Intro:
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It was christmas eve babe
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In the drunk tank
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An old man said to me, wont see another one
              C#
And then he sang a song
              F#
The rare old mountain dew
              C#
I turned my face away
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And dreamed about you

          C#
Got on a lucky one
         F#
Came in eighteen to one
          C#
Ive got a feeling
               G#
This years for me and you
          C#
So happy christmas
            F#
I love you baby
            C#
I can see a better time
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When all our dreams come true


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Theyve got cars big as bars
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Theyve got rivers of gold
         C#
But the wind goes right through you
                      G#
Its no place for the old
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When you first took my hand
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On a cold christmas eve
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You promised me
            G#            C#
Broadway was waiting for me


          C#
You were handsome

You were pretty
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Queen of new york city
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When the band finished playing
      G#            C#
They howled out for more
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Sinatra was swinging,
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All the drunks they were singing
     C#          F#
We kissed on a corner
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Then danced through the night


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The boys of the nypd choir
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Were singing galway bay
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And the bells were ringing out
              C#
For christmas day


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   C#
Youre a bum

Youre a punk
                      G#
Youre an old slut on junk
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Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
      C#
You scumbag, you maggot
                 G#
You cheap lousy faggot
         C#           F#
Happy christmas your arse
        G#           C#
I pray God its our last


  F#
The boys of the nypd choir
    C#              A#
Were singing galway bay
         C#       F#        G#
And the bells were ringing out
              C#          G#
For christmas day


             C#
I could have been someone
              F#
Well so could anyone
              C#
You took my dreams from me
              G#
When I first found you
                     C#
I kept them with me babe
           F#
I put them with my own
             C#
Cant make it all alone
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Ive built my dreams around you


  F#           A#m     G#
The boys of the nypd choir
    C#              A#m
Were singing galway bay
         C#       F#        G#
And the bells were ringing out
              C#
For christmas day