Old City Bar by Trans-siberian Orchestra Chords: C/G x32013 G/B x20033 Am7 x02213 G 320003 Fadd9 131213 Em 022003 G* 320033 F x33211 C x32010 C/G G/B In an old city bar Am7 G That's never too far Fadd9 Em From the places that gather Fadd9 G* From the dreams that have been C/G G/B In the safety of night Am7 G By an old neon light Fadd9 Em It beckons to strangers Fadd9 G* And they always come in And the snow it was falling The neon was calling The music was low And the night, Christmas Eve And here was the danger Even with strangers Inside of this night It's easier to believe Then the door opened wide And a child came inside That no one in the bar Had seen there before And he asked did we know That outside in the snow That someone was lost Standing outside our door And the bartender gazed Through the smoke and the haze Through the window and ice To that corner streetlight Where standing alone By a broken pay phone Was a girl the child said Could no longer get home And the snow it was falling The neon was calling The bartender turned and said, "Not that I care. But how would you know this?" The child said, "I've noticed, If one could be home, They'd be already there." F C Then the bartender came out G C From behind the bar F C In all of his life G C He was never that far F C And he did something else G C That he thought no one saw F C And he took all the cash G C From the register drawer G* C Then he followed the child F C To the girl across the street G* C And we watched from the bar F C As they started to speak F C Then he called for a cab G* C And he said, "J.F.K." F C Put the girl in the cab G* C Then the cab drove away F C And we saw in his hands G* C That the cash was all gone F C G* From the light that she had wished upon If you want to arrange it This world you can change it If we could somehow make this Christmas thing last By helping a neighbor Or even a stranger And to know who needs help You need only just ask Then he looked for the child The child wasn't there Just the wind and the snow Waltzing dreams through the air And he walked back inside Somehow different I think For the rest of the night No one paid for a drink And the cynics will say That some neighborhood kid Wondered in on some bums In the world where they hid But they werent there So they couldnt see By an old neon star On that night Christmas Eve When the snow it was falling The neon was calling In case you should wonder In case you should care Why we on our own Never went home On that night of all nights We were already there www.TAB6.com