JACK'S OBSESSION

Some thing’s up with Jack, (Cm)some thing’s up with Jack.

(Cm)Don’t know if we’re ev er going to get him back.

He’s all a lone up there, (G7)locked a way in side.

(Cm)Nev er says a word.

(G)Hope he has n’t died!

(Cm)Some thing’s up with Jack!

(G)Some thing’s up with Jack!

(Cm)Christ mas time is buzz ing (G7)in my skull.

Will it let me be?

I (Cm)can not tell.

(Cm)There’re so man y things I (Bb7)can not grasp.

When I think I’ve got it, (Eb)then at last

through my bon y fin gers (G7)it does slip

like a snow flake in a (Cm)fier y grip.

Some thing here I’m (Cm)not quite get ting.

(Cm)Though I try, I (Cm)keep for get ting.

(Fm)Like a mem ’ry, (D7)long since past.

(G)Here in an in stant, (G)gone in a flash.

(Cm)What does it mean?

(G)What does it mean?

(Cm)In these lit tle bric a brac, a (Ab7)se cret’s wait ing (D7)to be cracked.

These (G7)dolls and toys con (Ebdim7)fuse me so, con (G7)found it all, I (Cm)love it though.

(Ebm)Sim ple ob jects, (Ebm)noth ing more.

But (Ebm)some thing’s hid den (Ebm)through a door, (Abm)though I do not (F7)have the key.

(Bb)Some thing’s here I (Bb)can not see.

(Bb)What does it mean?

(Bb)What does it mean?

What does it mean?

I’ve (Ebm)read these Christ mas books so (Bb7)man y times.

I know the sto ries and I (Ebm)know the rhymes.

I know the Christ mas car ols (Db)all by heart.

My (Db7)skull’s so full it’s tear ing (Gb)me a part.

As of ten as I’ve read them, (Bb7)some thing’s wrong.

So hard to put my bon y (Ebm)fin ger on.

Or per haps it’s (Ebm)real ly not as (Ebm)deep as I’ve been (Ebm)led to think.

(Abm)Am I try ing (F7)much too hard?

Of (Bb)course!

I’ve been too (Bb7)close to see!

The (Bb)an swer’s right in (Bb)front of me!

(Bb7)Right in front of me!