Taking Back Sunday - 12 days of christmas

^GHey, Merry Christmas, Adam! Merry Christmas, Fred! Merry Christmas to everyone Yeah man You having a good year' Yeah, It just feels good to be next to you here on the holidays Hearing you say merry Christmas It just warms my heart, man It's like soul food, like fired okra Dude, I'm having a great holiday this year, It's awesome Yeah man, so you wanna sing for these people or what' Yeah, here we go Okay

^GOn the first day of Christmas My t^Crue love gave to ^Gme ^GA partridge ^Cin a ^Dpear ^Gtree ^GI don't even know what a partridge is, to be honest A partridge is a bird I think it's a bird that doesn't fly Like Danny Bonaduce' Um, no, it's — He's ripped, ripped I'm telling you I heard he's a little, you know, fallen on the deep end, maybe Oh, yeah, well He's gonna kick my ass now No, it's against that napoleon complex, he's short

^GSo, on the, on the second day of Christmas My tr^Cue love gave to ^Gme two turtle doves ^GAnd a partridge ^Cin a ^Dpear ^Gtree ^GTurtle doves' They're nice Do they have shells' Uh, I don't know

^GBut, on the third day of Christmas My t^Crue love gave to ^Gme ^DThree French hens ^DTwo turtle doves ^GAnd a partridge ^Cin a ^Dpear ^Gtree ^GFrom now on can you sing "And a Danny Bonaduce"' [Laughs]

^GOn the fourth day of Christmas My t^Crue love gave to ^Gme ^DFour calling birds ^DThree French hens ^DTwo turtle doves ^GAnd a Danny ^CBona^Ddu^Gce ^GThat's good! Yeah, yeah, it works, the syllables

^GYeah, so I started to wonder If my true love, my old lady Was going to get me anything Other than a bunch of birds Yeah, they're all, like, pooping everywhere and stuff, it's gross They're hard to clean up after So far she got me four calling birds, French hens, turtle doves The French hens, which are the French hens They're eating all your cheese Drinking up all your wine Like all hours of the day I love France So, I was wondering when She was going to get me something good

^GAnd on the fifth day of Christmas My t^Crue love gave to ^Gme ^GFive ^Cgolden ^Drings [G & D Lick] Nice! Yeah, I was finally happy ^GFour calling birds ^CThree French hens ^DTwo turtle doves ^GAnd a Danny ^CBona^Ddu^Gce

^GSo, like, with the five golden rings That's kinda nice Yeah, but on the sixth day She started getting- Like Lil Wayne Or what's another rapper That has like a bunch of silly jewelry' Um, I don't know any, man

^GBut, on the sixth day It kinda went downhill And the seventh cause she got me Six geese a-laying Geese Ar-laying' Like laying down' No, like, geese that are laying Like, ohhh, like That's gross Yeah, I don't know about that And then on the seventh day- I often wonder how geese would go about doing that If you're picking up what I'm putting down I-I don't want to talk about it, man Okay

^GOn the seventh day' Seventh day Seven swans swimming More birds! Swimming' I hate it Like in ponds or in your bathtub'

^GOn the eight day it got really weird Cause on the eight day of Christmas My t^Crue love gave to ^Gme ^DEight maids a-milking What'! Yeah! What, are they milking the geese cause they're laying' ^DI think they're like lactating or something I don't get that Yeah I'm not into it

^GBut, on the ninth day of Christmas My t^Crue love gave to ^Gme ^DNine ladies dancing Nice! Okay, cool Oh, well that explains the maids a-milking No, these were like exotic dancers Like you can see on the internet Yeah, it was nice There was like one of those poles and all that stuff Yeah, but this is your old lady That's getting you all these things That's kinda weird I know, but she's looking out for me, you know Tenth day, tenth day Okay

^DOn the tenth day it got crazy again Cause she gave me ten lords a -leaping Like the dark lords' I don't know That's so weird

^DAnd then the eleventh day Pipers piping Pipers piping' These are, by far, the strangest gifts I have ever received I don't understand Wait, like, laying pipe' No, that's the geese that are laying pipe Oh, well maybe they're laying it with the pipers Which would be weird all together

But, on the ^Gtwelfth day of Christmas This is the last day My t^Crue love gave to ^Dme ^DTwelve drummers drumming Everybody could use a good drummer Yeah, I could use twelve drummers Yeah The Grateful Dead had two drummers Dude, Slipknot has like ten Yeah Did you get to, like, choose which drummers Or are they just studio guys' I think they were pretty bad ass Oh, cool I mean, not that Mark's not I mean, Mark's kicking some ass Yeah You know Was he one of the twelve' Um, I don't know, but

^DSo, let's go down the list And finish this godforsaken song off Oh, okay And wish everyone a very merry Christmas

^DTwelve drummers drumming ^DEleven pipers piping ^DTen lords a-leaping ^DNine ladies dancing Let's give it up for the ladies dancing Go ladies Okay ^DEight maids a-milking ^DSeven swans a-swimming ^DSix geese a-laying ^GFive ^Cgolden ^Drings ^GFour calling birds ^CThree French hens ^DTwo turtle doves D G C D G ~~~~~~ And a Danny Bonaduce