Key: Em
Introduction: Cm B G Em G Em
Em B
The 22nd of December
D A
We were dressing up the tree
Em B
The radio was playing caroling
D A
The music warm and comforting
Bb C D
Then there came a knock upon a door
Bb C D
Outside there stood a man in uniform
Bb C D
He asked me "Son are your parents in"
Bb C A
A friend of yours has had an accident
Em B
He said I'll speak to your mother and father
D A
There are some things you shouldn't hear
Em B
I left the room where they could speak to him
D A
Why I should leave I wasn't sure
Bb C D
Through the walls I heard my mother cry
Bb C D
"Oh my God, he's just a little boy"
Bb C D
Someone found him high up in a tree
Bb C A
Hanging by his neck for all to see
Ab Fm Eb Bb/D Cm
Oh no, no, no, don't leave us crying
Ab Fm Eb Bb/D Cm
Oh no, no, no, don't leave us crying
Em B
We were the closest of young friends
D A
Our thoughts and hopes, we shared together
Em B
He dreamed he'd race a thoroughbred
D A
To ride that horse and be a winner
Bb C D
It couldn't be, his body was too weak
Bb C D
The sickness that he had could take him down
Bb C A
He took his life before he died in pain
Ab Fm Eb Bb/D Cm
Oh no, no, no, please don't leave us crying
Ab Fm Eb Bb/D Cm
Oh no, no, no, don't leave us crying
Ab Fm Eb Bb/D Cm
Oh no, no, no, don't leave us crying please
Ab Fm Eb Bb/D Cm
Oh no, no, no, you left us crying