Fairytale Of Philadelphia chords by The Philly Specials

Chords with lyrics

Key: D MajorD Major

♫ Intro:

 G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD


♫ Verse:
          D MajorD       G+G
It was Christmas Eve again in the drunk tank
      D MajorD           A augmentedA
An old man said to me, "Won't see another one"
        D MajorD             G+G
And then, he sang a song, "The Rare Old Mountain Dew"
       D MajorD           A augmentedA  D MajorD
I turned my face away and dreamed about you

      D MajorD          G+G
Got on a lucky one, came in eighteen to one
       D MajorD          A augmentedA
I've got a feeling this year's for me and you
      D MajorD           G+G
So Happy Christmas, I love you, brother
       D MajorD       A augmentedA          D MajorD
I can see a better time when all our dreams come true

♫ Instrumental:

D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

♫ Verse:
       D MajorD      A augmentedA        B minorBm     G+G
They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold
     D MajorD                         A augmentedA
But the wind goes right through you, it's no place for the old
     D MajorD       B minorBm      D MajorD     G+G
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
    D MajorD               A augmentedA    D MajorD
You promised me Broad Street was waiting for me

     D MajorD         A augmentedA         D MajorD         A augmentedA
You were handsome, you were pretty, you're the king of South Philly
    D MajorD          G+G     A augmentedA      D MajorD
When the band finished playing, they howled out for more
    D MajorD                        A augmentedA
The Leathers were swinging, all the drunks, they were singing
  D MajorD       G+G      A augmentedA        D MajorD
We fought on a corner, then danced through the night

♫ Chorus:
    G+G                D MajorD        B minorBm
The sound of The Silver Ages choir all singing "Galway Bay"
     D MajorD     G+G     A augmentedA      D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day

♫ Instrumental:

 D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA


♫ Verse:
     D MajorD       A augmentedA      D MajorD        A augmentedA
You's a lush, you're a crumb bum, you smell like some old scum
    D MajorD        G+G      A augmentedA   D MajorD
Washed up from the Schuylkill and rotting away
   D MajorD      A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA
You dirtbag, you phony, you lousy jabroni
    D MajorD        G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD
Happy Christmas, you ass, I pray God it's our last


♫ Chorus:
    G+G                D MajorD        B minorBm
The sound of The Silver Ages choir still singing "Galway Bay"
     D MajorD     G+G     A augmentedA      D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day

♫ Bridge:
        D MajorD
I could have been someone
        G+G
Well, so could anyone
        D MajorD
You took my dreams from me
         A augmentedA
When Mom first had you

         D MajorD
I kept them with me, Jas'
      G+G
I put them with my own
        D MajorD
Can't make it all alone
        G+G    A augmentedA   D MajorD
I've built my dreams around you

♫ Chorus:
    G+G                D MajorD        B minorBm
The sound of The Silver Ages choir still singing "Galway Bay"
     D MajorD     G+G     A augmentedA      D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day