Fairytale Of New York
Dustin KensrueVersion1
90
Chords in this song
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PULL OFFS/HAMMER ONS: These are used sporadically throughout the song.
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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 had a feeling
That year was for me and you
Said Happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true
They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind blows right through you
It's no place for the old
When I first took your hand
All your fingers were blue
But I promised you
Broadway was waiting for you
I was 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
The apartment was cluttered
And it smelled like the gutter
Where My sad broken promises
lay with the trash
Every cold dreary night
We'd end up in a fight
And I'd pray as you'd yell
That a train'd rattle past
And the boys of the NYPD choir
still singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day
I could have been someone
Said so could anyone
That I took your dreams from you
When you first found me
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
Its Christmas Eve again
In the drunk tank
I'm an old man now
I won't see another one
So I'll sing a song
And sleep when I am through
Dream of another life
Where all our dreams came true.
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Readable chord sheet for Fairytale Of New York by Dustin Kensrue
[G]---[D] -[A]-- [Bm] --- ---- [3] [2] [0] [2] [3] [3] [3] [3] [0] [2] [3] [4] [0] [0] [3] [4] [2] [X] [0] [2] [3] [X] [X] [X] PULL OFFS/HAMMER ONS: These are used sporadically throughout the song. [G]--- [D] --- [A] --- [3] [2]-[3] [0] [3] [3] [3]-[4] [0] [2] [3] [0] [0] [3] [2]-[0] [X] [0] [3] [X] [X] [G] -> [D] -> [A] -> [D] -> [A] It was Christmas [D]Eve babe In the d[G]runk tank An old man s[D]aid to me, "Won't see [A]another one" And then he s[D]ang a song 'The Rare Old M[G]ountain Dew' I turned my f[D]ace away And dreamed a[A]bout [D]you [A] Got on a l[D]ucky one Came in eigh[G]teen to one I had a [D]feeling That year was f[A]or me and you Said Happy C[D]hristmas I love you [G]baby I can see a b[D]etter time When all[G] our dr[A]eams come [D]true [G] [D] [A] [D] [A] [Bm] [G] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D] [D]They've got cars big as b[A]ars They've got ri[Bm]vers of g[G]old But the[D] wind blows right through you It's no place for the [A]old When I [D]first took your [A]hand All your [D]fingers were [G]blue But I p[D]romised you Broadway was w[A]aiting for y[D]ou I was handsome, you were p[A]retty Queen [D]of New York [A]City When the b[D]and finished p[G]laying They h[A]owled out for m[D]ore Sinatra was s[A]winging, All the d[D]runks they were s[A]inging We k[D]issed on a c[G]orner Then d[A]anced through the n[D]ight The[G] boys of the NYPD choir Were s[D]inging "Galway [Bm]Bay" And the b[D]ells were r[G]inging out[A] For Christmas da[D]y [D] [A] [D] [G] [D] [G] [A] [D] [D]The apartment was c[A]luttered And it s[D]melled like the g[A]utter Where My s[D]ad broken p[G]romises l[A]ay with the t[D]rash Every cold dreary n[A]ight We'd end [D]up in a f[G]ight And I'd p[D]ray as you'd y[G]ell That a t[A]rain'd rattle p[D]ast And the [G]boys of the NYPD choir still s[D]inging "Galway [Bm]Bay" And the b[D]ells were r[G]inging out [A] For Christmas day[D] [D] [G] [D] [A] I could have b[D]een someone Said so could a[G]nyone That I took your d[D]reams from you When you first f[A]ound me I kept them w[D]ith me babe I put them w[G]ith my own Can't make it[D] all alone I've built my [G]dreams [A]around [D]you [A] Its Christmas[D] Eve again In the d[G]runk tank I'm an o[D]ld man now I won't see a[A]nother one So I'll s[D]ing a song And sleep when [G]I am through Dream of a[D]nother life Where a[G]ll our d[A]reams came t[D]rue.