E    F#m    G#m    F#m
E    F#m    G#m    F#m


[Verse]

E             F#m
   Hello Dan,    it's Joe here,
G#m                      F#m
   I hope you're keeping well,
E                       F#m
   it’s the 21st of December
G#m                             F#m
   now they’re ringing the last bell.
A                           G#m
   If I get good behaviour
A                               B
   I'll be out of here by July,
E                            F#m
   won’t you kiss my kids on Christmas day,
G#m       F#m                      E
   please don't let them cry for me.
F#m    G#m    F#m


[Verse]

E                                             F#m
   I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland
G#m                                F#m
   and Stella's flying in from the coast.
E                                   F#m
   They say it's gonna be a hundred degrees, even more maybe,
G#m               F#m
   but that won't stop the roast.
A                       G#m
   Who's gonna make the gravy now?
A                           B
   I bet it won't taste the same
E                        F#m
   Just add flour, salt, a little red wine and don't forget a
G#m                        F#m
dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang.


[Bridge]

                    E            F#m
And give my love to Angus and to Frank and Dolly,
                 G#m             F#m
Tell 'em all I'm sorry I screwed up this time.
               E                      F#m
And look after Rita, I'll be thinking of her,
                G#m               F#m           E
early Christmas morning, when I'm standing in line.
F#m    G#m    F#m


[Verse]

E                          F#m
   I hear Mary's got a new boyfriend,
G#m                       F#m
   I hope he can hold his own
E                                F#m
   Do you remember the last one?    What was his name again?
G#m                            F#m
  (Just a little too much cologne)
A                                     G#m
   And Roger, you know I'm even gonna miss Roger
A                                          B
'Cause there's sure as hell no one in here I want to fight


[Bridge]

                   E                   F#m
Oh praise the Baby Jesus, have a Merry Christmas,
                 G#m                               F#m
I'm really gonna miss it, all the treasure and the trash
                 E                    F#m
And later in the evening, I can just imagine,
                     G#m                        F#m
You'll put on Junior Murvin and push the tables back
                      E                       F#m
And you'll dance with Rita, I know you really like her,
                    G#m                   F#m
Just don't hold her too close, oh brother please don't stab me in the back
                 E                              F#m
I didn't mean to say that, it's just my mind it plays up,
                G#m                 F#m
Multiplies each matter, turns imagination into fact
                    E                       F#m
You know I love her badly, she's the one to save me,
                    G#m                        F#m
I'm gonna make some gravy, I'm gonna taste the fat
                  E                      F#m
Tell her that I'm sorry, yeah I love her badly,
                 G#m                        F#m
tell 'em all I'm sorry, and kiss the sleepy children for me.
                      E                    F#m
You know one of these days, I'll be making gravy,
               G#m               F#m         E
I'll be making plenty, I'm gonna pay 'em all back.
F#m    G#m    F#m

[Outro]
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