Fairy Tale Of New York Banjo tab by The Pogues

Tabs

FAIRY TALE OF NEW YORK (S.MacGowan,J.Finer)

5 STRING BANJO TABS

A-KEY: remember to put 5th String-Capo to 2nd fret!

TablEdited by Jan-Kolja

Tuning : G+G D MajorD G+G BB D MajorD 	Time Signature: 3/4


INTRO AFTER SLOW PIANO-PART

D MajorD      D MajorD      D MajorD      A augmentedA
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------2---2---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

 D MajorD      G+G      A augmentedA
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|--2---2---2-------------|
|----3---3-------0---0---|----2---2---------------|
|2-----------0-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

VERSES

 D MajorD      A augmentedA      D MajorD      B minorBm
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|
|----3---3-------2---2---|----3---3-------3---3---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------4-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 They've got cars...   They've got rivers...

 D MajorD      D MajorD      D MajorD      A augmentedA
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------2---2---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 But the wind...     It's no place...

 D MajorD      B minorBm      D MajorD      G+G
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------0---0---|
|2-----------4-----------|2-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 When you first...    cold Christmas Eve...

 D MajorD      D MajorD      A augmentedA
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--2---2---2-------------|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----2---2-----3---------|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 You promised me...

CHORUS

 G+G
 |    |    |
|--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
|----0---0-------0---0---|
|0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
 The boys...

 B minorBm     A augmentedA      D MajorD      D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|
|----3---3-------2---2---|----3---3-------3---3---|
|4-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 NYPD    choir     were singing...


 B minorBm     B minorBm      D MajorD      G+G
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------0---0---|
|4-----------4-----------|2-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 Galway Bay    and the bells are  ringing


 A augmentedA      A augmentedA      D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--2---2---2---2---2---2-|------------------------|
|----2---2-------2---2---|------------------------|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 out for christmas    day


INSTRUMENTALPART

 D MajorD      A augmentedA      B minorBm     G+G
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|
|----3---3-------2---2---|----3---3-------0---0---|
|2-----------2-----------|4-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


 D MajorD      D MajorD      D MajorD      A augmentedA
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------2---2---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


 D MajorD      B minorBm      D MajorD      G+G
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------0---0---|
|2-----------4-----------|2-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


 D MajorD      D MajorD      A augmentedA      D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--2---2---2-------------|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----2---2---------------|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


SLOW PART (the tabs for the ending part!)


 D MajorD
 |    |    |
|--------4-------4-------|
|----3---------------3---|
|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|


 D MajorD            G+G
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------4-------4-------|--------0-------0-------|
|----3---------------3---|----0---------------0---|
|2-----------------------|0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|


 G+G            D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------0-------0-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----0---------------0---|----3---------------3---|
|0-----------0-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7-----------|


 D MajorD            B minorBm     D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------4-------4-------|--------4-----------4---|
|----3---------------3---|----3-----------3-------|
|2-----------------------|4-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|


 A augmentedA            D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------2-------2-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----2---------------2---|----3---------------3---|
|2-----------------------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------7-----------|
       I could have been someone...

 D MajorD            G+G
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------4-------4-------|--------0-------0-------|
|----3---------------3---|----0---------------0---|
|2-----------------------|0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|
         So could anyone

 G+G            D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------0-------0-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----0---------------0---|----3---------------3---|
|0-----------0-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7-----------|
       You took my dreams from me

 D MajorD            A augmentedA
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------4-------4-------|--------2-------2-------|
|----3---------------3---|----2---------------2---|
|2-----------------------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------7-----------|
       when I first found you

 A augmentedA            D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------2-------2-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----2---------------2---|----3---------------3---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7-----------|
       I kept them with me babe

 D MajorD            G+G
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------4-------4-------|--------0-------0-------|
|----3---------------3---|----0---------------0---|
|2-----------------------|0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|
        I put them with my own

 G+G            D MajorD
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------0-------0-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----0---------------0---|----3---------------3---|
|0-----------0-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7-----------|
      Can't make it all alone

 D MajorD            G+G      A augmentedA
 |    |    |    |    |    |
|--------4-------4-------|--------0-----------2---|
|----3---------------3---|----0-----------2-------|
|2-----------------------|0-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|
      I've built my dreams   around

 D MajorD
 |    |    |
|--------4-------4-------|
|----3---------------3---|
|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|
 you