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All Alone On Christmas

from Lonely California Christmas by Reindeer Tribe

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This is a cover of Darlene Love's song All Alone On Christmas, I was watching Home Alone 2 with my kids the week before Reindeer Tribe this year and I heard this one in the movie. It had such a rad vintage rock sound, kind of like Bruce Springsteen or something. We played it kind of like that during the recording session, but it sounded a little too much like another song we did that day...so, I slowed it down and sang it a little more chill. It gave it an even lonelier vibe, perfect for the album.

-Bernard

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All Alone On Christmas: Darlene Love.


INTRO: D Bm G A

D
The cold wind is blowin' and the streets are getting dark.
Bm
I'm writing you a letter and I don't know where to start.
G
The bells will be ringing...Saint John the Divine.
A
I get a little lonely every year around this time.

#2.
D
The music plays all night in Little Italy.
Bm
The lights will be going up on old Rockefeller's tree.
G
People window shopping on Fifth Avenue.
A
All I want for Christmas is you.

CHORUS:
D Bm
(Tell me)..I've got to know..where do lonely hearts go?
G A D A
Because nobody ought to be all alone on Christmas.

#3.
D
Things are different since you've been here last.
Bm
Childhood dreaming is a thing of the past.
G
Maybe you can bring us some hope this year.
A
Visions of sugar plums have disappeared.



#4.
D
Do you remember sleigh riding in the snow?
Bm
And dancing all night to, 'Baby, Please Come Home?'
G
Today's celebration is bittersweet.
A
There's mothers and children in the street.

CHORUS:
D Bm
(Tell me)..I've got to know..where do lonely hearts go?
G A D A
Because nobody ought to be all alone on Christmas.

#5.
G
I'm all grown up but I'm the same you'll see.
F#m
I'm writing you this letter cause I still believe.
G
Dear Santa I've been good this year.
A
Can't you stay a little while with me right here?

(INTERLUDE:SAX:) E C#m A B

CHORUS:
E C#m
(Tell me)..I've got to know..where do lonely hearts go?
A B E
Because nobody ought to be all alone on Christmas.
A B E
Because nobody ought to be all alone on Christmas.


OUTRO:
E
Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas.
C#m
Nobody ought to be alone on Christmas. (x10)(Fade.)

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from Lonely California Christmas, released December 20, 2019

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We are a collective of friends and musical collaborators in Los Angeles that gather each year to write and record a Christmas album over one long, merrymaking weekend. Enjoy!

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