[Intro - BPM 79 - Drop D tuning] (arranged for 2 guitars, 12/6 string) D G/D D Dsus4 A D e|-2-7-9-10----5----------0----2-| B|-3-8---------7---8-7----2----3-| G|-2-7---------7-7--------2----2-| D|-------------0----------2----0-| A|------------------------0------| E|-------------------------------|
[Slow Verse - Pattern ish - X X xX ] [A] It was Christmas [D] Eve babe ........in the [G]drunk tank ..... An old man [D]said to me, won't [G/A-x00033]see a [A]nother one .... And then he [D]sang a song .... 'The Rare Old [G]Mountain Dew' And I turned my [D]face away ....And [G]dreamed a [Asus4/E]bout [D]you (straight into next verse)
[Slow Verse] [G/A-x0000x] Got [A]on a [D] lucky one, came in eight [G] een to one ... I've got a [D] feeling this year's for [G/A-x00033]me and you [A] ..... So Happy [D] Christmas, I love you [G] baby ..... I can see a [D] better time when [G] all our [Asus4/E] dreams come [D] true
[Intro 2] [D][G/D][D][Dsus4][A] [A] play louder and louder then cue with one snare when to come in 123 123 123 Snare
[Violin line - Strings Riff] - simple chord version [D][D][D][A][D][G][A][D]
[Verse - DADG DDDA DADG DDAD] They've got [D]cars Big as [A]bars They've got [D]rivers of [G]gold But the [D]wind goes right [D]through you It's no [D]place for the [A]old When you [D]first took my [A] hand On a [D]cold Christmas[G] Eve You [D] promised me [D]Broadway was [A] waiting for [D] me
[Verse] You were [D] handsome, You were [D]pretty [D]Queen of New York [A]City When the [D]band finished [G]playing They [A]howled out for [D]more [D] Sinatra was [D]swinging All the [D]drunks they were [A] singing We [D]kissed on the [G]corner Then [A]danced through the [D]night
[Hook] The [G]boys of the NY [Bm]PD [A]choir Were [D]singing 'Galway [Bm] Bay' And the [D]bells were [G]ringing Out [A] for Christmas day
[Interlude - Same chords as verse] [D][Dsus2][D][G] - [D][D][D][A] [D][D][D][G] - [D][D][A][D]
[Verse] [D] You're a bum, You're a [D]punk You're an [D]old slut on [A] junk Lying [D] there almost [G]dead on a [A] drip In that [D] bed You [D] scum bag, you [D]maggot You [D]cheap lousy [A] xxxxxx Happy [D] Christmas your [G] arse I pray [A] God, it's our [D] last
[Chorus] The [G]boys of the NY [Bm]PD [A]choir Were [D]singing 'Galway [Bm] Bay' .. And the [D]bells were [G]ringing Out [A] for Christmas day
[Interlude - waltz - Muting and just bass drum helps lift some of the notes out] [D][D][D][D] - [G][G][G][G] [D][D][D][D] - [A][A][A][A]
[Slow Verse] I could have [D] been someone Well, so could [G] anyone You took my [D] dreams From me when I first [A] found you I kept them [D] with me babe I put them [G] with my own Can't make it [D] all alone (odd time sig coming up) I've [D]built my [G]dreams a [A]round [D]you
[Drum interlude - turnaround but drop that] [123 123 123 1 2 and 3 the]
[Chorus] The [G]boys of the NY [Bm]PD [A]choir Were [D]singing 'Galway [Bm] Bay' .. And the (stop) [D]bells were (no chords) ringing out for Christmas day
[Quiet Verse] I could [D][D][D][D] - [G][G][G][G] [D][D][D][D] - [A][A][A][A] [D][D][D][D] - [G][G][G][G] *note extra 3 notes in next sequence [D][D][D][G] - [A] - [D][D][D][D]
[Chorus][G][G][Bm][A]- [D][D][Bm][Bm] [D](stop)
[Outro][D][D][D][D] - [G][G][G][G] [D][D][D][D] - [A][A][A][A] (repeat as necessary)
[Intro 2] D G/D D Dsus4 A e|-2-7-9-10----5----------0----| B|-3-8---------7---8-7----2----| G|-2-7---------7-7--------2----| D|-------------0----------2----| A|------------------------0----| E|-----------------------------| [A] play louder and louder then cue with one snare when to come in 123 123 123 Snare
[Violin Line - in drop D - * down strokes on notes when playing A to bring them out] C-D A D G A* D E --------------------------------------3-----------2----- B 10-12-10--7---10-12-10--5----7--------0--2--2--2--3---- G 11--------7---11--------6----7-9-7----0--2--4--2--2---- D 0---------0---0---------7----7--------0--2--2--2--0---- A ------------------------0-------------X----------------- E --------------------------------------5----------------- DrB S B S B S B S
[Interlude] [D][G][D][A] ^ ^ ^ ^ E -----02-0----02-0---3------7--77--7----------0---- B -3----------3-----3-0------10-710-7-777-8-10-5--- G -2------------------0------7--77--7----------6--- D -0------------------0------0-----------------7---- A --------------------x------0-----------------0---- E --------------------5-----------------------------
[D][G][D] *fpick [A][D] E --7--77--7----------x-------2-5-2---0-0-0--2 B --10-710-7-7-7------3------3------3-5-7-5--3 G --7--77--7-79--9-7--0-----2---------6------2 D --0--------0--------0-----------2---7------0 A --0-----------------x-----------0------- E --------------------5--------------------
D G D A e|-2------10--9-7--7-9-10-x---------------0--- B|-3------10--0----0------10--7-7----78-7-2-3-2 G|-2------11--0----0------7---7-7---------2 D|-----------------0------7---7-7---------2 A|------------------------0---------------0 D|------------5-----------0---------------
Original Intro Guitar 1 D G/D D G/D A D e|-5--7---9-10-5---3-2-0-------| B|-7/-8--------7---3-3-2--3-3--| G|-------7-------7----------2--| D|----0--------0---0--------0--| A|---------------------0-------| E|-----------------------------|
Guitar 2 D G/D D G/D A D e|-2-3----3---2----3---0----2--| B|-3-3--3-----3----3---2----3--| G|-2---4--------2----4------2--| D|-0-0--------0----0--------0--| A|---------------------0-------| E|-----------------------------|
[Interlude Tab] E x-0-2-0-----0-2-0---3-- B 3-----2---3---3---2-0-- G 2-----2-------2-----0-- D 0-----2-------------0-- A --------------------x-- D --------------------5--
D Dadd6 D Dsus4 A E --------------------0 B 9---11-9--777-8-10--5 G 10--------77--------6 D x---------77--------7 A 0-------------------0 D ---------------------
D Dadd6 D Dsus4 E --------------------3 B 9---11-9--7--7------3 G 10--------79--9-7---0 D x---------7---------0 A 0-------------------0 D --------------------5
D A D E --------------------2--- B 7-7-7-10-7--5-7-5---3----- G 7-7-7-------6-------2--- D 7-7-7-------7-------0--- A 0-----------0-------0 D 0-------------------0--
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox] [Intro BPM 95 ] Drums B..B B+S... A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m... (Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1] [B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A][G#m][C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that [C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m][C#m] [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A][G#m][C#m] [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say [G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some [C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side... [G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break] B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B][D#m][G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy, she's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound] E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~ B ---75~-75~-75~- G -66~-66~-66~-6~ D --------------- A --------------- E ---------------
