[Verse 1] N.C It was Christmas Eve babe N.C. In the drunk tank N.C. An old man said to me, N.C. Won't see another one N.C. And then he sang a song N.C. The Rare Old Mountain Dew N.C. I turned my face away N.C. And dreamed about you N.C. Got on a lucky one N.C. Came in eighteen to one N.C. I've got a feeling N.C. This year's for me and you N.C. So happy Christmas N.C. I love you baby N.C. I can see a better time G When all our dreams come true G They've got cars Big as bars Cadd9 They've got rivers of gold G But the wind goes right through you D It's no place for the old G When you first took my hand G Cadd9 On a cold Christmas Eve G You promised me D G Broadway was waiting for me G You were handsome You were pretty D Queen of New York City G Cadd9 When the band finished playing D G They howled out for more G Sinatra was swinging D All the drunks they were singing G We kissed on the corner D G Then danced through the night [Chorus] Cadd9 The boys of the NYPD choir G Em Were singing 'Galway Bay' G Cadd9 And the bells are ringing D G Out for Christmas day [Instrumental] G Cadd9 G D [Verse 2] G You're a bum You're a punk Cadd9 You're an old gal on junk G Lying there almost dead D G On a drip in that bed G You scumbag You maggot D You cheap lousy blagger G Cadd9 Merry Christmas you mugger I pray God G It's our last [Chorus] Cadd9 The boys of the NYPD choir G Em Were singing 'Galway Bay' G Cadd9 And the bells are ringing D G Out for Christmas day [Instrumental] G Cadd9 G D [Verse 3] G I could have been someone Cadd9 Well, so could anyone G You took my dreams D From me when I first found you G I kept them with me babe Cadd9 I put them with my own G Can't make it all alone D G I've built my dreams around you [Chorus] Cadd9 The boys of the NYPD choir G Em Were singing 'Galway Bay' G Cadd9 And the bells are ringing D G Out for Christmas day [Instrumental] G Cadd9 G D x3 [Jingle Bells Section] G Jingle bells, jingle bells G Jingle all the way G Oh what fun it is to ride Cadd9 In a one-horse open sleigh, hey G Jingle bells, jingle bells G Jingle all the way G Oh what fun it is to ride Cadd9 In a one-horse open sleigh G Dashing through the snow G In a one-horse open sleigh G O'er the fields we go G Laughing all the way G Bells on bobtails ring G Making spirits bright G What fun it is to ride and sing Cadd9 A sleighing song tonight G Jingle bells, jingle bells G Jingle all the way G Oh what fun it is to ride Cadd9 In a one-horse open sleigh, hey G Jingle bells, jingle bells G Jingle all the way G Oh what fun it is to ride Cadd9 G In a one-horse open sleigh
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