Fairytale Of New York chords by Sean Brady

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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was Christmas evening in the drunk tank
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When an old man said to me,
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won't see another one
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And then we sang a song,
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the rare old mountain dew
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I turned my face away
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and dreamed about you
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God, I'm the lucky one,
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came in at ten to one
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I've got a feeling this
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year's for me and you
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So happy Christmas, I love you baby
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I can see a better time
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when all our dreams come true
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They got cars big as bars,
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they got rivers of gold
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But the wind goes right through you,
it's no place for the old
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When you first took my hand
on that cold Christmas Eve
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You promised me
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Broadway was waiting for me
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You were handsome, you were pretty,
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queen of New York City
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When the band finished playing,
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they called out for more
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Sinatra was swinging,
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all the drums they were singing
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We kissed on the call,
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then danced through the night
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And the boys in the N .Y .P .D. choir
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were singing Galway Bay
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And the bells were ringing out
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for Christmas Day
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You're a bum, you're a punk,
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you're an old slut and junk
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Lying there almost dead on
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that trip in the bed
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You scumbag, you maggot,
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you cheap lousy faggot
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Happy Christmas me arse,
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I pray it shall last
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And the boys in the N .Y .P .D. choir
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were singing
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Gone with day
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And the bells were ringing out
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for Christmas Day
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I could have been someone,
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well so could anyone
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You took my dreams from me
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when I first found you
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I kept them with me, babe,
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I packed them with my own
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Can't make it all alone,
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I've built my dreams round you
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And the boys in the N .Y. Petey Choir
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were singing Galway Bay
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And the bells were ringing out
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for Christmas Day
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And the bells were ringing out
for Christmas Day
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