Fairytale Of New York original guitar chords by
The Pogues
Kirsty Maccoll 
Key: D major
Intro 1
G/D
D
G/D
A
D
A7
Verse 1
Dsus2
D
It was Christmas Eve, babe
Dsus2
D
An old man said to me,
A9sus4
A7
won't see another one
Dsus2
D
And then he sang a song
Dsus2
D
I turned my face away
G
A
D
A7
And dreamed about you
Verse 2
Dsus2
D
Got on a lucky one
Dsus2
D
I've got a feeling
A9sus4
A7
This year's for me and you
Dsus2
D
So happy Christ mas
Dsus2
D
I can see a better time
G
A
D
When all our dreams come true
G/D
D
G/D
A7
Interlude 1
D
D
A
D
G
A
D
Verse 3
D
A
They've got cars big as bars
Bm7
G
They've got rivers of gold
D
Bm7
When you first took my hand
D
G
On a cold Christmas Eve
A
D
Broadway was waiting for me
You were pretty
D
G
When the band finished playing
A
D
They howled out for more
D
G
We kissed on a corner
A
D
Then danced through the night
Chorus 1
G
G/B
A7
The boys of the NYPD choir
D/F#
D
Bm
Were singing "Galway Bay"
D
G
A
And the bells were ringing out
Interlude 2
For Christmas day
D
A
Bm7
G
D
D
A
D
Bm7
D
G
D
A
D
Verse 4
You're a punk
D
G
A
D
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
D
G
Happy Christmas your arse
A
D
I pray God it's our last
Chorus 2
G
G/B
A7
The boys of the NYPD choir
D/F#
D
Bm
Still singing "Galway Bay"
D
G
A
And the bells were ringing out
Interlude 3
For Christmas day
D
D
G
G
D
D
G
A
D
A
Verse 5
G
A
D
D
I've built my dreams around you
Chorus 3
G
G/B
A7
The boys of the NYPD choir
D/F#
D
Bm
Still singing "Galway Bay"
Outro 1
For Christmas day
Dsus2
D
D
G
G
D
D
Asus4
A
A
Dsus2
D
D
G
G
D
D
G
A
D
A
[Repeat and fade]
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