F C G C G Am G
C F
It was Christmas Eve babe in the drunk tank
C G
an old man said Son I won't see another one
C F
And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew
C G C G
I turned my eyes away and I thought about you
C F
I got on a lucky one came in at 1 to 1
C G
I've got a feeling this year's for me and you
C F
So Happy Christmas always love you baby
C G C G
there's going to be good times when all our dreams come true
C F
They've got cars big as bars they've got rivers of gold
C G
but the wind blows right through you it's no place for the old
C G
When I first took your hand on a cold Christmas Eve
C F G C
hope I told you that Broadway was waiting for me
C
You were handsome and pretty queen of New York city
C F G C
when the band finished playing the crowd howled for more
C
Sinatra was swinging and the crowd they were singing
C F G C
so we kissed on the corner and danced round the floor
F C Am
And the boys from the New York police choir were singin' Galway Bay
C F G C
and the bells were ringin' out on Christmas Day
F C G C F C G C G Am G
C F
I could have been someone and so could anyone
C G
I took my dreams from you when I first met you
C F
I kept them with me babe and I put them with my own
C G C G
I can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you
C F
You're a bum you're a punk you're an aul hoor on junk
C G
lyin' there on the drip nearly dead in the bed
C
You scumbag you maggot you cheap lousy faggot
C F G C
Happy Christmas me arse I would rather be dead
F C Am
And the boys from the New York police choir were singin' Galway Bay
C F G F C F G
and the bells were ringin' out on Christmas Day
F
I love you baby
C G
I've got a feeling this year's to me and you
C F
So Happy Christmas always love you baby
C G C G
there's going to be good times when all our dreams come true
C
So Happy Christmas I love you baby