Fairytale Of New York
Christy MooreVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
And then a slight change to:
Then the third part is:
It's just that repeated. But here how the timing is roughly.
It was Christmas Eve babe in the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away and dreamed about you.
Got on a lucky one came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling this year's for me and you
So happy Christmas, I love you baby
There's gonna be some goodtime when all our dreams come true
They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you; it's no place for the old
When you first took my hand, on a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me.
You were handsome you were pretty, queen of New York City
When the band finished playing they howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner then danced through the night.
The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day
I could have been someone, well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me when I first found you
I kept them with me babe; I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you
The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day
You're a bum, you're a punk, you're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas my arse, I'd rather be dead.
Last chorus:
The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day
So happy Christmas, I love you baby
There's gonna be some goodtime when all our dreams come true
So, happy christmas, I love you baby
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Readable chord sheet for Fairytale Of New York by Christy Moore
[C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] And then a slight change to: [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [F] [G] [C] Then the third part is: [C] [C] [F] [G] [C] [C] [C] [F] [G] [C] [F] [C] [A] [C] [F] [G] [C] It's just that repeated. But here how the timing is roughly. [C]It was Christmas Eve bab[F]e in the drunk tank [C]An old man said to me[G], won't see another one [C]And then he sang a song Th[F]e Rare Old Mountain Dew [C]I turned my face away and dreamed[G] about you. [C] [G] Got on a lucky one came in eighteen to one I've got a feeling this year's for me and you So happy Christmas, I love you baby There's gonna be some goodtime when all our dreams come true [C]They've got cars big as bars, th[F]ey've got rivers of gold [C]But the wind goes right through [G]you; it's no place for the old [C]When you first took my hand, on [G]a cold Christmas Eve [C]You promised me [F]Broadway was wai[G]ting for me. [C] [C]You were handsome you were pretty, queen of New York City [C]When the band finished[F] playing they howled ou[G]t for more [C] [C]Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks they were singing [C]We kissed on a corner [F]then danced through the[G] night. [C] [F]The boys of the NYPD ch[C]oir were singing "Galway Bay" [A] [C]And the bells were [F]ringing out for Chri[G]stmas day [C] [C]I could have been someone, well so could a[F]nyone [C]You took my dreams from me when I first foun[G]d you [C]I kept them with me babe; I put them wi[F]th my own [C]Can't make it all alone[G], I've built my dr[C]eams around you [G] [F]The boys of the NYPD ch[C]oir were singing "Galway Bay" [A] [C]And the bells were [F]ringing out for Chri[G]stmas day [C] [C]You're a bum, you're a punk, you're an old [F]slut on junk [C]Lying there almost dead on a drip i[G]n that bed [C]You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot [C]Happy Christmas my arse, [F]I'd rather be[G] dead. [C] Last chorus: [F]The boys of the NYPD ch[C]oir were singing "Galway Bay" [A] [C]And the bells were [F]ringing out for Chri[G]stmas day [C] [C]So happy Christmas, I love you [F]baby [C]There's gonna be som[G]e goodtime when all our dre[C]ams come true [G] [C]So, happy christmas, I love you baby