Your (G)childhood, it was (Bm)stolen
By (D)sad and troubled (A)times
Belfast was (D)crying
For (G)some star
to (A)shine
It wasn't much like (Bm)Christmas
When (A)peace was (Bm)nowhere (A)near
But now a star is (Bm)shining
And
(G)hope is in the (A)air
Chorus
Like the (D)first (G)time, it's (D)Christmas time,
I (G)feel it (Em)in the (A)breeze
All (A7)over
(D)Ireland, they're (G)singing for (A)peace
Like the (D)first (G)time, it's (D)Christmas time,
(G)Standing (Em)by your
(A)side
Singing with the (Bm)children, (A)"Silent (D)Night".
I (G)hear the small birds (Bm)singing
In the (D)bushes of Ty(A)rone
The piper in the (D)Derry Air
No (G)longer
plays a(A)lone
Go tell it on the (Bm)mountain
That (A)sweeps down (Bm)to the (A)sea
All I want for (Bm)Christmas
Is
a (G)land of love and (A)peace
Chorus
I (G)know your darling, (Bm)Marie,
She (D)never will re(A)turn
And the young lads in the (D)showband
No
(G)longer sing their (A)song
But all the ones so (Bm)near and dear
Who (A)fill you (Bm)with de(A)light
Will gently
join our (Bm)chorus
And (G)sing with us to(A)night
Chorus
Like the (Bm)first (G)time it’s (A)Christmas (D)time
