Intro:
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It was Christmas Eve babe
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In the drunk tank
            D                    A
An old man said to me, won’t see another one
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And then he sang a song
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The rare old mountain dew
              D
I turned my face away
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And dreamed about you

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Got on a lucky one
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Came in eighteen to one
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I’ve got a feeling
               A
This year for me and you
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So happy Christmas
            G
I love you baby
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I can see a better time
      G       A         D
When all our dreams come true


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D   A   G   A


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They’ve got cars big as bars
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They’ve got rivers of gold

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But the wind goes right through you
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It’s no place for the old
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When you first took my hand
     D              G
On a cold Christmas eve
D
You promised me
            A            D
Broadway was waiting for me


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You were handsome

You were pretty
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Queen of New York City
          D            G
When the band finished playing
      A            D
They howled out for more
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Sinatra was swinging,
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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
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For Christmas day





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D   A   G   A





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You’re a bum

You’re a punk
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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
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You took my dreams from me
              A
When I first found you
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I kept them with me babe
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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