C                G            C
That time of year has come around again,
     F                           C
When everybody treats you like a friend.
    F                                   C
The song of joy is heard throughout the land,
    C                               G
Yet people just don't seem to understand.
  C               G              C
I see a man who's beating up his wife,
    F                                C
And someone else is taking their own life.
    F                           C
The policemen are breaking up a fight;


[Chorus]
C             G    C
Silent night, holy night.


[Verse 2]
   C                G               C
An old young man is sleeping in the park,
    F                           C
And evil men are lurking in the dark.
        F                             C
They're thinking of the evil they can do,
     C                        G
Like robbery, rape and murder too.
  C             G                C
A young girl is looking for some tricks,
    F                    C
To find some money for a fix.
   F                            C
To me it's such an old familiar sight;


[Chorus]
C             G    C
Silent night, holy night.



[Verse 3]
C              G              C
Santa claus is ripping people off,
F                      C
Is it any wonder why I scoff?
          F                                 C
There are people who would rather take than give,
    C                              G
And people who've forgotten how to live.
   C             G            C
We say that it's only for the kids,
F                C
Drivers drink, although the law forbids.
F                                C
Some of them will kill before daylight;


[Chorus]
C             G    C
Silent night, holy night.