[Intro: ]B (hold)  
  
Verse 1:  
                
               E                       B  
Call on your angels, come down to the city  
  
                 F#                             B  
Crowd around the big tree, all you strangers who know me.  
  
              E                 B  
Bring your compassion, your understanding,  
  
              F#                              B  
Lord, how we need it on this New York City Christmas.  


[Refrão]
          F#            E                B      E  B  
And I'm sending you a Merry New York Christmas  
  
        F#                 E                B     E  B  
And a prayer for peace on Earth within our time.  
  
             G#m                     E  
Yeah, the sidewalk angels echo "Hallelujah",  
  
           B                F#  
And we understand them, now more than ever.  
  
Verse 2:  
  
                  E                         B  
So call on your angels, you're beaten and broken  
  
                 F#                                     B  
It's time that we mend them, so they don't fade with the season  
  
                       E                              G#m  
Let our mercy be the gifts we lay, from Brooklyn to Broadway,  
  
             F#                                            B  
And celebrate, each and every day of this New York City Christmas.  
  
Chorus:            
  
          F#            E                B      E  B  
And I'm sending you a Merry New York Christmas  
  
        F#                 E                B     E  B  
And a prayer for peace on Earth within our time.  
  
             G#m                     E  
Yeah, the sidewalk angels echo "Hallelujah",  
  
           B                F#                                  
And we understand them, now more than ever.    
  
Bridge: (Listen to the song for the rythm)  
                    E      B    E-B      E-B-F#-F#    
Merry New York Christmas!  
  
Verse 3:  
  
                  E                       B  
So call on your angels, come down to the city,  
  
                  F#                             B  
Gather 'round the big tree, all you strangers who know me.  
  
             E                   B  
Bring your compassion, bring your forgiveness,  
  
              F#                               B  
Lord, how we need it on this New York City Christmas.  
  
Chorus:            
  
          F#            E                B      E  B  
And I'm sending you a Merry New York Christmas  
  
        F#                 E                B       E  B  
And a prayer for peace on Earth, it's not too late.  
  
             G#m                     E  
Yeah, the sidewalk angels echo "Hallelujah",  
  
           B                F#                                  
And we understand them, we hear them say...  
  
Outro:  
  
          E                  B              E                 B  
Merry Christmas!  (New York Christmas)  Ah yeah.  (New York Christmas)  Yes,   
  
                    E                   B         F# (hold)  
a New York City Christmas.  (New York Christmas)  
  
                   B (draw out)  
Merry New York Christmas.