Verse 1
It was Christmas [D] Eve babe, in the [G] drunktank
An old man [D] said to me, won't see [A] another one
And then he [D] sang a
song, The Rare Old [G] Mountain Dew
I turned my [D] face away and dreamed [A] about [D] you
Verse 2
Got on a [D] lucky one, came in [G] eighteen to one
I've got a [D] feeling this year's for [A] me and you
So happy [D] Christmas, I love [G] you baby
I can see a [D] better time
when all our [A] dreams come [D] true
Verse 3
They've got [D] cars
Big as [A] bars
They've got [Bm] rivers of [G] gold
But the [D] wind goes right through you
It's no place for the [A] old
When you [D] first took my [Bm] hand
On a [D] cold Christmas [G] Eve
You [D] promised me
Broadway was [A] waiting for [D] me
Verse 4
You were [D] handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York [A] City
When the [D] band finished [G] playing
They [A] howled out for [D] more
[D] Sinatra was swinging
All the drunks they were [A] singing
We [D] kissed on the [G] corner
Then [A] danced through the [D] night
Hook
The [G] boys of the NYPD [A] choir
Were [D] singing 'Galway [Bm] Bay'
And the [D] bells were [G] ringing
[A] Out for Christmas [D] Day
Short Instrumental
[D] [G] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [D] [A] [D]
Verse 5
You're a [D] bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on [A] junk
Lying [D] there almost [G] dead
on a [A] drip in that [D] bed
You [D] scum bag
You maggot
You cheap lousy [A] faggot
Happy [D] Christmas your [G] arse
I pray [A] God
It's our [D] last
Hook
The [G] boys of the NYPD [A] choir
Still [D] singing `Galway [Bm] Bay`
And the [D] bells are [G] ringing
[A] Out for Christmas [D] Day
Verse 6
I could have [D] been
someone, well, so could [G] anyone
You took my [D] dreams from
me when I first [A] found you
I kept them [D] with me
babe, I put them [G] with my own
Can't make it [D] all alone,
I've built my dreams [A] around [D] you
Hook
The [G] boys of the NYPD [A] choir
Still [D] singing `Galway [Bm] Bay`
And the [D] bells are [G] ringing
[A] Out for Christmas [D] Day
