The track was written by Shane MacGowan & Jem Finer.
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: D
- Chords: D, G/D, A, Asus4/E, G, G/A, Asus4, Bm
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Track Info
- Song: Fairytale Of New York
- Artist: Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl
- Written by Shane MacGowan & Jem Finer
- Produced by Steve Lillywhite
- Album: If I Should Fall from Grace with God
- Released Date: 23 November 1987
[Intro]
D G/D D G/D A D G/A... [Slow Verse]
Asus4/E D G/D D It was Christmas Eve babe,
G
in the drunktank D An old man said to me,
G/A
won't see another one
A D
And then he sang a song G 'The Rare Old Mountain Dew' And
D
I turned my face away G Asus4/E D G/A And dreamed about you [Verse]
G/A D Got on a lucky one,
G
came in eighteen to one D I've got a feeling this year's
G/A A
for me and you D G So Happy Christmas, I love you baby D I can see a better time when
G Asus4/E D
all our dreams come true G/D D G/D Asus4
D A D G A D [Verse]
D They've got cars A Big as bars Bm G They've got rivers of gold D But the wind goes right through you A It's no place for the old D Bm When you first took my hand D G On a cold Christmas Eve D You promised me A D Broadway was waiting for me [Verse] D You were handsome
You were pretty A Queen of New York City D G When the band finished playing A D They howled out for more D Sinatra was swinging A All the drunks they were singing D G We kissed on the corner A D Then danced through the night [Hook]
G Bm A The boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing 'Galway Bay' D G And the bells were ringing A D A Bm G D A D Bm D G D A D Out for Christmas day [Verse]
D You're a bum D You're a punk A You're an old tramp on junk D G A Living there almost dead on a drip D In that bed D You scum bag You maggot A You cheap lousy gay D G Happy Christmas your arse A I pray God D A D It's our last [Hook]
G Bm A The boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Still singing 'Galway Bay' D G And the bells are ringing A D G D A D A D Out for Christmas Day [Verse]
A D I could have been someone G Well, so could anyone D You took my dreams A From me when I first found you D I kept them with me babe G I put them with my own D Can't make it all alone G A D I've built my dreams around you [Hook]
G Bm A The boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Still singing 'Galway Bay' D N.C. And the bells are ringing D Out for Christmas Day [Ending]
D G D A D G D A D A
D G D A D A
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