Fairytale Of New York chords by The Kelly Family

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

❄ 🎄 Intro:

G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD


❄ 🎄 Verse 1:
         D MajorD        G+G
It was Christmas Eve babe, 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

❄ 🎄 Instrumental:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
D G+G A augmentedA D MajorD


❄ 🎄 Verse 2:
      D MajorD
They've got cars big as bars
      B minorBm    G+G
They've got rivers of gold
    D MajorD
But the wind goes right through you
         A augmentedA
No place for the old
     D MajorD       B minorBm
When you first took my hand
   D MajorD       G+G
On a cold Christmas Eve
  D MajorD
You promised me
       A augmentedA      D MajorD
Broadway was waiting for me


❄ 🎄 Verse 3:
    D MajorD
You're handsome, you're pretty
    D MajorD
Queen of New York City
            G+G
When the band finished playing
   A augmentedA       D MajorD
They howled out for more
 D MajorD
Sinatra was swinging
    D MajorD
All the drunks they were singing
         G+G
We kissed on the corner
   A augmentedA         D MajorD
Then danced through the night

❄ 🎄 Chorus:
  G+G
The boys of the NYPD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Were singing "Galway Bay"
    D MajorD     G+G
And the bells were ringing
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Out for Christmas Day


❄ 🎄 Instrumental:
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G
D MajorD B minorBm D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm G+G
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD


❄ 🎄 Verse 4:
     D MajorD
You're a bum, you're a punk
     D MajorD
You're an old slut on junk
          G+G
Lying there almost dead
   A augmentedA      D MajorD
On a drip in that bed
  D MajorD
You scum bag, you maggot
  D MajorD
You cheap lousy faggot
           G+G
Happy Christmas your arse
    A augmentedA      D MajorD
I pray God it's our last


❄ 🎄 Chorus:
  G+G
The boys of the NYPD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Still singing "Galway Bay"
    D MajorD     G+G
And the bells are ringing
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Out for Christmas Day


❄ 🎄 Instrumental:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA


❄ 🎄 Bridge:
       D MajorD              G+G
I could have been someone, well, so could anyone
      D MajorD              A augmentedA
You took my dreams from me, when I first found you
      D MajorD            G+G
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
       D MajorD            G+G    A augmentedA   D MajorD
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you


❄ 🎄 Chorus:
  G+G
The boys of the NYPD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Still singing "Galway Bay"
    D MajorD     G+G
And the bells are ringing
A augmentedA
Out

  G+G
The boys of the NYPD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Still singing "Galway Bay"
    D MajorD     G+G
And the bells are ringing
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Out for Christmas Day


❄ 🎄 Outro:
D MajorD     G+G
 Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
     D MajorD
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
     A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh


     D MajorD
Oh Oh Oh Oh
     G+G
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
     D MajorD
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
     A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh

        D MajorD
It's Christmas Day