Fairytale Of New York chords by Good Charlotte

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Half-step down

Key: Db

Intro:

G  D  A D


Verse 1:
                 A    D
It was Christmas Eve, babe
       G
In the drunk tank
           D
An old man said to me
       G    D/F#    G  A
"Won't see another one"
    G              D
And then he sang a song
              G
"The Rare Old Mountain Dew"
            D
I turned my face away
             A    D
And dreamed about you
    G    D
Got on a lucky one
            G
Came in eighteen-to-one
           D
I've got a feeling
                A
This year's for me and you
         D
So happy Christmas
            G
I love you, baby
            D
I can see a better time
             A           D
When all our dreams come true

Verse 2:
            D           A                 Bm        G
They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold
        D               A                    D             A
But the wind goes right through you, it's no place for the old
       D               A         Bm             G
When I first took your hand on a cold Christmas Eve
         D                       A           D
You said promise me Broadway was waiting for me
                         A             D           G
I was handsome, you were pretty, queen of New York City
         D             G             A              D
When the band finished playing, they howled out for more
            A                 D                 G
Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks, they were singing
   D           G            A                  D
We kissed on a corner, then danced through the night


Chorus:
        G                           D               Bm
And the boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay"
        D          G       A                 D
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day


Interlude:
D  A  Bm  G
D    A  D


Bridge:
D                                            G
"We could have been someone", well, so could anyone
            D                           A
I took your dreams with me when I first found you
            D                         G
I kept them with me, babe, I put them with my own
              D               G        A             D
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you


Out-Chorus:
        G                           D               Bm
And the boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay"
        D          G       A                 D
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day
         G                            D               Bm
Yeah the boys of the NYPD choir still singing "Galway Bay"
        D         G       A                 D  Bm
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day
        D         G       A                 D
And the bells are ringing out for Christmas Day