Saint Genevieve

The best Christmas song of all time...

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've got a feeling

This year's for me and you

So Happy Christmas

I love you baby

I can see a better time

When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars

They've got rivers of gold

But the wind goes right through you

It's no place for the old

When he first took my hand

On a cold Christmas Eve

You promised me

Broadway was waiting for me

You were 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

You're a bum

You're a punk

You're an old slut on junk

Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed

You scumbag, you maggot

You cheap lousy faggot

Happy Christmas your arse

I pray God it's our last

The boys of the NYPD choir

Still singing "Galway Bay"

And the bells were ringing out

For Christmas day

There's a justice in this world

And I know just what she's called

She's called Elaine

There's a dead man in your heart

And he takes up too much room

And I know just what he's called

He's called Steve

There's a farmer in the clouds

And he's sowing golden seeds

And he's feeding on your dreams

That's the only thing you need

And I know just what he's called

He's called Ray

I'm starting to freeze

Freeze

Freeze

Freeze

I know who wrote the book of love

It was an idiot

It was a fool

A slobbering fool with a speech defect and a shakin' hand

And he wrote my name

Next to yours

But it should have been David Byrne or somebody

Dog dig a dog dig a dog...

There's a justice in this world

She's cruel but she's fair

And I know just what she's called

She's called Elaine

She's called Elaine

Dear God, hope you got the letter, and...

I pray you can make it better down here.

I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer

but all the people that you made in your image,

see them starving on their feet

'cause they don't get enough to eat

from God

I can't believe in you

Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but...

I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.

We all need a big reduction in amount of tears

and all the people that you made in your image,

see them fighting in the street

'cause they can't make opinions meet

about God

I can't believe in you

Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?

Did you make mankind after we made you?

And the devil too!

Dear God, don't know if you noticed, but...

your name is on a lot of quotes in this book,

and us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,

and all the people that you made in your image

still believing that junk is true.

Well I know it ain't, and so do you,

dear God, I can't believe in I don't believe in

I won't believe in heaven and hell.

No saints, no sinners, no devil as well.

No pearly gates, no thorny crown.

You're always letting us humans down.

The wars you bring, the babes you drown.

Those lost at sea and never found,

and it's the same the whole world 'round.

The hurt I see helps to compound

that Father, Son and Holy Ghost

is just somebody's unholy hoax,

and if you're up there you'd perceive

that my heart's here upon my sleeve.

If there's one thing I don't believe in

it's you... Dear God.

Yes, I think so too.

OK, since I missed out on Vol. 2, and I now have a working 4-track, I'd like to do Kamera for Vol. 3.

Now that I've gotten my 4-track fixed, maybe I'll be able to contribute... unless it's too late... :

Here's another one.... Being There is not one of my favorites, but this song always gets me choked up -

Verse:

A Bm D A E

Close your eyes and go to sleep, baby

A Bm D A E

Take your head off your feet, honey

Pre-Chorus:

A Bm D E

Cause you been working hard and I know you're tired

A Bm D C

You been trying hard not to think I'm a liar

Chorus:

A D

What's the world got in store

A D

What's the world got in store for you

A D E

What's the world got in store for you now

Verse:

A Bm D A E

Come on baby somehow, I need you

A Bm D A E

Do I have to show you how, baby

Repeat Pre-Chorus chords

Bridge:

Bm A Bm A

I'm not trying to knock you out, or wasn't about

E F# Bm A E

I just know you need your rest, I can't say what's best for you

Repeat Verse chords

A Bm D E

You been working hard and I know you're tired

A Bm D C

I've been trying hard not to feel like a liar

Repeat Chorus x2

D

D-E-Bm-A

Here's a Wilco song for you to play, for a breezy spring day in Portland... I didn't transcribe this, and a couple of chords in this seem off to me, so maybe when the Dude shows up he can fix them.

Intro E C#m F# A

[E]Like a cloud

[G#]His fingers explode

[A]On the typewriter ribbon

[F#]The shadow grows

[E]His heart's in a [C#m]bowl behind the [F#]bank [A D]

[E]And every evening

[G#]when he gets home

[A]To make his supper and

[F#]eat it alone

[E]His black shirt cries

While his shoes get [F#m]cold

[A]It just a dream he keeps [E]having [C#m F#m]

And it doesn't seem to [G#m]mean [E]anything [C#m F#m]

And it doesn't seem to [G#m]mean [E]anything

[E]One summer

[G#]a suicide

[A]Another autumn

[F#]a traveler's guide

[E]He hits snooze [C#m]twice before he [F#]dies

[E]And every evening

[G#]when he gets home

[A]To make his supper and

[F#]eat it alone

[E]His black shirt [bm]cries

While his shoes get [F#m]cold

[A]It just a dream he keeps [E]having [C#m F#m]

And it doesn't seem to [G#m]mean [E]anything

[C#m]Its just a dream he keeps [F#m]having

B C Em F Fm C Em F AM D Am D G

[G]He feels lucky to

have you here

[C]In his kitchen

[A]in your chair

[G]Sometimes he for[D]gets that you're even [A]there

[G]It just a dream[D] he keeps [G]having [Em Am]

And it [D]doesn't seem to [bm]mean [G]anything [Em Am]

[Em]It just a dream he keeps [Am]having D G

[Em]It just a dream [Am]

And it [D]doesn't seem to [bm]mean [G]anything Em A D G