Tom: E Intro: E/B | A | G#m | A9 E/G# | C#m | A | B E/B A G#m When Jack Frost came for Christmas A9 With a brass monkey date E/G# C#m The rail-king and the scarecrow A A/F# Hopped a Florida freight E/B A G#m And they blew on their paper cups A9 And stared through the steam E/G# C#m Then they drank half a bottle A Fm Of Ragpicker's Dream where A6 Am6 The whiskey keeps following B E/G# Cold pitchers of beer C#m E/B Me and my associate A9 B Like the clientele here get E/G# A G#m The onions and the 'taters A9 Rib-eyes on the grill E/G# C#m Toothpicks and luckies A A/F# And a coffee refill E/B | A | G#m | A9 E/G# | C#m | A | B E/G# A E/G# As the rail-king lay rocking A9 He was leaving the ground E/G# C#m A Then he was flying like Santa Claus A/F Over the town where E/G# A E/G# He came to the window A9 E/G# Of a house by a stream C#m It was a family Christmas A A/F# In the Ragpicker's Dream there E/G# A E/G# Were kids at the table A9 E/G# All aglow in the light C#m Music in the wintertime A A/F# Sure carries at night there E/G# A Was turkey and gravy E/G# A#m7/5- Pie and ice cream E/B C#m And gifts for each and everyone A F#m In the Ragpicker's Dream where A6 Am6 The red-eye keeps tumbling B E/G# In our glasses of beer C#m E/B Me and my associate A9 B Like the service in here there's E/G# A E/G# A ten for your trouble A9 You have beautiful hair E/G# C#m Make the last one two doubles A A/F# It's a cold one out there where E/G# A E/G# The scarecrow and the rail-king A9 Have started to dance E/G# C#m But a nightstick and a billyclub A A/F# Won't give peace a chance here E/G# A E/G# I think they went thataways A#m7/5- Your song and dance team E/B C#m A Heading home for the holidays A/F# With the Ragpicker's Dream on E/B A E/G# His knees like a fighter A9 E/G# The rail-riding king C#m Like a sack of potatoes A A/F# Like a bull in the ring where E/G# A E/G# The scarecrow falls over A#7/5- A6 With a tear in the seam E/B C#m Home for the rover A A/F# In the Ragpicker's Dream where A6 Am6 The red-eye keeps tumbling B E/G# Like tears in our beer C#m E/B Me and my associate A B Like the ambience here where E/G# A E/G# They cornered two castaways A#° A6 In a white flashlight beam E\B C#m Merry Christmas and happy days A A/F# C6 In the Ragpicker's Dream E/B | A | G#m | A9 E/G# | A9 | E/G# E | A9