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Intro
It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, we won't see another one
And then he sang a song
A rare old mountain tune
I turned my face away
B5 E5 (hold)
And dreamed about you
Pre-verse
E5
Got on a lucky one
A5
Came in eighteen to one
E5
I've got a feeling
B5
This year's for me and you
E5
So happy Christmas
A5
I love you baby
E5
I can see a better time
B5 E5
When all our dreams come true
Rhythm: E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 A5 B5 A5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-12-14b-12----------12-14b-12----------------------------------------------| G|-----------13----13------------11~-----11--13b-11--------------------------| D|--------------14--------------------14------------14-11----11-9-11-13-14~--| A|--------------------------------------------------------12-----------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
E5 B5
They've got cars, they've got bars
C#5 A5
They've got rivers of gold
E5 B5
But the wind goes right through you
E5 B5
It's no place for the old
E5 C#5
When you first took my hand
E5 A5
On that cold Christmas Eve
E5
You promised me
B5 E5
Broadway was waiting for me
Verse 2
E5
You were handsome
B5
You were pretty
E5 A5
Queen of New York City
E5 A5
When the band finished playing
B5 E5
They howled out for more
E5 B5
Sinatra was swinging,
E5 A5
All the drunks they were singing
E5 A5
And we kissed on the corner
B5 E5
Then danced through the night
Chorus 1
A5
And the boys of the NYPD choir
E5 C#5
Were singing "Galway Bay"
E5 A5 B5
And the bells were ringing out
E5
For Christmas day
Rhythm: E5 B5 C#5 A5 E5 B5 E5 B5
E5 C#5 E5 A5 E5 E5 B5 E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5-7-9-7-5-7-9-7-5-----12-14b-12----------------12-------------------------| G|-------------------6~------------13----11-13-14----11~---------------------| D|------------------------------------14-------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-12-14b-12-----------------------------------12----------------------------| G|-----------13----11-13b-11----------------13----13----11-13b-11------------| D|--------------14-----------14-11~------14----------14-----------14~--------| A|------------------------------------14-------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3
E5
You're a bum
B5
You're a punk
E5 A5
You're an old slut on junk
E5 A5 B5 E5
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
E5 B5
You scumbag, you maggot
E5 A5
You cheap lousy faggot
E5 A5
Happy Christmas your arse
B5 E5
I pray God it's our last
Chorus 2
A5
And the boys of the NYPD choir
E5 C#5
Were singing "Galway Bay"
E5 A5 B5
And the bells were ringing out
E5
For Christmas day
Rhythm: E5 A5 E5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---5-4-4--2-2~--2-4-5--0---------------------------------------------------| G|-4------------------------1-1~----2-1--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------2-----4--2-2--1-1~-------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge
E5
I could have been someone
A5
But so could anyone
E5
You took my dreams from me
B5
When I first found you
E5
I kept them with me babe
A5
I put them with my own
E5
Can't make it all alone
B5 E5
I've built my dreams around you
Chorus 3
A5
And the boys of the NYPD choir
E5 C#5
Still singing "Galway Bay"
E5 A5 B5
And the bells are ringing out
E5
For Christmas day
Rhythm: E5 (pick slide)
A5 E5 C#5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----0-2-0-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-2-2-------2-1-------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------2-4-6~------------------------------------------------------|
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