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{title: Please come home for Christmas} {artist: Eagles} {time: 12/8} {tempo: 62} {key: A} {duration: 2:58} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} a-e-fis-cis cis-e-fis-fis-e {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} bells will be [A]ringing [AM7] this sad sad [A7]news oh what a [D]Christmas to have the [D#dim]blues my baby's [A]gone, [D] I have no [A]friends [F#m] to wish me [B7]greetings once a[E7]gain [E7aug] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} choirs will be [A]singing [AM7] "silent [A7]night" Christmas [D]carols by candle[D#dim]light please come home for [A]Christmas, [D] please come home for [A]Christmas [F#m] if not for [B7]Christmas, [E7] by new years [A]night [A7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Bridge} friends and re[D]lations send saluta[Dm]tions [A]sure as the [E7aug]stars shine a[A]bove [A7] but this is [D]Christmas, yes, Christmas [Dm]my dear the time of [B7]year to be with the ones you [E7]love [E7aug] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} so won't you [A]tell me [AM7] you'll never more [A7]roam Christmas and [D]new years will find you [D#dim]home there'll be no more [A]sorrow [C#7] no grief and [F#m]pain [D] and [D#dim]I'll be [A/E]happy, [F#m] happy [B7] [E7]once a[A]gain [E7aug] {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Solo} [A] [AM7] [A7] [D] [D#dim] {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Outtro} ooh, there'll be no more [A]sorrow [C#7] no grief and [F#m]pain [D] and [D#dim]I'll be [A/E]happy, [F#m] [B7]Christmas [E7]once a[A]gain {end_of_part} {start_of_part: End} [D/A] [-] [D/A] [-] [D/A] [-] [A] a-e-fis-cis {end_of_part}