Fairytale Of New York chords by The Pogues (Ver. 2)

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Easy version for all beginners!

         C        F
It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunktank
      C           G
An old man said to me, won’t see another one
      C             F
And then he sang a song, The Rare Old Mountain Dew
      C           G   C
I turned my face away And dreamed about you

     C           F
Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one
      C            G
I’ve got a feeling This year’s for me and you
     C          F
So happy Christmas, I love you baby
      C             G     C
I can see a better time When all our dreams come true

      C
They’ve got cars
    G
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 the corner
   G         C
Then danced through the night
  F        G
The boys of the NYPD choir
   C        Am
Were singing ’Galway Bay’
    C     F
And the bells were ringing
G         C
Out for Christmas day

[Short Instrumental]
C F
C G
C F
C G C

C
You’re a bum
     G
You’re a punk
     Am      F
You’re an old slut on junk
    C
Living there almost dead
         G
on a drip In that bed
  C
You scum bag

You maggot
        G
You cheap lousy faggot
   C       F
Happy Christmas your arse
    G
I pray God
     C
It’s our last

    F       G
The boys of the NYPD choir
    C       Am
Still singing `Galway Bay`
    C     F
And the bells are ringing
G         C
Out for Christmas Day


       C              F
I could have been someone Well, So could anyone
      C              G
You took my dreams From me when I first found you
      C            F
I kept them with me babe I put them with my own
       C               G   C
Can’t make it all alone I’ve built my dreams around you


    F       G
The boys of the NYPD choir
   C        Am
Still Singing `Galway Bay`
    C     F
And the bells are ringing
G         C
Out for Christmas Day



Note:
To play along with the recording the chord pattern for the verse ’Your a bum...’
should be as follows,

C
You’re a bum
     C
You’re a punk
           G
You’re an old slut on junk
    C      F
Living there almost dead
   G      C
on a drip In that bed