Fairytale Of New York chords by
The Pogues
Kirsty Maccoll

1988•Folk•

Intro 1

F

C

F

G

C

G

Verse 1

C

It was Christmas Eve, babe

F

In the drunk tank

C

An old man said to me,

G

won't see another one

C

And then he sang a song

F

The rare old mountain Dew

C

I turned my face away

F

G

C

G

And dreamed about you

Verse 2

C

Got on a lucky one

F

Came in eighteen to one

C

I've got a feeling

G

This year's for me and you

C

So happy Christmas

F

I love you baby

C

I can see a better time

F

G

C

When all our dreams come true

F

C

F

G

Interlude 1

C

C

G

C

F

G

C

Verse 3

C

G

They've got cars big as bars

Am

F

They've got rivers of gold

C

But the wind goes right through you

G

It's no place for the old

C

Am

When you first took my hand

C

F

On a cold Christmas Eve

C

You promised me

G

C

Broadway was waiting for me

C

You were handsome

You were pretty

G

Queen of New York City

C

F

When the band finished playing

G

C

They howled out for more

C

Sinatra was swinging

G

All the drunks they were singing

C

F

We kissed on a corner

G

C

Then danced through the night

Chorus 1

F

G

The boys of the NYPD choir

C

Am

Were singing "Galway Bay"

C

F

G

And the bells were ringing out

Interlude 2

For Christmas day

C

G

Am

F

C

C

G

C

Am

C

F

C

G

C

Verse 4

C

You're a bum

You're a punk

G

You're an old slut on junk

C

F

G

C

Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed

C

You scumbag, you maggot

G

You cheap lousy faggot

C

F

Happy Christmas your arse

G

C

I pray God it's our last

Chorus 2

F

G

The boys of the NYPD choir

C

Am

Still singing "Galway Bay"

C

F

G

And the bells were ringing out

Interlude 3

For Christmas day

C

C

F

F

C

C

F

G

C

G

Verse 5

C

I could have been someone

F

Well so could anyone

C

You took my dreams from me

G

When I first found you

C

I kept them with me, babe

F

I put them with my own

C

Can't make it all alone

F

G

C

C

I've built my dreams around you

Chorus 3

F

G

The boys of the NYPD choir

C

Am

Still singing "Galway Bay"

C

And the bells were ringing out

Outro 1

For Christmas day

C

C

F

F

C

C

G

G

C

C

F

F

C

C

F

G

C

G

[Repeat and fade]

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