Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Old City Bar (Guitar Intro)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
C/G C/B Am7/A Am7/G F Em G
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[Verse 1]
C/C C/B In an old city bar Am7/A Am7/G That's never too far F Em From the places that gather Dm7 G* the dreams that have been C/C C/B In the safety of night Am7/A Am7/G By an old neon light F Em It beckons to strangers Dm7 G that always come in C/C C/B And the snow it was falling Am7/A Am7/G The neon was calling F Em The music was low Dm7 G And the night, Christmas Eve C/C C/B And here was the danger Am7/A Am7/G Even with strangers F Inside of this night G C/C C/B Am7/A Am7/G F G It's easier to believe
[Verse 2]
C/C C/B Then the door opened wide Am7/A Am7/G And a child came inside F Em That no one in the bar Dm7 G Had seen there before C/C C/B And he asked did we know Am7/A Am7/G That outside in the snow F Em That someone was lost Dm7 G Standing outside our door C/C C/B And the bartender gazed Am7/A Am7/G Through the smoke and the haze F Em Through the window and ice Dm7 G To that corner streetlight C/C C/B Where standing alone Am7/A Am7/G By a broken pay phone F Em Was a girl the child said Dm7 G Could no longer get home C/C C/B And the snow it was falling Am7/A Am7/G The neon was calling F Em The bartender turned and said, Dm7 G "Not that I care. C/C C/B But how would you know this?" Am7/A Am7/G The child said, "I've noticed, F If one could be home, G They'd be already D|-------3-----------3-----------3------------3----------------------------------| A|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1--------1---1--------------------------------| F|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0----0-------0------------------------------| C|-3-----------2-----------0-----------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------3-----------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
there. (repeat tab through Bridge 1)
[Bridge 1]
F C Then the bartender came out F 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 F C That he thought no one saw G C And he took all the cash G C From the register drawer
[BRIDGE 2]
G Then he followed the child F C To the girl across the street G And we watched from the bar F C As they started to speak F C Then he called for a cab F C And he said, "J.F.K." F C Put the girl in the cab F C Then the cab drove away F C And we saw in his hands F C That the cash was all gone F G From the light that she had wished upon
(STRUM CHORDS)
C/C C/B If you want to arrange it Am7/A Am7/G This world you can change it F Em If we could somehow make this Dm7 G Christmas thing last C/C C/B By helping a neighbor Am7/A Am7/G Or even a stranger F And to know who needs help G You need only just C/C C/B Am7/A Am7/G F Em G ask C/C C/B Then he looked for the child
The child wasn't there
F Em Just the wind and the snow Dm7 G Waltzing dreams through the air C/C C/B And he walked back inside Am7/A Am7/G Somehow different I think F Em For the rest of the night Dm7 G No one paid for a drink C/C C/B And the cynics will say Am7/A Am7/G That some neighborhood kid F Em Wondered in on some bums Dm7 G In the world where they hid C/C C/B But they weren't there Am7/A Am7/G So they couldn't see F Em By an old neon star Dm7 G On that night Christmas Eve C/C C/B When the snow it was falling Am7/A Am7/G The neon was calling F Em In case you should wonder Dm7 G In case you should care C/C C/B Why we on our own Am7/A Am7/G Never went home F On that night of all nights G We were already D|-------3-----------3-----------3------------3---------------------------------| A|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1--------1---1-------------------------------| F|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0----0-------0-----------------------------| C|-3-----------2-----------0----------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------3----------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| there. arpeggio D|-------3-----------3-----------3------------3-------------0--------------------| A|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1--------1---1-----------1--------------------| F|---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0----0-------0---------0--------------------| C|-3-----------2-----------0--------------------------------2--------------------| G|-------------------------------------3--------------------3--------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------x--------------------| There (tarde)