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This was a great song i heard on radio 1 live lounge, by Jonny Borrell (from razorlight) accompanied by Lisa Moorish. It is a great acoustic version of the Pogues original and an absolute bugger to tab cos there is no logical repetition. But finally got it thought i would post it, enjoy............ Intro: F# G# C#
It was christmas eC#ve babe In the drF#unk tank An old man sC#aid to me, wont see anG#other one And then he saC#ng a song The rare old mF#ountain dew I turned my faC#ce away And F#dreamed G#about yoC#u G#
Got on a lC#ucky one Came in eF#ighteen to one Ive got a C#feeling This years for G#me and you So happy cC#hristmas I love you bF#aby I can see a C#better time When aF#ll our drG#eams come tC#rue
C# G# C# F# C# G# F# G#
Theyve got C#cars big asG# bars Theyve got A#mrivers of F#gold But the wC#ind goes right through you Its no place for the oG#ld When you C#first took my hA#mand On a C#cold christmas eF#ve C#You promised me Broadway wasG# waiting for mC#e
You were hC#andsome You were pretty Queen of new york cG#ity When the bC#and finished pF#laying They hG#owled out for C#more C#Sinatra was swinging, All the drunks they were sG#inging We kiC#ssed on a coF#rner Then danG#ced through the nC#ight
ThF#e boys of the nypd cG#hoir WereC# singing galway A#bay And the bC#ells wereF# ringing oG#ut For christmas C#day
C# G# F# G# C# G# F# G#
YouC#re a bum Youre a punk Youre an old slut on jG#unk Lying tC#here almost dF#ead on a dG#rip in that C#bed You scC#umbag, you maggot You cheap lousy fG#aggot Happy chrC#istmas your aF#rse I pray GG#od its our laC#st
ThF#e boys of the nypd choir WereC# singing galway A#bay And the bC#ells wereF# ringing oG#ut For christmas C#day G#
I could have C#been someone Well so could F#anyone You took my drC#eams from me When I first fG#ound you I kept them with me bC#abe I put them F#with my own Cant make it C#all alone Ive buF#ilt my dG#reams around yC#ou
ThF#e boys of theA#m nypd chG#oir WereC# singing galway A#mbay And the bC#ells wereF# ringing oG#ut For christmas C#day