(capo 3? casa) (intro) D5 G5 A5 C5 D5 D5 C5 Rows of lights in a circle of steel D5 G5 Where you place your bets on a great big wheel D5 C5 G5 High windows flickerin' down through the snow D5 A time you know D5 G5 A5 Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round C5 D5 Everybody's in step with the season D5 C5 A child is born to a welfare case D5 G5 Where the rats run around like they own the place D5 C5 G5 The room is chilly, the building is old D5 That's how it goes D5 G5 A5 The doctor's found on his welfare round C5 D5 And he comes and he leaves on the double D5 C5 Deck The Halls was the song they played D5 G5 In the flat next door where they shout all day D5 C5 G5 She tips her gin bottle back till it's gone D5 The child is strong D5 G5 A5 A week, a day, they will take it away C5 D5 For they know about all her bad habits D5 C5 Christmas dawns and the snow lets up D5 G5 And the sun hits the handle of her heirloom cup D5 C5 G5 She hides her face in her hands for a while D5 Says look here child D5 G5 A5 Your father's pride was his means to provide C5 D5 And he's servin' three years for that reason D5 C5 Rows of lights in a circle of steel D5 G5 Where you place your bets on a great big wheel D5 C5 G5 High windows flickerin' down through the snow D5 A time you know D5 G5 A5 Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round C5 D5 Everybody's in step with the season
