Chords:
{t:Fairytale Of New York - Alt}
{artist:The Pogues}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sscml-amGC4 Capo 1
{c:Thanks to Frank Griffin - a less confronting version}
Men only {tb:lightgrey}____{tb} Ladies only {tb:yellow}____{tb}
Intro: Count {sob}1 2 3{eob} [F] [F] [C] [C] [G] [C] [G7]*
[NC] It was Christmas [C] Eve babe, in the [F] drunk tank
An old man [C] said to me, won't see a-[G] - nother one [G7]
And then he [C] sang a song, the Rare Old [F] Mountain Dew
I turned my [C] face away and dreamed a-[G]bout [C] you [G]*
[NC] Got on a [C] lucky one, came in eight-[F]-een to one
I've got a [C] feeling this year's for [G] me and you [G7]
So happy [C] Christmas, I love you [F] baby
I can see a [C] better time when all our [G] dreams come [C] true
The [F] boys of the NY [Am] PD [G] choir
Were [C] singing "Galway [Am] Bay"
And the [C] bells were [F] ringing [G] out for Christmas [C] day [C]*
{tb:lightgrey}[NC] They've got [C] cars big as [G] bars, they've got [Am] rivers of [F] gold
But the [C] wind goes right through you, it's no [C] place for the [G] old{tb}
{tb:yellow}When you [C] first took my [Am] hand on a [C] cold Christmas [F] Eve
You [C] promised me [F] Broadway was [G] waiting for [C] me{tb}
{tb:yellow}You were [C] handsome,{tb} {tb:lightgrey}you were pretty, Queen of New York [G] City
When the [C] band finished [F] playing they [G] howled out for [C] more{tb}
{tb:yellow}Si-[C] -natra was swinging, all the drunks they were [G] singing
We [C] kissed on the [F] corner then [G] danced through the [C] night{tb}
The [F] boys of the NY [Am] PD [G] choir
Were [C] singing "Galway [Am] Bay"
And the [C] bells were [F] ringing [G] out for Christmas [C] day
[F] [F] [C] [C] [G7]*
[NC]{tb:lightgrey} I could have [C] been someone,{tb}{tb:yellow} well so could [F] anyone
You took my [C] dreams from me when I first [G] found you [G7]{tb}
{tb:lightgrey}I kept them [C] with me babe, I put them [F] with my own
Can't make it [C] all alone, I've built my [F] dreams a-[G]round [C] you{tb}
The [F] boys of the NY [Am] PD [G] choir
Still [C] singing "Galway [Am] Bay"
And the [C] bells were [F] ringing [G] out for Christmas [C] day
The [F] boys of the NY [Am] PD [G] choir
Still [C] singing "Galway [Am] Bay"
{c: Slowdown}
And the [C] bells were [F] ringing [G] out for Christmas [C] day [F] [C]*
