Hometown Christmas Chords

[Intro]
C  Am/C  C  G  x2
 
 
[Verse 1]
(Bear Rinehart)
C                  Dm               C/E                     F
Stoplights and the headlights are a festive red, green, and gold
(Jon Foreman)
   Am           D/F#           G                 G7
Procrastinating shoppers caffeinated against the cold
(Judah Akers)
            C               E                 Am           Fm
But there's nothing you can buy me; it's your hand I wanna hold
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
(Bear Rinehart)
        C                       F
There's miles between brothers, years between friends
          Am               F
And we'll all be together again
 
 
[Chorus 1]
(Bear Rinehart)
                   C        F                     C      F
'Cause you're not alone when the porch lights are shinin'
              Am                             C
It's your invitation to the love that's been waiting
                               D       F
Singin', "Child, why don't you come on in"
                C         Am/C  C  G
It's a hometown Christmas
 
 
[Verse 2]
(Judah Akers)
    C                 Dm             C/E                 F
The lights are on the houses and the trees are brought inside
(Bear Rinehart)
    Am                  D/F#              G                G7
The parking spot at the local mall is the hardest thing to find
(Jon Foreman)
              C                    E
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure that the Christmas star
          Am                   Fm
Was in my daughter's eyes last night
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
(Jon Foreman)
                    C                 F
Yeah 'cause there's miles between us, years between friends
          Am               F
But we'll all be together again
 
 
[Chorus 2]
(Jon Foreman)
                   C        F                       C      F
'Cause you're not alone when those porch lights are shinin'
              Am                             C
It's your invitation to the love that's been waiting
                D                F        C
One thing on my wishlist; it's a hometown Christmas, yeah
 
 
[Instrumental]
(Key change)
D  G  Bm  G  x2
 
 
[Bridge]
(All)
D                Em           D/F#         G
Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn king
Bm          G
   Hometown Christmas
D                  Em          D/F#            G
Peace on earth and mercy mild. God and sinners reconciled
Bm          G
   Hometown Christmas
 
(Key Change back)
C     G
La-da-da-da
 
 
[Verse 3]
(Jon Foreman)
C                       Dm                   C/E                  F
Grandma's singin' those Christmas songs that none of us have ever heard
(Judah Akers)
   Am              D/F#            G          G7
Us cousins we'd be playin' up till dinner was served
(Bear Rinehart)
        C                  E             Am      G        Fm
But the feeling that comes back to me is hard to put into words
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 3]
(Judah Akers)
               C                     F
'Cause there's miles between lovers, years between friends
          Am               F
And we'll all be together again
 
 
[Chorus 3]
(Judah Akers)
                   C                F
'Cause you're not alone when ('lone when)
                     C           F
The porch lights are shinin' (shinin')
              Am                           C
It's your invitation to a love that's been waiting
            D        F
So Chi-i-ld, come on in
 
 
[Chorus 4]
(Bear Rinehart)
           C    N.C.            F                C     F
We're not alone when (woo!) the porch lights are shi-i-nin'
              Am                           C
It's your invitation to a love that's been waiting
                           D       F
Singin', "Child, won't you come on in"
                C         Am/C  C  G
It's a hometown Christmas
                C         Am/C  C  G
It's a hometown Christmas
 
 
[Outro]
(All)
Am               G            F            Gsus4         C
Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn king (FULL STOP)
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