Fairytale Of New York Acoustic chords by Ed Sheeran

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 7th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Capo - 7th fret


Verse 1:

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

Verse 2:

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


Verse 3:

      G+G
They've got cars
    D MajorD
Big as bars
      E minorEm    C majorC
They've got rivers of gold
    G+G
But the wind goes right through you
           D MajorD
It's no place for the old
     G+G       E minorEm
When you first took my hand
   G+G       C majorC
On a cold Christmas Eve
  G+G
You promised me
C majorC       D MajorD      G+G
Broadway was waiting for me

Verse 4:

     G+G
You were handsome

You were pretty
         D MajorD
Queen of New York City
     G+G       C majorC
When the band finished playing
   D MajorD       G+G
They howled out for more
G+G
Sinatra was swinging
             D MajorD
All the drunks they were singing
  G+G       C majorC
We kissed on the corner
   D MajorD         G+G
Then danced through the night


Hook:

  C majorC        D MajorD
The boys of the NYPD choir
   G+G        E minorEm
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
    G+G     C majorC
And the bells were ringing
D MajorD         G+G
Out for Christmas day


Short Instrumental:

G+G C majorC
G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC
G+G D MajorD G+G


Verse 5:

G+G
You're a bum
     D MajorD
You're a punk
     E minorEm      C majorC
You're an old gal on junk
    G+G
Living there almost dead
         D MajorD
on a drip In that bed
  G+G
You scum bag

You maggot
        D MajorD
You cheap lousy blaggar
   G+G       C majorC
Happy Christmas your muggar
    D MajorD
I pray God
     G+G
It's our last


Hook:

    C majorC       D MajorD
The boys of the NYPD choir
    G+G       E minorEm
Still singing 'Galway Bay'
    G+G     C majorC
And the bells are ringing
D MajorD         G+G
Out for Christmas Day


Verse 6:

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


Hook:

    C majorC       D MajorD
The boys of the NYPD choir
   G+G        E minorEm
Still Singing 'Galway Bay'
    G+G     C majorC
And the bells are ringing
D MajorD         G+G
Out for Christmas Day


Short Instrumental:

G+G C majorC
G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC
G+G D MajorD G+G

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