Christmas Valley
(from "Devil's Road," 1996; written by Chris Eckman) 
 
(Chords sent in by Steffen Kausch) 



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G h 

G 
it's breathin' time  

h  
in Christmas Valley  

fis  
herons fly by night  

    A  
and crash into the pines  

G  
and when we're gone  

h  
from Christmas Valley  

fis  
no one will remember you  

      A  
leave nothin' to remind  

     G  
to remind  
 

G  
climbed up onto Fort Rock  

      h  
and I looked unto the town  

    fis  
the aquifer works so hard  

   A  
to consecrate the ground  

G  
all the way to Wagontire  

       h  
just a shimmer in the haze  

fis  
all the way to Wagontire  

         A  
no one's beggin' us to stay  

 

it's breathin' time  
in Christmas Valley  
herons fly by night  
and crash into the pines  
and when we're gone  
from Christmas Valley  
no one will remember you  
leave nothin' to remind  
to remind  

G h  
G A fis  
G h  
G A fis  

if what you want is tarpaper  
blown off in the wind  
if what you want is tarpaper  
then hold here to the end  
sister says in Lewiston  
three rivers come to meet  
she'll get us jobs in a restaurant  
we'll stagger home each night  
 

it's breathin' time  
in Christmas Valley  
herons fly by night  
and crash into the pines  
and when we're gone  
from Christmas Valley  
no one will remember you  
leave nothin' to remind  
to remind  

 

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G A fis  
G h  
G A fis  
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