"Three Generations"
 
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                 C

Wash the dishes
Wash the dishes
        F                      Fm
The Christmas dinner dishes
C                                   G
Three generations in the kitchen all at once

      C                              
And go and get a camera
F                        Fm
Go and wake up grandpa
C                                  G                C          G   
Three generations in the kitchen all at once

C                              
Play a Christmas album
      F                     Fm
The Elvis Christmas album

C                                       G
Three generations sing Blue Christmas all at once

       C

And light another candle
          F                 Fm
Come sit near the piano
C                                   G                C          C7
Three generations sing together all at once

F                 Fm                   C          C/B    C/A    
Put away the turkey to make sandwiches tomorrow
C/G      F                                              G
     And put away the bones to make the soup for the winter
       F                                     G
But not the wish bone we'll just leave it on the counter
     F     C/E    D      G
To let it dry out this week
     F                    C/E        D              G7
In time to make a wish for new year's eve

     C
Take turns with the washing
         F                     Fm
And take turns with the drying
C                                    G        C    C7 
Three generations in the kitchen all at once

     C        
Soak the tough ones till tomorrow
         F                        Fm
And save the suet for the winter sparrow
C                                     G       C    C7 
Three generations merry Christmas all at once




F                 Fm                   C          C/B    C/A    
Put away the turkey to make sandwiches tomorrow
C/G      F                                              G
     And put away the bones to make the soup for the winter
       F                                     G
But not the wish bone we'll just leave it on the counter
     F     C/E    D      G
To let it dry out this week
     F                    C/E        D              G7
In time to make a wish for new year's eve


F                      Fm                           C   C/B   C/A
And put away the fancy dishes just to take them out next Christmas
C/G               F                        G
Three generations are only together for so long
         F                  C/e        D                  G
Telling stories of the good times, the bad times and the war times
       G                   C               F
Three generations are only together for so long