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Fairytale Of New York

Dustin Kensrue
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
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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.

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