His Favorite Christmas Story

He [A]met her up in Delaware in [D]193[E]7
She was [A]wearing red lipstick to [D]match her pretty [E]dress
[A]December 24th at a [D]quarter till [E]eleven is when he [D]finally gained the
courage to [E]ask her to dance

[A]  [D]  [E]      [D]  [E]  [A]

It was the [A]night before Christmas, it was[D] love at first sight
The [F#m]carolers sang as they [E]danced through the night
She was a s[A]mall town girl, he was a [D]traveling guy
He [F#m]never caught her name before they [E]said their goodbyes

[D]  [E]  [A]

A [A]couple years later he was [D]out on the road
[F#m]Having Christmas dinner in a [E]diner alone
When he s[A]aw a young waitress with a [D]gleam in her eye
Her favorite [F#m]day of the year she showed her [E]spirits were high
She said [D]sir can you shed a little [A]holiday cheer
A [F#m]simple Christmas story was all she [E]wanted to hear
He looked [A]prepared with a smile as he [D]started to say here’s my [F#m]favorite
Christmas story about a [A]girl with no name

He said I [A]met her up in Delaware in [D]193[E]7
She was [A]wearing red lipstick to [D]match her pretty [E]dress
[A]December 24th at a [D]quarter till [E]eleven is when I [D]finally gained the
courage to [E]ask her to [A]dance

[D]  [E]  [A]

Every h[A]oliday season as he tra[D]veled
He tell about his [F#m]Christmas dance partner that he [E]never knew well
He share his [A]favorite story with the [D]locals he met
He was [F#m]called the Christmas story tellin [E]traveling man

[D]  [E]  [A]

By [A]age 53 he had [D]done settled down
All the [F#m]neighborhood kids liked to [E]gather around
Just to [A]listen to his stories about his [D]life on the road
All he [F#m]had now were these [A]children he told
And [D]every Christmas eve they s[A]howed up before dark
He [F#m]tell them all the story but they [E]knew it by heart
They could q[A]uote it word for word, he [D]always told it the same.
It was his [F#m]favorite Christmas story called the [A]girl with no name

He said I [A]met her up in Delaware in [D]193[E]7
She was [A]wearing red lipstick to [D]match her pretty [E]dress
De[A]cember 24th at a [D]quarter till [E]eleven is when I [D]finally gained the
courage to [E]ask her to [A]dance

[F#m]  [E]  [A]     [E]

[A]Twenty years later as he [D]took his last breath
It was on a [F#m]cold Christmas morning on a [E]hospital bed
The [A]children were grown, he had [D]nobody left
Except the [F#m]little old nurse who was ho[E]lding his hand
He said [D]Ma’am can you share a little [A]holiday cheer
A [F#m]simple Christmas story was all he [E]wanted to hear
But his e[A]yes filled with tears at the [D]words that she spoke
Because his favorite [F#m]Christmas story was the [A]one that she told

She said I [A]met him up in Delaware in [D]193[E]7
Though I n[A]ever caught his name he was a [D]traveling [E]man
De[A]cember 24th at a [D]quarter till [E]eleven
I’m so g[D]lad he got the courage to [E]ask me to d[A]ance.