xThis was a great song i heard on radio 1 live lounge, by Jonny Borrell (from razorlight)
accompanied by Lisa Moorish. It is a great acoustic version of the Pogues original
and an absolute bugger to tab cos there is no logical repetition. But finally got it
thought i would post it, enjoy............
Intro:
F# G# C#
C#
It was christmas eve babe
F#
In the drunk tank
C# G#
An old man said to me, wont see another one
C#
And then he sang a song
F#
The rare old mountain dew
C#
I turned my face away
F# G# C# G#
And dreamed about you
C#
Got on a lucky one
F#
Came in eighteen to one
C#
Ive got a feeling
G#
This years for me and you
C#
So happy christmas
F#
I love you baby
C#
I can see a better time
F# G# C#
When all our dreams come true
C# G# C# F#
C# G# F# G#
C# G#
Theyve got cars big as bars
A#m F#
Theyve got rivers of gold
C#
But the wind goes right through you
G#
Its no place for the old
C# A#m
When you first took my hand
C# F#
On a cold christmas eve
C#
You promised me
G# C#
Broadway was waiting for me
C#
You were handsome
You were pretty
G#
Queen of new york city
C# F#
When the band finished playing
G# C#
They howled out for more
C#
Sinatra was swinging,
G#
All the drunks they were singing
C# F#
We kissed on a corner
G# C#
Then danced through the night
F# G#
The boys of the nypd choir
C# A#
Were singing galway bay
C# F# G#
And the bells were ringing out
C#
For christmas day
C# G# F# G#
C# G# F# G#
C#
Youre a bum
Youre a punk
G#
Youre an old slut on junk
C# F# G# C#
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
C#
You scumbag, you maggot
G#
You cheap lousy faggot
C# F#
Happy christmas your arse
G# C#
I pray God its our last
F#
The boys of the nypd choir
C# A#
Were singing galway bay
C# F# G#
And the bells were ringing out
C# G#
For christmas day
C#
I could have been someone
F#
Well so could anyone
C#
You took my dreams from me
G#
When I first found you
C#
I kept them with me babe
F#
I put them with my own
C#
Cant make it all alone
F# G# C#
Ive built my dreams around you
F# A#m G#
The boys of the nypd choir
C# A#m
Were singing galway bay
C# F# G#
And the bells were ringing out
C#
For christmas day
