Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) PIANO INTRO: C D E5 VERSE 1: E B/E Turn on all the Christmas lights D/E A/E 'Cause baby's coming home tonight
C/E B/E E E/D I can hear her footsteps in the street C B Turn the choral music higher D/A A Pile more wood upon the fire F G C C/Bb That should make the atmosphere complete PRECHORUS 1: F G I've had to wait forever Am B But better late than never CHORUS 1: E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E She's just in time for me E F#m/E G#m/E F#m/E A/E She's right on time E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E She's right where she should be E F#m/E G#m/E A/E She's right on time VERSE 2: E B/E I'm a man with so much tension D/E A/E Far too many sins to mention C/E B/E E E/D She don't have to take it anymore C B Since she said she's coming home D/A A I've torn out all my telephones F G C C/Bb Soon she will be walking through that door PRECHORUS 2: F G I may be going nowhere Am B But I don't mind if she's there CHORUS 2: E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E She's just in time for me E F#m/E G#m/E F#m/E A/E She's right on time E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E She's right where she should be E F#m/E G#m/E Fmaj7add10 She's right on time BRIDGE: C D Em Left to my own device G7/D C I can always make believe C#dim D F#m(addb5)/C# C That there's nothing wrong, whoa oh oh oh D Em Still I will chose to live G7/D C In the complicated world C#dimu D That we shared for so long D#dim E Good or bad, or right or wrong VERSE 3: E B/E And it occured to me D/E A/E While I set up my Christmas tree C/E B/E E E/D She never missed a cue or lost a beat C B Everytime I lost the meter D/A A There she was when I would need her F G C C/Bb Greeting me with footsteps in the street PRECHORUS 3: F G I guess I should have known it Am B She'd find the perfect moment CHORUS 3: E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E She's just in time for me E F#m/E G#m/E F#m/E A/E She's right on time E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E She's right where she should be E F#m/E G#m/E Fmaj7add10 She's right on time HARPSICHORD INTERLUDE: C D Em G7/D C C#dim D D#dim E VERSE 4: B/E Hey oh oh oh D/E A/E Oh oh oh oh oh C/E B/E E E/D C B Turn the choral music higher D/A A Pile more wood upon the fire F G C C/Bb That should make the atmosphere complete PRECHORUS 4: F G I've had to wait forever Am B But better late than never CHORUS 4: E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E She's just in time for me E F#m/E G#m/E F#m/E A/E She's right on time E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E She's right where she should be E F#m/E G#m/E A/E She's right on time CHORUS 5: E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E E F#m/E G#m/E A/E She's right on time E F#m/E G#m/E A/E F#m/E G#m/E E F#m/E G#m/E Fmaj7add10 She's right on time PIANO OUTRO: C D E5