If We Make It Through December Song Lyrics and Chords
If We Make It Through December Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
If We Make It Through December
by Merle Haggard
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If We Make It Through
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December every thing's gonna be alright I
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know
It's the coldest time of
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winter and I shiver when I
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see the falling
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snow
If We
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Make It Through
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December
Got plans to be a warmer town come
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summer
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Maybe even Cali
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If We
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ecember we'll be
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fine
Got laid off down at the fa
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ctory
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And their
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timing's not the
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greatest in the
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world
Heaven knows I been
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working hard
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wanted
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Christmas to be
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right for daddy's
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girl
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don't mean to hate
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December
It's meant to be the happy time of
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year
And my little girl don't
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understand why daddy can't
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afford no Christmas
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here
If We Make It Through
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December every thing's gonna be alright I
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know
It's the coldest time of
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winter and I shiver when I
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see the falling
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snow
If We
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Make It Through
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December
Got plans to be a warmer town come
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summer
time
Maybe even Cali
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fornia
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If We
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ecember we'll be
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fine
FAQ
Who sang the the song If We Make It Through December?
- The song If We Make It Through December was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
