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Standard tuning EBGDAE
Capo 1(chords relevant to capo)
Intro:
G A D
D
It was Christmas Eve babe
G
In the drunk tank
D A
An old man said to me, won’t see another one
D
And then he sang a song
G
The rare old mountain dew
D
I turned my face away
G A D A
And dreamed about you
D
Got on a lucky one
G
Came in eighteen to one
D
I’ve got a feeling
A
This year for me and you
D
So happy Christmas
G
I love you baby
D
I can see a better time
G A D
When all our dreams come true
D A D G
D A G A
D A
They’ve got cars big as bars
B G
They’ve got rivers of gold
D
But the wind goes right through you
A
It’s no place for the old
D Bm
When you first took my hand
D G
On a cold Christmas eve
D
You promised me
A D
Broadway was waiting for me
D
You were handsome
You were pretty
A
Queen of New York City
D G
When the band finished playing
A D
They howled out for more
D
Sinatra was swinging,
A
All the drunks they were singing
D G
We kissed on a corner
A D
Then danced through the night
G A
The boys of the NYPD choir
D Bm
Were singing Galway bay
D G A
And the bells were ringing out
D
For Christmas day
D A G A
D A G A
D
You’re a bum
You’re a punk
A
You’re an old slut on junk
D G A D
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
D
You scumbag, you maggot
A
You cheap lousy faggot
D G
Happy Christmas your arse
A D
I pray God its our last
G
The boys of the NYPD choir
D B
Were singing Galway bay
D G A
And the bells were ringing out
D A
For Christmas day
D
I could have been someone
G
Well so could anyone
D
You took my dreams from me
A
When I first found you
D
I kept them with me babe
G
I put them with my own
D
Can’t make it all alone
G A D
I’ve built my dreams around you
G Bm A
The boys of the NYPD choir
D Bm
Were singing Galway bay
D G A
And the bells were ringing out
D
For Christmas day
