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                        CHRISTMAS IS COMING - Payola$
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Written by: B. Rock/P. Hyde
Album: "Hammer On A Drum"     (1983, A & M Records)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury
e-mail: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com 
Date: December 3, 2012

INTRO:

    A                                   C#m
 E -9~-=------------|-----------9-10--|-12\---5~--------|---------4-5-----|
 B -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7~|
 G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    Bm                                  E                 Esus4   E
 E -----------------|---------4-5-----|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -=---------------|---------------5~|-=---------------|-----------------|
 G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    A                                   C#m
 E -5-=-------------|-----------5-7---|-9\----0-=-------|-----------------|
 B -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-5---3=|
 G -6-=-------------|-----------6-7---|-9\----2-=-------|-----------------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------6-7---4=|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    Bm                                  E               Esus4  E        A
 E -----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---|
 B =----------------|---------5-7---5=|=--------------|---------------|---|
 G -----------------|---------------4=|=--------------|-6------7------|-9-|
 D =----------------|---------6-7-----|---------------|---------------|---|
 A -----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---|
 E -----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---|


1ST VERSE:

 A                   C#m
Christmas is coming, it's been a long year
Bm                            E                  Esus4  E
I'm still in the same place, I'm still over here
A                      C#m
Go down to the market, get lost in the crowd
Bm                     E                   Esus4  E
Go home to my records, I play 'em too loud


CHORUS:

   D                E
Christmas is coming, it's been a long year
                 A          D    E
I wish you were here


2ND VERSE:

 A                     C#m
Been down to the U.I., lined up in the queues
 Bm                        E                     Esus4  E
Been down to the welfare, with holes in my shoes

    A                                   C#m
 E -9~-=------------|-----------9-10--|-12\---5~--------|---------4-5-----|
 B -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7~|
 G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    The kitchen's still leaking,        with floods on the floor


    Bm                                  E
 E -----------------|---------4-5-----|-----------------|-----------------|
 B -=---------------|---------------5~|-=---------------|-----------------|
 G -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    The landlord won't fix it,              he only wants more


CHORUS:

   D                E
Christmas is coming, it's been a long year, I wish you were

    A                                   D                 E
 E -----9--10-------|-9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B ------------12---|----10--12---9---|-10------9-------|-----------------|
 G -----------------|-----------------|----11-------9---|-11------9-------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----12-----11---|2x
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1. here,                                                   I wish you were 
2. here


BREAK:

(For the Break, play the Intro guitar part.)


CHORUS:

   D                E
Christmas is coming, it's been a long year
                 A          D     E
I wish you were here
                 A          D     E
I wish you were here


3RD VERSE:

 A                     C#m
Been down to the U.I., lined up in the queues
 Bm                        E
Been down to the welfare, with holes in my shoes
 A                       C#m
But I'm not complainin', I'm happy, you see
Bm                          E               Esus4  E
And I'm still here waiting, so come and see me


CHORUS:

   D                E
Christmas is coming, it's been a long year, I wish you were

    A                                   D                 E
 E -----9--10-------|-9---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 B ------------12---|----10--12---9---|-10------9-------|-----------------|
 G -----------------|-----------------|----11-------9---|-11------9-------|
 D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----12-----11---|
 A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1. here,                                                   I wish you were 
2. here...

Repeat above staff to fade

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Notes:
-Bar lines indicate measures of 4/4 time.

=...hold note                        \...slide down
~...vibrato

(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents their 
 interpretation of the song.)

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