A C#m D E
A C#m D E
A C#m D F#m E
A C#m D E


[Verse 1]

A               C#m        D    E
"I thought your eyes, were blue... Oh no, they're
A          C#m     D   E
green" she said to me.
   A         C#m      D              E
We danced in time, or ...didn't you know?


[Pre-Chorus]

N.C           F#m     F#m 
This dance was...time...
Dmaj7 F#m
F Cmaj7 F G



[Chorus 1]

       A      E      F#m E D      E        A        E
At the party of astrologers… the Christmas tide was due.
A      E      F#m E     D    E           A
On the way to Aldebaran: the dance, the dream, and you.


[Bridge 1]

Em          Bm            Em              Bm
Actuals and counterclaims dancing all the time
Em      D      Em   D   Em  D   Em    D   Em
Dancing in the corridor and the dance was time…


[Verse 2]

A               C#m       D   E  
"I thought your eyes were blue"
A                 C#m         D       E
.."oh no, they're green," she said to me.
       A     C#m      D          E
We danced in time, or didn't you know?

[Pre-Chorus]
N.C            F#m    F#m
This dance was ...time.
Dmaj7 F#m
F Cmaj7 F G


[Chorus 2]

A        E       F#m       E   D     E       A       E
At the height of Christmas tide, she found a ghost inside
A          E     F#m    E   D     E      A
...give it up or let it ride, she must decide.


[Bridge 2]

Em          Bm             Em                  Bm
Actuals and counterclaims; drugged, reborn, resigned.
       Em              Bm                Em                    Bm
The castle stands, the girl remains, and if she'll spin, it's packed with eyes
Em               Bm        Em                  Bm
Out there in the corridor, caught there in the mirror maze,
F#m               G            G#         A         
From her last and loving glance... a waltz...a dance... 
A#m          B          C         C#m    D D D D  
...whose time...not here...but gone… was time!

   Em             Bm                   Em                  Bm
So put me to the question, but there's no return from this castle of mine
        Em          D       Em           D           Em   D    Em   D    Em
For the powers that be, the girl and her dreams, the girl that love made blind.


[Instrumental]

A C#m D E
(four times)


[Chorus]

A     E        F#m  E     D  E   A         E
And that's the last dream we had upon that night...
    A     E     F#m E   D    E         A       E
The party of astrologers—the Christmas of my life.
A     E    F#m  E   D     E         A     E
Christmas, Christmas, the Christmas of my life...
A     E    F#m  E   D     E         A     E
Christmas, Christmas, the Christmas of my life
A     E    F#m  E   D     E         A     E
Christmas, Christmas, the Christmas of my life
A     E    F#m  E   D     E         A     E
Christmas, Christmas, the Christmas of my life
A     E    F#m  E
Christmas, Christmas, la, la, la la la la...