Fairytale Of New York chords by The Pogues

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 4)

Intro:

       G+G     G+G   G+G  D MajorD     G+G     A augmentedA  D MajorD  D MajorD
e|--5-/-7----7---------9----10----5---------3----2----0----2----2-------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------8----8----8-----8----7---------0---------5----3----3-------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------7---------7-----7----7----7----0---------6----2----2-------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------0---------0-----0----0---------0---------7----0----0-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------x---------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------3---------------------------------------------------------------|

   D MajorD   G+G   A augmentedA   D MajorD  G+G   A augmentedA  D MajorD
e|----2-----3-----0-----2----3-----0----2-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----3-----3-----2-----3----3-----2----3-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----2-----0-----2-----2----0-----2----2-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----0-----0-----2-----0----0-----2----0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------2-----0----------2-----0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------3----------------3------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

A augmentedA        D MajorD
It was Christmas Eve, babe
    G+G
In the drunk tank
      D MajorD
An old man said to me
      A augmentedA
"Won't see another one"
      D MajorD
And then he sang a song
       G+G
'The Rare Old Mountain Dew'
      D MajorD
I turned my face away
  G+G    A augmentedA  D MajorD
And dreamed about you


Verse 2:

A augmentedA    D MajorD
Got on a lucky one
      G+G
Came in eighteen-to-one
      D MajorD
I've got a feeling
        A augmentedA
This year's for me and you
     D MajorD
So, Happy Christmas
      G+G
I love you, baby
      D MajorD
I can see a better time
  G+G    A augmentedA      D MajorD
When all our dreams come true

  (faster)
D MajorD  G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD  G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD

  (faster, more of an Irish jig beat)
D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD  G+G    D MajorD  G+G  A augmentedA  D MajorD

Verse 3:

       D MajorD      A augmentedA
"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
It's 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 Broadway
  A augmentedA      D MajorD
Was waiting for me


Verse 4:
     D MajorD
"You were handsome!"
 D MajorD        D MajorD         A augmentedA
"You were pretty, Queen of New York City"
     D MajorD       G+G
When the band finished playing
   A augmentedA       D MajorD
They howled out for more
D MajorD      D MajorD
Sinatra was swinging
D MajorD             A augmentedA
All the drunks, they were singing
  D MajorD      G+G
We kissed on a corner
   A augmentedA         D MajorD
Then danced through the night


Hook:
  G+G        B minorBm A augmentedA
The boys of the N Y P D MajorD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
    D MajorD     G+G    A augmentedA
And the bells were ringing out
       D MajorD
For Christmas day

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 5:
 D MajorD       D MajorD
"You're a bum, you're a punk"
 D MajorD           A augmentedA
"You're an old slut on junk
   D MajorD      G+G
Lying there almost dead
   A augmentedA      D MajorD
On a drip in that bed"
   D MajorD      D MajorD
"You scumbag, you maggot
        A augmentedA
You cheap lousy faggot
   D MajorD        G+G
Happy Christmas, your arse
    A augmentedA      D MajorD
I pray God it's our last"


Hook:
  G+G        B minorBm A augmentedA
The boys of the N Y P D MajorD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Still singing "Galway Bay"
    D MajorD     G+G    A augmentedA
And the bells are ringing out
       D MajorD
For Christmas day

D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD

Verse 6:
 A augmentedA      D MajorD
"I could have been someone"
 D MajorD       G+G
"Well, so could anyone
      D MajorD
You took my dreams from me
       A augmentedA
When I first found you"
 A augmentedA      D MajorD
"I kept them with me, babe
      G+G
I put them with my own
       D MajorD
Can't make it all alone
       G+G    A augmentedA   D MajorD
I've built my dreams around you"


Hook:
  G+G        B minorBm A augmentedA
The boys of the N Y P D MajorD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Still singing "Galway Bay"
    D MajorD     G+G    A augmentedA
And the bells are ringing out
       D MajorD
For Christmas day

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

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