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Fairy Tale Of New York Banjo Tab by The Pogues

Fairy Tale Of New York Banjo tab by The Pogues

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FAIRY TALE OF NEW YORK (S.MacGowan,J.Finer)

5 STRING BANJO TABS

A-KEY: remember to put 5th String-Capo to 2nd fret!

TablEdited by Jan-Kolja

Tuning : G D G B D 	Time Signature: 3/4



INTRO AFTER SLOW PIANO-PART

D            D            D           A
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------2---2---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

 D           G            A
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|--2---2---2-------------|
|----3---3-------0---0---|----2---2---------------|
|2-----------0-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|



VERSES

 D           A            D           Bm
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|
|----3---3-------2---2---|----3---3-------3---3---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------4-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 They've got cars...      They've got rivers...

 D           D            D           A
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------2---2---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 But the wind...          It's no place...

 D           Bm           D           G
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------0---0---|
|2-----------4-----------|2-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 When you first...        cold Christmas Eve...

 D           D            A
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--2---2---2-------------|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----2---2-----3---------|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 You promised me...


CHORUS

 G
 |       |       |
|--0---0---0---0---0---0-|
|----0---0-------0---0---|
|0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
 The boys...

 Bm          A            D           D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|
|----3---3-------2---2---|----3---3-------3---3---|
|4-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 NYPD       choir         were singing...


 Bm          Bm           D           G
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------0---0---|
|4-----------4-----------|2-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 Galway Bay       and the bells are   ringing


 A           A            D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--2---2---2---2---2---2-|------------------------|
|----2---2-------2---2---|------------------------|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
 out for christmas        day



INSTRUMENTALPART

 D           A            Bm          G
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|
|----3---3-------2---2---|----3---3-------0---0---|
|2-----------2-----------|4-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


 D           D            D           A
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---2---2---2-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------2---2---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


 D           Bm           D           G
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---0---0---0-|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----3---3-------0---0---|
|2-----------4-----------|2-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


 D           D            A           D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|--2---2---2-------------|
|----3---3-------3---3---|----2---2---------------|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|



SLOW PART (the tabs for the ending part!)


 D
 |       |       |
|--------4-------4-------|
|----3---------------3---|
|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|


 D                        G
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------4-------4-------|--------0-------0-------|
|----3---------------3---|----0---------------0---|
|2-----------------------|0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|


 G                        D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------0-------0-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----0---------------0---|----3---------------3---|
|0-----------0-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7-----------|


 D                        Bm          D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------4-------4-------|--------4-----------4---|
|----3---------------3---|----3-----------3-------|
|2-----------------------|4-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|


 A                        D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------2-------2-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----2---------------2---|----3---------------3---|
|2-----------------------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------7-----------|
             I could have been someone...

 D                        G
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------4-------4-------|--------0-------0-------|
|----3---------------3---|----0---------------0---|
|2-----------------------|0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|
                 So could anyone

 G                        D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------0-------0-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----0---------------0---|----3---------------3---|
|0-----------0-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7-----------|
              You took my dreams from me

 D                        A
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------4-------4-------|--------2-------2-------|
|----3---------------3---|----2---------------2---|
|2-----------------------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------7-----------|
             when I first found you

 A                        D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------2-------2-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----2---------------2---|----3---------------3---|
|2-----------2-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7-----------|
              I kept them with me babe

 D                        G
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------4-------4-------|--------0-------0-------|
|----3---------------3---|----0---------------0---|
|2-----------------------|0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|
               I put them with my own

 G                        D
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------0-------0-------|--------4-------4-------|
|----0---------------0---|----3---------------3---|
|0-----------0-----------|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------7-----------|
            Can't make it all alone

 D                        G           A
 |       |       |        |       |       |
|--------4-------4-------|--------0-----------2---|
|----3---------------3---|----0-----------2-------|
|2-----------------------|0-----------2-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|------------------------|
            I've built my dreams      around

 D
 |       |       |
|--------4-------4-------|
|----3---------------3---|
|2-----------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------7-----------|
 you

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