Capo II

( C5 ) All of the drunks
Dressed ( F5 )up like ( C5 )Santa Claus
Ring Salvation ( G5 ) Army ( C5 )bells
But the town square is quiet
The ( F5 )juke joints are ( C5 )empty
Everyone?s buying
What ( G5 )no one can ( C5 )sell

( C5 )( F5 )( C5 )( G5 )( C5 )

And the ( A5 )girl I ( F5 )loved once
( C5 ) Came to me last night
In a dream with a secret to ( G5 )tell
She ( C5 )whispered close
Can?t you ( F5 )hear the ( C5 )ocean?
As she leaned her ear
Against a ( G5 )shotgun ( C5 )shell

CHORUS
( F5 ) Dark was the night
Cold was the ground
I could ( C5 )barely make out the ( F5 )song
Of the ( C5 ) Ghost Repeaters
Singing ( F5 )Halle( C5 )lujah
His truth is ( G5 )marching ( C5 )on

( C5 )( F5 )( C5 )( G5 )( C5 )

( C5 )Willie Mae?s crying
At the ( F5 )toll booth to ( C5 )heaven
With a bottle of gin
And a ( G5 )gold-toothed ( C5 )smile
Where the dreams pile up
All ( F5 )washed out and ( C5 )broken
As thick as the stars
On the ( G5 )Miracle ( C5 )Mile

( C5 )( F5 )( C5 )( G5 )( C5 )

But the ( A5 )movie is ( F5 )over
The ( C5 )theater is empty
The credits are starting to ( G5 )roll
And the ( C5 )wages of sin
D?n't ad( F5 )just for in( C5 )flation
It?s a buyer?s market
When you ( G5 )sell your ( C5 )soul

CHORUS

( C5 )The plaza is dark
The ( F5 )picadors are ( C5 )dreaming
Of blood in the alleys
And ( G5 )rust on the ( C5 )vines
They sandbag the bulls
And ( F5 )prop up the ( C5 )matadors
It?s a sweetheart contract
They?re ( G5 )taking their ( C5 )time

( C5 )( F5 )( C5 )( G5 )( C5 )

And ( A5 )all the ghost ( F5 )prisoners
Who ( C5 )aren't in the ghost prisons
Don?t weep at the sound
Of your ( G5 )name
They just ( C5 )stare at the clouds
Of ( F5 )passenger ( C5 )pigeons
Winging back home
To the ( G5 )cities of the ( C5 )plain

CHORUS

( C5 )The star up above
The 5th ( F5 ) Avenue ( C5 ) Christmas tree
Is shining tonight
Through the ( G5 )cold and the ( C5 )rain
To light all the faces
In the ( F5 )live na( C5 )tivity
Down on the floor
Of the ( G5 )stock ex( C5 )change

( F5 ) Dark is the night
Cold is the ground
The ( C5 )armies march out to de( F5 )fend
And the ( C5 ) Ghost Repeaters
Of the ( F5 )reve( C5 )lators
Are singing "Peace on Earth
And G?od ( G5 )Will to all ( C5 )Men"