Fairytale of New York

Intro: G/D D G/D Asu4 D

It was christmas eve babe D
In the drunk tank G
An old man said to me: D
won’t see another one G/A A
And then they sang a song D
The rare old mountain dew G
I turned my face away D
and dreamed about you G Asu4/E D G/A

 

Got on a lucky one D
Came in eighteen to one G
I’ve got a feeling D 
This year’s for me and you G/A A
So happy christmas D
I love you baby G
I can see a better time D
Where all our dreams come true G Asus4 D

Mellanspel: G/D D G/D Asus4 D
A D G A D

 

They got cars big as bars D A
They got rivers of gold bm G
But the wind goes right through you D
It’s no place for the old A
When you first took my hand D bm

on a cold christmas eve D G
You promised me broadway D

was waiting for me A D
You were handsome you were a pretty D
Queen of new york city A
when the band finished playing D G
they yelled out for more A D
Sinatra was swinging D 
all the drunks they were singing A
We kissed on a corner D G
Then danced through the night. A D

 

The boys from the NYPD Choir G bm A
were singing Galway Bay D bm
And the bells were ringing out D G A
for christmas day. D

Mellanspel: A bm G D A D bm D G D A D

 

You’re a bum you’re a punk D
You’re an old slud on junk A
Lying there almost dead  D G
on a drip in that bed A D
You scumbag you maggot D
You cheap lousy faggot A
Happy christmas your arse D G
I pray god it’s our last A D

 

And the boys of the NYPD choir’s is G bm A
singing Galway Bay D bm
And the bells are ringing out D G A
For christmas day. D

Mellan: G D G A D A

 

I could have been someone D
Well so could anyone G
You took my dreams from me D
When I first found you A
I kept them with me babe D
I put them with my own G
Can’t make it out alone D
I’ve built my dreams around you G A D

 

And the boys of the NYPD choir’s still G bm A
singing Galway Bay D bm
And the bells are ringing out D – 
For christmas day. (no chords)