C Gm Bb C Gm Bb C Gm Bb C Gm Bb

Bb     C          Bb
Ring-a-ding-ding, sleigh bells ring
C                                 Bb
Ice breaks on the concrete in the city street
Bb     C          Bb
Ring-a-ding-ding, sleigh bells ring
C                               Bb
Taxicab movies in our heads and cigarettes

Bb     C
Oh, my word
             Bb          C
Parker, will you take my hand?
             Bb          C
Parker, will you take my hand?
     D
It's Christmas time

C Bb Gm C Bb C Bb

              C            Bb                      
Bridges close down, on the L - I - E
     C                     Bb
Tiny lights fading out in Jersey City
           C                       Bb
Snow white room, on the snow white clouds
C                               Bb
Taxicabs disappear like keys in lost & found bins

Bb     C
Oh, my word
             Bb          C
Parker, will you take my hand?
             Bb          C
Parker, will you take my hand?
     D
It's Christmas time


  C                          Bb
I wish you were here with me now
     D
It's Christmas time
   C                          Bb
I wish you were here with me now
      D
It's Christmas time

C Bb C Bb C Bb

C Gm Bb C Gm Bb

         C                       Bb
But it's summertime, summertime, summertime
         C                       Bb
But it's summertime, summertime, summertime