Key: B
Introduction:
G G/F#
In an Old City Bar
Em Em7
That's never too far
C C/B
From the places that gather
Am D
The dreams that have been
G G/F#
In the safety of night
Em Em7
With it's old neon light
C C/B
It beckons to strangers
Am D
And they always come in
G G/F#
And the snow it was falling
Em Em7
The neon was calling
C C/B
The music was low
Am D
And the night... Christmas Eve
G G/F#
But here was the danger
Em Em7
That even with strangers
C D
Inside of this night
(D) (Play following once:)
G G/F#Em Em7 C C/B D
(Back to original pattern)
Then the door opened wide
C D
if one could be home,
(D)
C C/B
And the bar tender came out
Am G
from behind the bar.
C C/B
And in all of his life
Am G
he was never that far.
C C/B
And he did something else
Am G
that he thought no one saw.
C C/B
When he took all the cash
Am G
from the register drawer
D C G
Then he followed the child to the girl 'cross the street
D C G
And we watched from the bar as they started to speak
C G C G
Then he called for a cab... and he said "JFK"
C G C G
Put the girl in the cab and the cab drove away
C G C G
And I could see in his hand that the cash was all gone
C D
From the light that she had wished upon
G G/F# Em Em7
If you want to arrange it... This world you can change it
C C/B Am D
If we could, somehow, make this Christmas thing last
G G/F# Em Em7
By helping a neighbor... or even a stranger
C D
To know who needs help
G G/F# Em Em7 C C/B D
You need only just ask
(Original chord progression)
C D
On that night of all nights
(D)