Standard tuning EBGDAE
Capo 1(chords relevant to capo)


Intro:
G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)                  DIt (xx0232@1)was Christmas Eve babe
         GIn (320003@1)the drunk tank
            D (xx0232@1)                  AAn (x02220@1)old man said to me, won't see another one
              DAnd (xx0232@1)then he sang a song
              GThe (320003@1)rare old mountain dew
              DI (xx0232@1)turned my face away
    G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)dreamed about you

          DGot (xx0232@1)on a lucky one
         GCame (320003@1)in eighteen to one
          DI've (xx0232@1)got a feeling
               AThis (x02220@1)year for me and you
          DSo (xx0232@1)happy Christmas
            GI (320003@1)love you baby
            DI (xx0232@1)can see a better time
      G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)       DWhen (xx0232@1)all our dreams come true


D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D   A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)
           D (xx0232@1)       AThey've (x02220@1)got cars big as bars
           B (x2444x@1)     GThey've (320003@1)got rivers of gold

         DBut (xx0232@1)the wind goes right through you
                      AIt's (x02220@1)no place for the old
         D (xx0232@1)           BmWhen (x24432@1)you first took my hand
     D (xx0232@1)            GOn (320003@1)a cold Christmas eve
DYou (xx0232@1)promised me
            A (x02220@1)          DBroadway (xx0232@1)was waiting for me


          DYou (xx0232@1)were handsome

You were pretty
                   AQueen (x02220@1)of New York City
          D (xx0232@1)          GWhen (320003@1)the band finished playing
      A (x02220@1)          DThey (xx0232@1)howled out for more
DSinatra (xx0232@1)was swinging,
                          AAll (x02220@1)the drunks they were singing
     D (xx0232@1)        GWe (320003@1)kissed on a corner
        A (x02220@1)             DThen (xx0232@1)danced through the night


  G (320003@1)                AThe (x02220@1)boys of the NYPD choir
    D (xx0232@1)            BmWere (x24432@1)singing Galway bay
         D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)the bells were ringing out
              DFor (xx0232@1)Christmas day





D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D   A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)



   DYou're (xx0232@1)a bum

You're a punk
                      AYou're (x02220@1)an old slut on junk
       D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)        DLying (xx0232@1)there almost dead on a drip in that bed
      DYou (xx0232@1)scumbag, you maggot
                 AYou (x02220@1)cheap lousy faggot
         D (xx0232@1)         GHappy (320003@1)Christmas your arse
        A (x02220@1)         DI (xx0232@1)pray God its our last


  GThe (320003@1)boys of the NYPD choir
    D (xx0232@1)            BWere (x2444x@1)singing Galway bay
         D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)the bells were ringing out
              D (xx0232@1)        AFor (x02220@1)Christmas day


             DI (xx0232@1)could have been someone
              GWell (320003@1)so could anyone
              DYou (xx0232@1)took my dreams from me
              AWhen (x02220@1)I first found you
                     DI (xx0232@1)kept them with me babe
           GI (320003@1)put them with my own
             DCan't (xx0232@1)make it all alone
      G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)          DI've (xx0232@1)built my dreams around you




  G (320003@1)         Bm (x24432@1)   AThe (x02220@1)boys of the NYPD choir
    D (xx0232@1)            BmWere (x24432@1)singing Galway bay
         D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)the bells were ringing out
              DFor (xx0232@1)Christmas day