====== Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas ======

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[E]Home is where beds are made and butter is added to [A]toast.
On a [E]cold afternoon you can float room to room like a [A]ghost.
Take the [E]crèche out and argue about who gets to set up the [A]kings.
And I [E]know that it's home because that's where the stereo [A]sings
"I've got [E]dreams to [A]remember."
But [B]not even home [A]can be with you [E]forever.

?[E]It's Christmastime and the plane flies me over white [A]hills
?to a [E]town in a dream, where the sky is frozen and [A]still,
?and a [E]room (that's not mine but it's just like I left it [A]before,
?with the [E]wax from the candles all dusty and locks on the [A]door)
?Where I [E]held you so [A]tenderly
?[B]And where in summer I [A]opened your letter to [E]me

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>[Em] [D] [D] [C] [C/B]

>I'm [Em]standing [D]where we knelt and a miracle mile now [C]borders [C/B]it,
>but if [Em]I turn my [D]face to the field I don't even [C]notice [C/B]it for a [A]second.

?There's a [E]tangle of greenery where winter scenery [A]ends.
?And I [E]hear that song sometimes and imagine us much more than [A]friends --
?like if we [E]stayed in this town, bought the first house that went up on [A]sale,
?and how [E]each Christmastime would bring inlaws and snowdays and [A]holiday mail.
?Your [E]dad says you're living in Georgia since last [A]September.
?Well, "I've got [E]dreams to [A]remember."
?Oh [B]Sara, come back to New [A]Hampshire. [E]We'll stay here forever.

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