[Intro]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
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]
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
[Interlude]
G C D G C D G
G G G C D G
[Verse]
G
They've got cars
D
Big as bars
Em C
They've got rivers of gold
G
But the wind goes right through you
D
It's no place for the old
G Em
When you first took my hand
G C
On a cold Christmas Eve
G
You promised me
D G
Broadway was waiting for me
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
C Em
The boys of the NYPD choir
G Em
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
G
And the bells
D G
were ringing out for Christmas day
[Interlude]
G G C C
G D G D
G G C C
G D D G
[Pre-Chorus]
G
You're a bum
You're a punk
D
You're an old slut on junk
G C D
Living there almost dead on a drip
G
In that bed
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
[Chorus]
C Em
The boys of the NYPD choir
G Em
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
G
And the bells
D G
were ringing out for Christmas day
[Interlude]
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
C Em
The boys of the NYPD choir
G Em
Still Singing 'Galway Bay'
G\
And the bells
(
D)
G
are ringing out for Christmas day
[Outro]
G G C C
G G D D
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
G G C C
G G
G G D D
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
[Intro]
G C D G C D G
[Verse]
G It was Christmas Eve
C
babe, in the drunktank
G An old man said to me,
D
won't see another one
G And then he sang a song,
C
the Rare Old Mountain Dew
G I turned my face away
D G
and dreamed about you
[Verse]
G Got on a lucky one,
C
came in eighteen to one
G I've got a feeling, this
D
year's for me and you
G So happy Christmas,
C
I love you baby
G I can see a better time,
D G
when all our dreams come true
[Interlude]
G C D G C D G
G G G C D G
[Verse]
G
They've got cars
D
Big as bars
Em C
They've got rivers of gold
G
But the wind goes
right through you
D
It's no place for the old
G Em
When you first took my hand
G C
On a cold Christmas Eve
G
You promised me
D G
Broadway was waiting for me
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
C Em
The boys of the NYPD choir
G Em
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
G
And the bells
D G
were ringing out for Christmas day
[Interlude]
G G C C
G D G D
G G C C
G D D G
[Pre-Chorus]
G
You're a bum
You're a punk
D
You're an old slut on junk
G C D
Living there almost dead on a drip
G
In that bed
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
[Chorus]
C Em
The boys of the NYPD choir
G Em
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
G
And the bells
D G
were ringing out for Christmas day
[Interlude]
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
[Verse]
G I could have been someone,
C
well so could anyone
G You took my dreams from
D
me, when I first found you
G I kept them with me babe,
C
I put them with my own
G Can't make it all alone, I've
D G
built my dreams around you
[Chorus]
C Em
The boys of the NYPD choir
G Em
Still Singing 'Galway Bay'
G\
And the bells
(
D)
G
are ringing out for Christmas day
[Outro]
G G C C
G G D D
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
G G C C
G G
G D G D~
G G C C
G G
G G D D
G G C C
G G
G D G D~