To An Empath At Christmas Time

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
    D                    G    D              G
The lights are green and red, shimmering and white
      D              G             Em          A
These days are super dark and even quieter nights
D                G          D                 G
All this time to sense what all year felt not right
D             G                  Em         A
Nothing to distract us from this heavy ride
Em             F#m
I can feel the planet
    Bm              G
The feelings they deny
Em               F#m           N.C.
I can feel their sadness, Mom, and I don't know why
 
 
[Chorus]
G                 D
You don't have to smile big for us
G          D
Nor have a joyous time
G                 D                      C
You won't have to hold your breath until New Year time
G             D           G             D
Your precious sensitivity has felt like curse and crime
G          D                   C          Em D
But you're not alone with your SOS inside
      G                   D
To an empath at Christmas time
 
 
[Verse 2]
      D         G           D             G
These holiday melodies with presents all around
     D              G
It's not that I'm ungrateful
                Em                   A
It's just these blue chords in the sound
    Em               F#m
The depth of your perception
       Bm                   G
You've had it in your whole life
     Em              F#m                     D
This time of year is rugged with all this pressure to be nice
 
 
[Chorus]
G                 D
You don't have to perform peace for us
G            D
Nor belt out Auld Lang Syne
G         D                 C
You are a miracle who feels deeply and is kind
G              D         G                D
Your tender perceptivity picks up signals far, wide
G          D                      C                     Em F#m
I see your wet eyes when you tell all of us you're fine
      G                   D    Em  F#m  G
To an empath at Christmas time
 
 
[Interlude]
D   Em  F#m  G
Oh, oh, oh
D   Em  F#m  G
Oh, oh, oh
N.C.     G
Oh, oh, oh
 
 
[Chorus]
N.C.
Your body's holding everything
N.C.
The tinsel on the ground
                               C
They lie in contrast to this unrest that takes you down
G         D
You don't have to dance for us
G            D          G
Or make sure cheer is high
            D                   C                   Em D
Your porous soul can feel every reindeer in the sky
      G                   Bm Em  D  G  D
To an empath at Christmas time, oh
      G                   D
To an empath at Christmas time