Santa Claus Road - Steve Earle / BUJ Songwriters Intro: D D D D Verse 1: D Well my name's Chris Kringle Junior (D) (D) Same as my father and his father before (D) D You hardly ever saw Grandfather down here (D) (D) He only came to shop about once a year (D) D He'd buy a hundred pounds of wood and some copper line (D) (D) Everybody knew that its christmas time (D) G G Now the winter storm wanted Grandaddy bad D He headed up the ice with everything he had G G It's before my time but I've been told (D*) He never came back from Santa Claus Road Instrumental: D D D D G D G D Verse 2: D Now father ran the reindeer in a big block sleigh (D) (D) Bought it at the depot on Christmas day (D) D North Pole Delivery Service painted on the side (D) (D) Just shot a coat of magic then he looked inside (D) D Well him and the elves tore that engine down (D) (D) I still remember that jinglin' sound (D) G G Well the blizzard came around in the middle of the night D Heard mother sighin', knew something wasn't right G G Headed down to belfast with the usual load (D*) You could smell pine needles burnin' down Santa Claus Road Instrumental: [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] (back to regular strumming) D D D D G D G D Verse 3: D I got the delivery app on my birthday (D) (D) The Elves track my flight plan for the whole holiday (D) D I done two years of duty dlivrying toys (D) (D) And I done it for the girls and boys (D) D I take the asks from Colombia and Mexico (D) (D) I slide down the chimnys on Santa Claus Road (D) G G Well the naught list's got satelites in the air D They are trying to track the sleigh everywhere G G I learned a thing or two from Rudolph don't you know [D*] You better stay away from Santa Claus Road Instrumental: [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] [D x 5] (back to regular strumming) D D D D G D G D Outro: [D] Santa Claus Road... [D] Santa Claus Road [D] Santa Claus Road... [D] Santa Claus Road [D] Santa Claus Road... [D] Santa Claus Road [D] Santa Claus Road... [D*] Santa Claus Road