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