Like The First Time It's Christmas Lyrics And Guitar Chords

Tommy Sands.chords fit Tommy Sand’s version from his album ‘To Shorten The Winter’

Your (G)childhood, it was (Bm)stolen
By (D)sad and troubled (A)times
Belfast was (D)crying 
For (G)some star to (A)shine
It wasn't much like (Bm)Christmas
When (A)peace was (Bm)nowhere (A)near
But now a star is (Bm)shining
And (G)hope is in the (A)air

Chorus
Like the (D)first (G)time, it's (D)Christmas time,
I (G)feel it (Em)in the (A)breeze
All (A7)over (D)Ireland, they're (G)singing for (A)peace
Like the (D)first (G)time, it's (D)Christmas time,
(G)Standing (Em)by your (A)side
Singing with the (Bm)children, (A)"Silent (D)Night".

I (G)hear the small birds (Bm)singing
In the (D)bushes of Ty(A)rone
The piper in the (D)Derry Air
No (G)longer plays a(A)lone
Go tell it on the (Bm)mountain
That (A)sweeps down (Bm)to the (A)sea
All I want for (Bm)Christmas
Is a (G)land of love and (A)peace
Chorus

I (G)know your darling, (Bm)Marie,
She (D)never will re(A)turn
And the young lads in the (D)showband 
No (G)longer sing their (A)song
But all the ones so (Bm)near and dear
Who (A)fill you (Bm)with de(A)light
Will gently join our (Bm)chorus
And (G)sing with us to(A)night

Chorus
Like the (Bm)first (G)time it’s (A)Christmas (D)time