Standard tuning EBGDAE Capo 1(chords relevant to capo) Intro: G A D D It was Christmas Eve babe G In the drunk tank D A An old man said to me, won?t see another one D And then he sang a song G The rare old mountain dew D I turned my face away G A D A And dreamed about you D Got on a lucky one G Came in eighteen to one D I?ve got a feeling A This year for me and you D So happy Christmas G I love you baby D I can see a better time G A D When all our dreams come true D A D G D A G A D A They?ve got cars big as bars B G They?ve got rivers of gold D But the wind goes right through you A It?s no place for the old D Bm When you first took my hand D G On a cold Christmas eve D You promised me A D Broadway was waiting for me D You were handsome You were pretty A Queen of New York City D G When the band finished playing A D They howled out for more D Sinatra was swinging, A All the drunks they were singing D G We kissed on a corner A D Then danced through the night G A The boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing Galway bay D G A And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas day D A G A D A G A D You?re a bum You?re a punk A You?re an old slut on junk D G A D Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed D You scumbag, you maggot A You cheap lousy faggot D G Happy Christmas your arse A D I pray God its our last G The boys of the NYPD choir D B Were singing Galway bay D G A And the bells were ringing out D A For Christmas day D I could have been someone G Well so could anyone D You took my dreams from me A When I first found you D I kept them with me babe G I put them with my own D Can?t make it all alone G A D I?ve built my dreams around you G Bm A The boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing Galway bay D G A And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas day
