(To play with backing track capo needs to be on the 2nd fret)

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'Twas Christmas eve babe, in old Manhattan

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An old man said to me, "won't see another one."

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And then he sang a song-'The Rare old Mountain Dew'

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I turned my face away, and dreamed about you.

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got on a lucky one, came in eighteen to one

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I've got a feeling, this year's for me and you.

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so happy christmas, I love you baby.

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i can see a better time, when all our dreams come true.

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They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold

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But the wind goes right through you, no place for the old.

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When you first took my hand  on a cold Christmas eve

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You promised me broadway was waiting for me.

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You're handsome, you're pretty, Queen of New york City

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When the band finished playing, they howled out for more.

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Sinatra was swinging, in the streets they were singing

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We kissed on the corner and danced through the night.

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The boys of the NYPD choir still singing 'Galway Bay'

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And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day.

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              C                              F             

I could have been someone, Well, so could anyone

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You took my dreams from me, when I first found you.

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I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own

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Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you.

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The boys of the NYPD choir still singing 'Galway Bay'

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And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day.