-------------- Capo 3rd Fret. -------------- CHORDS USED: [] [] [] [] --- --- --- ---- [3] [2] [0] [2] [3] [3] [3] [3] [0] [2] [3] [4] [0] [0] [3] [4] [2] [X] [0] [2] [3] [X] [X] [X] PULL OFFS/HAMMER ONS: These are used sporadically throughout the song. [] [] [] --- --- --- [3] [2]-[3] [0] [3] [3] [3]-[4] [0] [2] [3] [0] [0] [3] [2]-[0] [X] [0] [3] [X] [X] Intro: -> -> -> -> It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me, "Won't see another one" And then he sang a song 'The Rare Old Mountain Dew' I turned my face away And dreamed about you Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one I had a feeling That year was for me and you Said Happy Christmas I love you baby I can see a better time When all our dreams come true -------------------------------- , (hammer on), , , , , , , , , , , , , , -------------------------------- They've got cars big as bars They've got rivers of gold But the wind blows right through you It's no place for the old When I first took your hand All your fingers were blue But I promised you Broadway was waiting for you I was handsome, you were pretty Queen of New York City When the band finished playing They howled out for more Sinatra was swinging, All the drunks they were singing We kissed on a corner Then danced through the night The boys of the NYPD choir Were singing "Galway Bay" And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day ----------------------- , , , , , , , ----------------------- The apartment was cluttered And it smelled like the gutter Where My sad broken promises lay with the trash Every cold dreary night We'd end up in a fight And I'd pray as you'd yell That a train'd rattle past And the boys of the NYPD choir still singing "Galway Bay" And the bells were ringing out For Christmas day ----------- , , , ----------- I could have been someone Said so could anyone That I took your dreams from you When you first found me I kept them with me babe I put them with my own Can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you Its Christmas Eve again In the drunk tank I'm an old man now I won't see another one So I'll sing a song And sleep when I am through Dream of another life Where all our dreams came true.