Christmas Is Interesting/Tabs

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Originally transcribed by unmodisch, revised by suuuupaadave

Just a few notes about this one.

The song is in 6/8 time and uses a lot of passing tones in the bass to support the chord changes. Listen to a live recording to get the feel if it's too ambiguous on the recorded version.

In the chorus there is an F# in parentheses which indicates that this is a passing tone and not a chord. Just play the low F# on the 2nd fret of the low E string to connect the E major chord to the G chord.


D       xx0232
G       320033
A       x02220
F#m     244222
Bm      x24432
E       022100
A#dim/E xx2323
D/F#    2x0232
D/F#(2) xx4232
D/E     xx2232
Em      022000
A7sus4  x02030

         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
   E                       A7sus4          
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
G          A 
He says he can't stay
      F#m        Bm          E       
Cause he's got a long way to go
                     A    A#dim/E
And it's starting to rain

Chorus 1
             G       D/F# Em  
Christmas is interesting
       A7sus4        D    D/F#(2) D/E
Like a knife in your heart
D            Em         A
Christmas is interesting
                  D
How it tears you apart
             G       D/F# Em  
Christmas is interesting
       A7sus4        D    D/F#(2) D/E
Like a stick in your eye
                 E          (F#) G
It's so freaking interesting
                        A7sus4
That it might make you cry

Verse 2

             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
E                      A7sus4  
Now you know how Jesus feels
      D        G               D
He is riding a sleigh he calls Rosebud
G              A          Bm
His mansion is lonely and cold
G         A          F#m         Bm    
He can't remember a pleasant December
E                          A  A#dim/E
When he wasn't tired and old


Chorus 2
             G       D/F# Em  
Christmas is interesting
       A7sus4        D    D/F#(2) D/E
Like a knife in your heart
D            Em         A
Christmas is interesting
                  D
How it tears you apart
             G       D/F# Em  
Christmas is interesting
       A7sus4        D    D/F#(2) D/E
Like a stick in your eye
                 E          (F#) G
It's so freaking interesting
                        A7sus4
That it might make you cry


Verse 3
          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
E                           A7sus4  
You yelled at your favorite wife
          D           G              D  
You go to bed and you wait for Jacob Marley
G              A          Bm
He comes to make you feel brave
G             A           F#m         Bm   
But under his cloak he is nothing but smoke
E                                A     Edim7
And a finger that points at your grave


Chorus 3             G       D/F# Em  
Christmas is interesting
       A7sus4        D    D/F#(2) D/E
Like a knife in your heart
D            Em         A
Christmas is interesting
                  D
How it tears you apart
             G       D/F# Em  
Christmas is interesting
       A7sus4        D    D/F#(2) D/E
Like a stick in your eye
                 E          (F#) G
It's so freaking interesting
                        A7sus4
That it might make you cry