
G A F#m Bm
maybe you’re a squirt gun that only shoots jam
Em A
now you know how jesus feels
D G D
he is riding a sleigh he calls rosebud
G A D
his mansion is lonely and cold
G A F#m Bm
he can’t remember a pleasant december
Em A Edim7
when he wasn’t tired and old

G A
christmas is interesting
D
like a knife in your heart
Em A
christmas is interesting
D
how it tears you apart
G A
christmas is interesting
D
like a stick in your eye
Em ( F# ) G
it’s so freaking interesting
A
that it might make you cry

D G D
so you’re drunk and your name is jimmy stewart
G A D
you once had a wonderful life
G A F#m Bm
then you lost all your money , you cracked up your car
Em A
you yelled at your favorite wife
D G D
you go to bed and you wait for jacob marley
G A D
he comes to make you feel brave
G A F#m Bm
but under his cloak he is nothing but smoke
Em A Edim7
and a finger that points at your grave

G A
christmas is interesting
D
like a knife in your heart
Em A
christmas is interesting
D
how it tears you apart
G A
christmas is interesting
D
like a stick in your eye
Em ( F# ) G
it’s so freaking interesting
A
that it might make you cry