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