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[Verse 1]
D                G
No Christmas for John Quays
D                G
No Christmas for John Quays
D                G
No Christmas for John Quays
D                G
No Christmas for John Quays


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[Verse 2]
         D             G
Well the powders reach you
        D             G
And the powders teach you
    D            G
But when you find
D                G     D  G  D  G
They can't reach you
         D           G    D       G
There is no Christmas for junky


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[Verse 3]
   D            G
He thinks he is
     D           G
More interesting
D              G   D  G
Than the world
       D      G
Ah but buying cigs
     D              G   D  G
Puts him in a whirl


[Verse 4]
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I'll have a packet of three-five fives
D                   G
Five under of fifty five
            D                    G
I'll have a packet of those over there
    D          G    D       G
And 20 special over cigars
    D          G    D       G  D  G
And 20 special over cigars
D            G           D      G
 I'm talking to the cigarette machine


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[Tag 1]
G                      A
 Into Nicotinic acid


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[Verse 5]
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He spits in the sky
   D                G
It falls in his eye
    D                G
And then he gets to sitting
D              G       D  G  D  G
Talking to his kitten
D             G                D  G
Talking about Frankie Lymon
        D  G      D   G
Tell me why is it so?
        D  G      D   G  D  G  D  G
Tell me why is it so?


[Verse 6]
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Out of this space with the idle race
D               G
Out of the road with this dude


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[Verse 7]
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Although the skins are thin
   D               G
He knows its up to him
   D         G        D  G
To go out or stay in
          D  G
I'll stay in
     D       G
I'll stay in
     D       G
I'll stay in
     D       G
I'll stay in


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[Verse 8]
Em
You, me
Em
X-Mas
      A
X-Mas


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[Verse 9]
         D             G
Well the powders reach you
        D             G
And the powders teach you
    D            G  D                G    D  G  D  G
But when you find   they can't reach you
         D            G   D       G  D  G  D  G
There is no Christmas for junky
         D        G
There is no girls
         D        G
There is no curls
D                G
Just the traffic passing by
D           G               D    G
Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye


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[Tag]
D                G
No Christmas for John Quays
D                G
No Christmas for John Quays
D                G
No Christmas for John Quays
D                G
No Christmas for John Quays