Biography:
Dispatch is an American indie-roots band founded in 1996 in Middlebury, Vermont.
The band originated in the early 1990s as One Fell Swoop, but changed their name to Dispatch in 1996. Chad Urmston, Braddigan, and Pete (Francis) Heimbold, who were all attending Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont comprised the band's lineup throughout their entire career. Their music has drawn on several influences, such as acoustic folk-rock, reggae, and funk.
Read more on Last.fm
Other songs:
- Bats In The Belfry (acoustic)
- Cover This
- Craze
- Flying Horses
- Mayday
- The General
- The General Intro
- Two Coins
- Walk With You
- Out Loud
- Atticus Cobain
- Bats In The Belfry
- Be Gone
- Begin Again
- Beto
- Born And Razed
- Bridges
- Bullet Holes
- Circles Around The Sun
- Cross The World
- Curse And Crush
- Don Juan Tango
- Elias
- Father Christmas
- General
- Get Ready Boy
- Headlights
- Here We Go
- Hey Hey
- Josephine
- Letter To Lady J
- Midnight Lorry
- Mission
- Never Or Now
- Only The Wild Ones
- Open Up
- Painted Yellow Lines
- Passerby
- Prince Of Spades
- Prisoners Visitor
- Questioned Apocalypes
- Railway
- Rice Water
- Silent Steeples
- Steeples
- Valentine
- Water Stop
- Way It Goes
- We Hold A Gun
- Windylike
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
G C D G C D
G C D G C D
[Verse]
G D/F# Em D
When I was small I believed in Santa Claus
G D/F# G D
Though I knew it was my dad
G D/F# Em D
And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas
G D/F# G D
Open my presents and I'd be glad
[Pre-chorus]
Em D C Bm
But the last time I played Father Christmas
Em D C B7
I stood outside a department store
G D/F# Em D
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
G D/F# G D
And knocked my reindeer to the floor, they said
[Chorus]
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Interlude]
G C D G C D
G C D
[Verse]
G D/F# Em D
Don't give my brother a Steve Austin outfit
G D/F# G D
Don't give my sister a cuddly toy
G D/F# Em D
Don't want a jigsaw or monopoly money
G D/F# G D
We only want the real McCoy
[Chorus]
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Interlude]
G C D G C D
G C D
[Pre-chorus]
Em D C Bm
But give my daddy a job 'cause he needs one
Em D C B7
He's got a lot of mouths to feed
G D/F# Em D
But if you've got one, I'll have a machine gun
G D/F# G D
So I can scare all the kids down the street
[Chorus]
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Interlude]
G C D G C D
G C D
[Verse]
G D/F# Em D
Have yourself a Merry Merry Christmas
G D/F# G D
Have yourself a good time
G D/F# Em D
But remember the kids who got nothin'
G D/F# G D
While you're drinkin' down your wine
[Chorus]
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Outro]
G C D G C D
G C D G C D
G
G C D G C D
G C D G C D
[Verse]
G D/F# Em D
When I was small I believed in Santa Claus
G D/F# G D
Though I knew it was my dad
G D/F# Em D
And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas
G D/F# G D
Open my presents and I'd be glad
[Pre-chorus]
Em D C Bm
But the last time I played Father Christmas
Em D C B7
I stood outside a department store
G D/F# Em D
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
G D/F# G D
And knocked my reindeer to the floor, they said
[Chorus]
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Interlude]
G C D G C D
G C D
[Verse]
G D/F# Em D
Don't give my brother a Steve Austin outfit
G D/F# G D
Don't give my sister a cuddly toy
G D/F# Em D
Don't want a jigsaw or monopoly money
G D/F# G D
We only want the real McCoy
[Chorus]
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Interlude]
G C D G C D
G C D
[Pre-chorus]
Em D C Bm
But give my daddy a job 'cause he needs one
Em D C B7
He's got a lot of mouths to feed
G D/F# Em D
But if you've got one, I'll have a machine gun
G D/F# G D
So I can scare all the kids down the street
[Chorus]
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Interlude]
G C D G C D
G C D
[Verse]
G D/F# Em D
Have yourself a Merry Merry Christmas
G D/F# G D
Have yourself a good time
G D/F# Em D
But remember the kids who got nothin'
G D/F# G D
While you're drinkin' down your wine
[Chorus]
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don’t want no more of your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys to the little rich boys
[Outro]
G C D G C D
G C D G C D
G
Divine Comedy
División (...)
Dixie Chicks
Dj Alex
Dj Cruz