Holiday - Sailing Home For Christmas guitar tab

SAILING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Recorded by Doug Stone

Words and music by Lewis Anderson

[A] They looked out their windows

At the o-[D] cean that surrounds [A] them

In the service of their country

Sailin' to a foreign [E] shore

To-[A] morrow will be Christmas

And they [D] wish that they could be [A] home

Their wives and children need them

But their [E] country needs them [A] more.

Refrain

But, They'll Be [D] Sailin' Home For Christmas

[A] Sailin' Home For Christmas

Where a welcome candle in the window [E] gleams

They'll Be [D] Sailin' Home For Christmas

[A] Sailin' Home For Christmas

Sailin' home for [E] Christmas in their [D] dr-[A]eams.

Tomorrow they'll serve turkey

And they'll sing the Christmas carols

They'll talk about their family

Their mothers and their sons

It's the strangest contradiction

Singin' songs of peace and sharing

As they man the battle weapons

Hopin' war will never come.

Refrain

[E] Maybe someday they won't have to

Be there [D] any-[A] more

When they all [D] start to live the [A] things

We have Christmas [E] for;

Refrain