Fairytale Of New York*[C] - The Pogues [SINGLE STRUMS] |[F] LA LA LA [C] LAA, 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]