G                                           C
Well you left me in the spring the snow was melting

      D7                                     G
And I grieved all through the summer and the fall

                       C
Now it's deep December and you know what honey
 
              A7
It's just too hard to remember

    D7                              G
I'm gonna go to Gilley's and have a ball


                                          C
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year

    D7                                 G
Now since you've gone I can't go on no more

                                       C
The house just seems so empty and your memory so dear

     D7                                   G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year


                                                C
Well it's playing Christmas records on that old jukebox

     D7                                            G
Yall remember Brenda Lee  she's rocking around the tree

                              C                 A7
Well I feel so all alone girl Lord I wish you'd come back home

D7                      G
Happiness is just a memory

C
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year

    D7                                 G
Now since you've gone I can't go on no more

                                       C
The house just seems so empty and your memory so dear

     D7                                   G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year


     D7                                   G
It's gonna be a honky tonk Christmas this year