Fairytale Of Philadelphia chords by The Philly Specials

Key: D Major

♫ Intro:

  G D A D


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

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

♫ Instrumental:

D G A D


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

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



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

♫ Instrumental:

 D A Bm G D A D A


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



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

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

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

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