Fairytale Of New York*[C] - The Pogues [Strumming pattern D DUDU] [SINGLE STRUMS] [F] La La La [C] Laaa, La [F] Laa La [G] Laa [C] Laa [G] [NC] It was Christmas Eve [C] babe, in the [F] drunk tank An old man [C] said to me, won't see a-[G]-nother one And then he [C] sang a song, the Rare Old [F] Mountain Dew I turned my [C] face away and [F] dreamed a-[G]bout [C] you. [G] [START STRUMMING GENTLY] Got on a [C] lucky one, came in eight-[F]-teen to one I've got a [C] feeling this year's for [G] me and you So happy [C] Christmas, I love you [F] baby I can see a [C] better time when [F] all our [G] dreams come [C] true [F] La La La [C] Laaa, La [F] Laa La [G] Laa /// /// /// [C] La La La Laaa-La La La[G] Laaa, La La [C] La, La La [F] La, La La [G] La La La [C] Laa They've got cars big as [G] bars, they've got [Am] rivers of [F] gold But the [C] wind goes right through you, it's no place for the [G] old When you [C] first took my [G] hand on a [Am] cold Christmas [F] Eve You [C] promised me Broadway was [G] waiting for [C] me You were [C] handsome, you were pretty, Queen of New York [G] City When the [C] band finished [F] playing they [G] howled out for [C] more 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 And the [F] boys of the NYPD choir still [C] singing "Galway [Am] Bay" And the [C] bells were [F] ringing [G]out for Christmas [C] day. Da Da [G] Daa Da Da [Am] Daa, Da Da [F] Daaaa [C] Da Da Da Daa- Da Da Da[G] Daaa [C] Da Da Da [G] Da Da Da [Am] Da Da Da [F] Daaa [C] Da Da Da Da, Da Da[G] Da Da Da [C] Daa You're a [C] bum, you're a punk, you're an old slut on [G] junk Lying [C] there almost [F] dead on a [G] drip in that [C] bed You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy [G] faggot Happy [C] Christmas your [F] arse, I pray [G] God it's our [C] last And the [F] boys of the NYPD choir still [C] singing "Galway [Am] Bay" And the [C] bells were [F] ringing [G]out for Christmas [C] day // /// [C] La La La [F] La La Laaa, La La La [C] La La Laaaa La [F] La La [G] La La [C] Laa /// /// [stop] [NC] I could have [G] been [C] someone, well so could [F] anyone You took my [C] dreams from me when I first [G] found you 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 [C] // /// /// And the [F] boys of the NYPD choir still [C] singing "Galway [Am] Bay" And the [C] bells were [F] ringing [G]out for Christmas [C] day // /// [C] La La La [F] La La Laaa, La La La [C] La La Laaaa La [F] La La [G] La La [C] Laa /// /// And the [F] boys of the NYPD choir still [C] singing "Galway [Am] Bay" And the [C] bells were [F] ringing [G]out for Christmas [C] day [REPEAT SLOWLY… SINGLE STRUM] And the [C*] bells were [F*] ringing [G*]out for Christmas [C*]day [tremolo]