The Fairytale Of New York

THE FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK Finer, Jeremy, MacGowan & Shane The Pogues G D G A-4 D G Font Key: Boy Girl Both | / / / / | / / ~ It=was Christ^mas | D G D ||: ev^e babe / in^the | drunk^tank / ~ an^old^man | said=to^me / ~ wont^see^an | ||: luc^ky one ~ ^came in^eigh | teen^ to one ~ Ive^got^a | feel^ing / ~ this^years^for | G A D G | other^one / ~ and^then^he | sang^a song ~ the^rare^old | moun^tain dew ~ I^turned^my | | me=and^U / ~ So^hap^py | Chr^ist mas ~ I^love^you | b^a by ~ I=can see^a | D G A-4 D G 1. | face=a^way / ~ And^dreamed^a | bout you ~ Got^on^a :|| D G A-4 D G D G A-4 D A 2. | bet=ter^time / ~ When^all^our | ¾ dreams^come true / | 5/4 / / / / / | 6/4 / / / / ~ ~ / | D G A D D A Bm G | / ~ / ~ / ~ ~ They^got | cars^big^as bars^they^got riv^ers^of gold But=the | D A | wind^goes^right thru^you=Its^no place^for^the old When=you | D Bm D G D A D | 1st^took^my hand^on^a cold^Cris^mas eve ^U | pro^mise^me Broad^way^was wait^ing^for me U=were| D A ||: hand^some^you=were pret^ty^Queen of^New^York ci^ty^when=the | ||: bum^youre^a punk^youre^an old^slut^on junk^Ly^ing | D G A D | band^fin^ished play^ing^they howled^out^for more ^Si | | there^al^most dead^on^a drip^in^that bed ^You | D A | na^tra^was swing^ing^all=the drunks^they^were sing^ing^We | | scum^bag you^mag^got=you cheap^lou^sy fag^got^Hap=py | D G A D G Bm A | kissed^on^a cor^ner^then danced^thru^the night ^the | Boys of=the ^N Y ^P D Choir ^were | | Christ^mas^your arse^I^pray God^its^our last ^the | Boys of=the ^N Y ^P D Choir ^were | D Bm D G A | ^sing ing Gal way^Bay yy ~ and^the | bells were^ring ing out for^Christ mas | D A Bm G D A D Bm D G D A D 1. | day y / ~ / ~ / ~ | / / / / ~ / ~ | / ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ | / ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ | / ~ / ~ / ~ ~ Youre^a :|| D G D G A D A D 2. | day y / ~ /// | ////// | //// ~ / ~ | / ~ / ~ / ~ I^could^have | been^some^one / ~ / ^well so ^could | G D A | an^y^one / / U ^took my | dreams from^me ee / When ^I first | found ^U / ~ / I^kept them| D G | with^me^babe / ~ / I^put them | ^with my own n / ^cant t^make^it | D G A D | 15/8 all^a^lone ee ^Ive built ^my dreams a^round dd | 6/4 you u / ~ / ~ / ^the | *CHORUS D G D G A D G D G A 3. | day y / ~ / ~ / ~ | ////// | //// ~ / ~ | ////// ||: / ~ / ~ / ~ / ~ | ////// | //// ~ / ~ | ////// :|| x3