Fairytale Of New York chords by The Pogues

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Easy version for all beginners!

         C majorC        FF
It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunktank
      C majorC           G+G
An old man said to me, won’t see another one
      C majorC             FF
And then he sang a song, The Rare Old Mountain Dew
      C majorC           G+G   C majorC
I turned my face away And dreamed about you

     C majorC           FF
Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one
      C majorC            G+G
I’ve got a feeling This year’s for me and you
     C majorC          FF
So happy Christmas, I love you baby
      C majorC             G+G     C majorC
I can see a better time When all our dreams come true

      C majorC
They’ve got cars
    G+G
Big as bars
      A minorAm    FF
They’ve got rivers of gold
    C majorC
But the wind goes right through you
           G+G
It’s no place for the old
     C majorC       A minorAm
When you first took my hand
   C majorC       FF
On a cold Christmas Eve
  C majorC
You promised me
       G+G      C majorC
Broadway was waiting for me
     C majorC
You were handsome

You were pretty
         G+G
Queen of New York City
     C majorC       FF
When the band finished playing
   G+G       C majorC
They howled out for more
C majorC
Sinatra was swinging
             G+G
All the drunks they were singing
  C majorC       FF
We kissed on the corner
   G+G         C majorC
Then danced through the night
  FF        G+G
The boys of the NYPD choir
   C majorC        A minorAm
Were singing ’Galway Bay’
    C majorC     FF
And the bells were ringing
G+G         C majorC
Out for Christmas day

[Short Instrumental]
C majorC FF
C majorC G+G
C majorC FF
C majorC G+G C majorC

C majorC
You’re a bum
     G+G
You’re a punk
     A minorAm      FF
You’re an old slut on junk
    C majorC
Living there almost dead
         G+G
on a drip In that bed
  C majorC
You scum bag

You maggot
        G+G
You cheap lousy faggot
   C majorC       FF
Happy Christmas your arse
    G+G
I pray God
     C majorC
It’s our last

    FF       G+G
The boys of the NYPD choir
    C majorC       A minorAm
Still singing `Galway Bay`
    C majorC     FF
And the bells are ringing
G+G         C majorC
Out for Christmas Day

       C majorC              FF
I could have been someone Well, So could anyone
      C majorC              G+G
You took my dreams From me when I first found you
      C majorC            FF
I kept them with me babe I put them with my own
       C majorC               G+G   C majorC
Can’t make it all alone I’ve built my dreams around you


    FF       G+G
The boys of the NYPD choir
   C majorC        A minorAm
Still Singing `Galway Bay`
    C majorC     FF
And the bells are ringing
G+G         C majorC
Out for Christmas Day


Note:
To play along with the recording the chord pattern for the verse ’Your a bum...’
should be as follows,

C majorC
You’re a bum
     C majorC
You’re a punk
           G+G
You’re an old slut on junk
    C majorC      FF
Living there almost dead
   G+G      C majorC
on a drip In that bed

Other versions of Fairytale Of New York

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