Link to the performance by Ed Sheeran and Anne-Marie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOBvRs4btvE Intro A G A Asus4 D G Gmaj7 A D A Verse D A D It was Christmas Eve, babe A G In the drunk tank A Asus4 D An old man said to me G A A7 "Won't see another one" A D And then he sang a song D A G 'The Rare Old Mountain Dew' G A Asus4 D I turned my face away G A D And dreamed about you
Verse A D Got on a lucky one A G Came in eighteen-to-one A Asus4 D I've got a feeling G A A7 This year's for me and you A D So, Happy Christmas D A G I love you, baby A Asus4 D I can see a better time G A D When all our dreams come true Interlude A G A Asus4 D A D A G A D Verse D A They've got cars big as bars D G They've got rivers of gold D A But the wind goes right through you Bm A It's no place for the old D Bm When you first took my hand D G On a cold Christmas Eve D A You promised me Broadway G D 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 And we kissed on a corner A D Then danced through the night G Bm A And the boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing 'Galway Bay' D G A7 And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas day Interlude D A D D G D D A D D A G D Verse D "You're a bum, you're a punk" A "You're an old cut on junk D G Lying there almost dead A D On a drip in that bed" D "You scumbag, you maggot A You cheap lousy ? D G Maybe Christmas, you mother A D I pray God it's our last" G Bm A And the boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing 'Galway Bay' D G A7 And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas day Interlude D G D D A Verse D "I could have been someone" G "Well, so could anyone A Asus4 D You took my dreams from me G A A7 When I first found you" D "I took them with me, babe G I kept them with my own A D Can't make it all alone D G A D I've built my dreams around you" G Bm A And the boys of the NYPD choir D Bm Were singing 'Galway Bay' D G A7 And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas day Interlude D G D D A D G A Asus4 D G A A7 D G D A D Outro D G D Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way G D A A7 Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey D G D Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way G D A A7 Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey D Dashing through the snow G On a one horse open sleigh A O'er the fields we go G A D Laughing all the way D Bells on bobtail ring G Making spirits bright A What fun it is to ride and sing G A D A sleighing song tonight D G D Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way G D A A7 Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey D G D Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way G D A A7 D Oh, what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh hey
Ed Sheeran and Anne-Marie performed their own take on The Pogue’s modern Christmas classic Fairytale of New York on BBC Radio 1’s Live Longue in December 2017. The original by The Pogues was released in 1988.
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Fairytale Of New York by Ed Sheeran