Capo II

( C ) All of the drunks
Dressed ( F7M )up like ( C )Santa Claus
Ring Salvation ( G ) Army ( C )bells
But the town square is quiet
The ( F7M )juke joints are ( C )empty
Everyone?s buying
What ( G )no one can ( C )sell

( C )( F7M )( C )( G )( C )

And the ( Am )girl I ( F7M )loved once
( C ) Came to me last night
In a dream with a secret to ( G )tell
She ( C )whispered close
Can?t you ( F7M )hear the ( C )ocean?
As she leaned her ear
Against a ( G )shotgun ( C )shell

CHORUS
( F7M ) Dark was the night
Cold was the ground
I could ( C )barely make out the ( F7M )song
Of the ( C ) Ghost Repeaters
Singing ( F7M )Halle( C )lujah
His truth is ( G )marching ( C )on

( C )( F7M )( C )( G )( C )

( C )Willie Mae?s crying
At the ( F7M )toll booth to ( C )heaven
With a bottle of gin
And a ( G )gold-toothed ( C )smile
Where the dreams pile up
All ( F7M )washed out and ( C )broken
As thick as the stars
On the ( G )Miracle ( C )Mile

( C )( F7M )( C )( G )( C )

But the ( Am )movie is ( F7M )over
The ( C )theater is empty
The credits are starting to ( G )roll
And the ( C )wages of sin
D?n't ad( F7M )just for in( C )flation
It?s a buyer?s market
When you ( G )sell your ( C )soul

CHORUS

( C )The plaza is dark
The ( F7M )picadors are ( C )dreaming
Of blood in the alleys
And ( G )rust on the ( C )vines
They sandbag the bulls
And ( F7M )prop up the ( C )matadors
It?s a sweetheart contract
They?re ( G )taking their ( C )time

( C )( F7M )( C )( G )( C )

And ( Am )all the ghost ( F7M )prisoners
Who ( C )aren't in the ghost prisons
Don?t weep at the sound
Of your ( G )name
They just ( C )stare at the clouds
Of ( F7M )passenger ( C )pigeons
Winging back home
To the ( G )cities of the ( C )plain

CHORUS

( C )The star up above
The 5th ( F7M ) Avenue ( C ) Christmas tree
Is shining tonight
Through the ( G )cold and the ( C )rain
To light all the faces
In the ( F7M )live na( C )tivity
Down on the floor
Of the ( G )stock ex( C )change

( F7M ) Dark is the night
Cold is the ground
The ( C )armies march out to de( F7M )fend
And the ( C ) Ghost Repeaters
Of the ( F7M )reve( C )lators
Are singing "Peace on Earth
And G?od ( G )Will to all ( C )Men"