I Just Aint Merry This Year

D D G The neighbors put up their lights after Halloween A7 D And every aisle at the grocery is covered up in red and green D G And I don’t mean to be a Scrooge, but they ain’t sellin’ me no cheer A7 D And I know it’s a comin’, but I just ain’t merry this year D G The days are getting’ colder, and I went to buy a cord of wood A7 D But they ain’t paying much for cattle, so I only got what I could D G All the old timers say it’s the worse they’ve seen round here A7 D D7 So to hell with season’s greetins I just ain’t merry this year G D My two foot tree and my and my dog and me waitin’ round for the 26th E A A7 And the lights’ll come down, the people leave town, ‘Tis a season I ain’t gonna miss D G But the 7-11’s got on lone star beer, A7 D So I’ll buy all I can carry and try to be merry this year G D G Gm A7 D G Well all the high school punks must be getting too bored in town A7 D And I bet they were boozin’ when they tore the south fence down D G ‘Cause the rutted up the ditch and I could hear ‘em grindin’ those gears A7 D Now I got cattle on the highway, and I just ain’t merry this year G D My two foot tree and my and my dog and me waitin’ round for the 26th E A A7 And the lights’ll come down, the people leave town, ‘Tis a season I ain’t gonna miss D G But the 7-11’s got on lone star beer, A7 D So I’ll buy all I can carry and try to be merry this year Bm G D Well the reason for the season ain’t the reason that I’ll have a blue, blue, blue Christmas Bm G A ‘Cause as long as I remember, December ain’t the same without you… in it D G I’ll eat turkey from a can, and Jack, well he’ll have his bone A7 D We won’t make any calls but we’ll stay up and sit by the phone D G And saying grace for the blessings and thanks that we exist A7 D And we’ll pray that the weather, and life will be better on the 26th G D My two foot tree and my and my dog and me waitin’ round for the 26th E A A7 And the lights’ll come down, the people leave town, ‘Tis a season I ain’t gonna miss D G But the 7-11’s has run outa lone star beer, A7 D I guess it’s all the way to Allsup's if I want to be merry this year