Fairytale Of New York chords by Ed Sheeran

Chords with lyrics

Link to the performance by Ed Sheeran and Anne-Marie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOBvRs4btvE

Intro
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 D MajorD  G+G Gmaj7Gmaj7 A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA

Verse

     D MajorD   A augmentedA   D MajorD
It was Christmas Eve, babe
     A augmentedA  G+G
In the drunk tank
  A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4 D MajorD
An old man  said to me
    G+G     A augmentedA  A7A7
"Won't see another one"
       A augmentedA   D MajorD
And then he sang a song
   D MajorD    A augmentedA    G+G
'The Rare Old Mountain Dew'
G+G A augmentedA   Asus4Asus4 D MajorD
I turned my  face away
   G+G    A augmentedA  D MajorD
And dreamed about you

Verse

  A augmentedA     D MajorD
Got on a lucky one
       A augmentedA   G+G
Came in eighteen-to-one
   A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 D MajorD
I've got a feeling
   G+G         A augmentedA  A7A7
This year's for me and you
       A augmentedA  D MajorD
So, Happy Christmas
  D MajorD  A augmentedA   G+G
I love you, baby
  A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4 D MajorD
I can see a better time
   G+G    A augmentedA      D MajorD
When all our dreams come true

Interlude

A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 D MajorD  A augmentedA

D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse
       D MajorD      A augmentedA
They've got cars big as bars
       D MajorD     G+G
They've got rivers of gold
     D MajorD         A augmentedA
But the wind goes right through you
     B minorBm     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      A augmentedA
You promised me Broadway
   G+G      D MajorD
Was waiting for me

Verse

      D MajorD
"You were handsome!" "You were pretty
          A augmentedA
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
Sinatra was swinging
              A augmentedA
All the drunks, they were singing
    D MajorD      G+G
And we kissed on a corner
   A augmentedA         D MajorD
Then danced through the night

     G+G       B minorBm A augmentedA
And the boys of the NYPD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
     D MajorD     G+G   A7A7
And the bells were ringing out
        D MajorD
For Christmas day

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

Verse
      D MajorD
"You're a bum, you're a punk"
            A augmentedA
"You're an old cut on junk
    D MajorD      G+G
Lying there almost dead
    A augmentedA      D MajorD
On a drip in that bed"
     D MajorD
"You scumbag, you maggot
         A augmentedA
You cheap lousy ?
     D MajorD      G+G
Maybe Christmas, you mother
    A augmentedA      D MajorD
I pray God it's our last"


     G+G       B minorBm A augmentedA
And the boys of the NYPD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
     D MajorD     G+G   A7A7
And the bells were ringing out
        D MajorD
For Christmas day

Interlude
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
D A augmentedA


Verse
        D MajorD
"I could have been someone"
         G+G
"Well, so could anyone
   A augmentedA  Asus4Asus4 D MajorD
You took my  dreams from me
   G+G       A augmentedA  A7A7
When I first found you"
       D MajorD
"I took them with me, babe
       G+G
I kept them with my own
    A augmentedA     D MajorD
Can't make it all alone
   D MajorD     G+G   A augmentedA   D MajorD
I've built my dreams around you"


     G+G       B minorBm A augmentedA
And the boys of the NYPD choir
   D MajorD        B minorBm
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
     D MajorD     G+G   A7A7
And the bells were ringing out
        D MajorD
For Christmas day

Interlude
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
D A augmentedA
D MajorD   G+G
A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 D MajorD
G+G A augmentedA A7A7
D MajorD   G+G
D MajorD   A augmentedA
D MajorD

Outro
 D MajorD                 G+G    D MajorD
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
G+G      D MajorD         A augmentedA           A7A7
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey
 D MajorD                 G+G    D MajorD
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
G+G      D MajorD         A augmentedA           A7A7
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey
 D MajorD
Dashing through the snow
           G+G
On a one horse open sleigh
          A augmentedA
O'er the fields we go
 G+G    A augmentedA    D MajorD
Laughing all the way
         D MajorD
Bells on bobtail ring
         G+G
Making spirits bright
          A augmentedA
What fun it is to ride and sing
  G+G    A augmentedA   D MajorD
A augmentedA sleighing song tonight
 D MajorD                 G+G    D MajorD
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
G+G      D MajorD         A augmentedA           A7A7
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey
 D MajorD                 G+G    D MajorD
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
G+G      D MajorD         A augmentedA        A7A7  D MajorD
Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey

Fairytale Of New York chords

Ed Sheeran and Anne-Marie performed their own take on The Pogue’s modern Christmas classic Fairytale of New York on BBC Radio 1’s Live Longue in December 2017. The original by The Pogues was released in 1988.

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