Fairytale Of New York bass tab by The Pogues

Bass tabs

Tuning: EADG

Band enters at 1:25 after Vox/Piano Intro
  D    A D G A D
G|-7-----7-----7--------7----|
D|----7-----7-----5--7---0-4/|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

Verse - "They've got cars big as bars..."
  D A Bm G D    A D Bm D G D   A D
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------7-----7-------------------5-7-------|
A|-5--0--2-----5-----5-----5--2--5-----5--5-----5-0-4/|
E|----------3-----------------------3-----------------|

"You're handsome"
  D    A D G A D   D    A D G A D
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-----7-----5--7-----------7-----7-----5--7-----|
A|-5-----5-----5--------5-0-4/5-----5-----5--------5--|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Chorus - "The boys of the NYPD choir..."
   G  Bm A  D Bm  D G A
G|--------4------------------------|
D|-4/5-5-7--7-54-------------------|
A|---------------5-02--045---0---0/|
E|-------------------------3-------|

Instrumental
  D A Bm G D    A D Bm D G D   A D
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------7-----7-------------------5-7-------|
A|-5--0--2-----5-----5-----5--2--5-----5--5-----5-0-4/|
E|----------3-----------------------3-----------------|

Verse - "You're a bum, you're a punk..."
  D    A D G A D D    A D G A D
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----7-----7-----5--7-----------7-----7-----5--7-----|
A|-5-----5-----5--------5-0-4/5-----5-----5--------5--|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Chorus - "The boys of the NYPD choir..."
   G  Bm A  D Bm  D G A
G|--------4------------------------|
D|-4/5-5-7--7-54-------------------|
A|---------------5-02--045---0---0/|
E|-------------------------3-------|

Bridge
  D     G     D   A D A
G|------7-7-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5--7---------------|
A|-5-----------------3/5---------------5---0--0/2/4/|
E|---------5\3--------------------------------------|

"I could have been someone..."
 D     G     D     A
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----------------3/5----5---50-----0------0/2/4/|
E|---------1/3--------------------------------------|

"I kept them with me babe"
  D     G     D   G A D
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------5--7-------------------|
A|-5-----------------3/5--5--------555555555555-----|
E|---------1/3--------------------------------------|

Chorus - "The boys of the NYPD choir..."
   G  Bm A  D Bm  D G A
G|--------4------------------------|
D|---5-5-7--7-54-------------------|
A|---------------5-02--045-(Stop)--|
E|---------------------------------|

Outro 2x
 D     G     D     A
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----------------3/5----5---50-----0------0/2/4/|
E|---------1/3--------------------------------------|

  D     G     D   A D A
G|------7-7-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5--7---------------|
A|-5-----------------3/5---------------5---0--0/2/4/|
E|---------5\3--------------------------------------|

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note