Artist: | The Pogues (English) |
User: | Jonathan Fox |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
G – D – G – A – D – (A)
D G
It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunktank
D A
An old man said to me, won't see another one
D G
And then he sang a song, The Rare Old Mountain Dew
D G A D (A)
I turned my face away and dreamed about you
D G
Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one
D A
I've got a feeling this year's for me and you
D G
So happy Christmas, I love you baby
D G A D
I can see a better time when all our dreams come true – [Instrumental]
D – D – D – G – A - D
D
They've got cars big as bars
G
They've got rivers of gold
D
But the wind goes right through you
A
It's no place for the old
D
When you first took my hand
G
On a cold Christmas Eve
D
You promised me
G A D
Broadway was waiting for me
D
You were handsome
You were pretty
A
Queen of New York City
D G
When the band finished playing
A D
They howled out for more
D
Sinatra was swinging
A
All the drunks they were singing
D G
We kissed on the corner
A D
Then danced through the night
G A D Bm
The boys of the NYPD choir were singing 'Galway Bay'
D G A D
And the bells were ringing out, for Christmas day
[Short Instrumental] D D D G - D D D A - D D D G - D G A D
D
You're a bum, you're a punk
G
You're an old slut on junk
D
Living there almost dead
A
On a drip in that bed
D
You scum bag, you maggot
G
You cheap lousy faggot
D G
Happy Christmas your arse
A D
I pray God it's our last
[Chorus] then [ D G D A]
D
I could have been someone
G
Well, so could anyone
D
You took my dreams from me
A
When I first found you
D
I kept them with me babe
G
I put them with my own
D
Can't make it all alone
D G A D[hold D]
I've built my dreams around you
[Chorus] then [ D G D A till end]