Fairytale Of Philadelphia chords by The Philly Specials
Guitar chords with lyrics
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 Published:
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