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{t:I Took My Harp To A Party} {artist: Gracie Fields} https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7jU2Pj7OI4 Capo4 {key: C} {c:} A-[C]gain it is [C] Christmas, a-[C]gain it is [G] Christmas A-[C]gain it is [F] Christmas a-[C]gain But [A] that never [Dm] thrills me, the [Am] thought of it [Dm] chills me I tell you it [Dm] fills me with [G] pain It [E7] makes me remember a Christmas gone [Am] by When I was ex-[A]tremely up-[Dm]set A night in De-Em]cember, an evening that [Am] I Would very much rather [D7] forget [G7] [C] I took me harp to a party but nobody [Cm] asked me to [Dm] play [A] The [Dm] others were jolly and [G7] 'earty but I wasn't feelin' so [C] gay They might have said play us a tune [F] we can sing But [E7] somehow I [A7] don't think they [D7] noticed the [G7] thing I [C] took me harp to a party but [F] nobody [A] asked me to [Dm] play [Ddim] So I [Cm] took the [G] damned thing a-[D]way [E7] [E7] They asked Mrs [Am] Morgan to play her mouth-[Gm]organ And [Dm] somebody else did a dance They let Mrs [Dm] Carter perform a so-[Gm]nata But [Dm] I wasn't given a chance A [C] north country person called Sandy McPherson Played bagpipes and [E7] took off his [Em] coat While [A] both the Mc-[D]Fawcetts bust [E7] out of their corsets while [A] trying to [D] take a top [Em] note [E7] They sang [Am] Home Sweet Home and The Banks of Loch Lomond And All the King's Horses, then Trees While [Dm] nephews and nieces kept playin' their pieces And spreadin' their jam on the keys A [Em] daughter called Lena, played her concer-C]tina We all [E7] played ridiculous [Em] games 'Til [A] old Mr [Dm] Dyer, set his [E7] whiskers on fire And a [Am] fire engine [D] played on the [G] flames [D] [A] [G7] I [C] took me harp to a party but [F] nobody [A] asked me to [Dm] play So I [G] took the darned thing a-[D]way! [F] [C]