Intro A G A Asus4 D G Gmaj7 A D A Verse D A D It was Christmas Eve, babe A G In the drunk tank A Asus4 D An old man said to me G A A7 "Won't see another one" A D And then he sang a song D A G 'The Rare Old Mountain Dew' G A Asus4 D I turned my face away G A D And dreamed about you Verse A D Got on a lucky one A G Came in eighteen-to-one A Asus4 D I've got a feeling G A A7 This year's for me and you A D So, Happy Christmas D A G I love you, baby A Asus4 D I can see a better time G A D When all our dreams come true Interlude A G A Asus4 D A D A G A D Verse D A They've got cars big as bars D G They've got rivers of gold D A But the wind goes right through you Bm A It's no place for the old D Bm When you first took my hand D G On a cold Christmas Eve D A You promised me Broadway G D Was waiting for me Verse 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 And we kissed on a corner A D Then danced through the nightInterlude D A D D G D D A D D A G D Verse D "You're a bum, you're a punk" A "You're an old cut on junk D G Lying there almost dead A D On a drip in that bed" D "You scumbag, you maggot A You cheap lousy ? D G Maybe Christmas, you mother A D I pray God it's our last"G Bm A And the boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing 'Galway Bay' D G A7 And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas dayInterlude D G D D A Verse D "I could have been someone" G "Well, so could anyone A Asus4 D You took my dreams from me G A A7 When I first found you" D "I took them with me, babe G I kept them with my own A D Can't make it all alone D G A D I've built my dreams around you"G Bm A And the boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing 'Galway Bay' D G A7 And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas dayInterlude D G D D A D G A Asus4 D G A A7 D G D A D Outro D G D Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way G D A A7 Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey D G D Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way G D A A7 Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey D Dashing through the snow G On a one horse open sleigh A O'er the fields we go G A D Laughing all the way D Bells on bobtail ring G Making spirits bright A What fun it is to ride and sing G A D A sleighing song tonight D G D Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way G D A A7 Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey D G D Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way G D A A7 D Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh heyG Bm A And the boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing 'Galway Bay' D G A7 And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas day
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