| Intro: D G A5 C D |
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| R | ows of lights in a c | ircle of steel |
| D | G | |
| Where you | place your bets on a | great big wheel |
| D | C | G | |
| High windows | flickerin' down through the | snow |
| D | |
| A | time you know |
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| Sights and sounds of the | people goin' | 'round |
| C | D | |
| Every | body's in step with the | season |
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| A child is born to a | welfare case |
| D | G | |
| Where the | rats run around like | they own the place |
| D | C | G | |
| The room is c | hilly, the building is old |
| D | |
| Th | at's how it goes |
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| The doctor's found on his | welfare roun | d |
| C | D | |
| And h | e comes and he leaves on | the double |
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| Deck The Halls was t | he song they played |
| D | G | |
| In the fla | t next door where the | y shout all day |
| D | C | G | |
| She tips her | gin bottle back till it's go | ne |
| D | |
| The child is strong |
| D | G | A5 | |
| A week, a day, they will | take it away |
| C | D | |
| For t | hey know about all her b | ad habits |
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| Christmas dawns and | the snow lets up |
| D | G | |
| And the su | n hits the handle of | her heirloom cup |
| D | C | G | |
| She hides her | face in her hands for a whi | le |
| D | |
| Sa | ys look here child |
| D | G | A5 | |
| Your father's pride was h | is means to p | rovide |
| C | D | |
| And h | e's servin' three years | for that reason |
| - | D | C | |
| Rows of lights in a | circle of steel |
| D | G | |
| Where you | place your bets on a | great big wheel |
| D | C | G | |
| High windows | flickerin' down through the | snow |
| D | |
| A | time you know |
| D | G | A5 | |
| Sights and sounds of the | people goin' | 'round |
| C | D | |
| Every | body's in step with the | season |