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THE POGUES FEATURING KIRSTY MACCOLL:

FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK WRITTEN BY AND SHANE MACGOWAN FROM THE ALBUM “IF I SHOULD FALL FROM GRACE WITH GOD” (1988)

4/4, 55 BPM / 6/8 80BPM 4/4 55BPM INTRO 1 G½ D½ A¼ D¼ A½ Date (0:00) It was

D G Eve babe, in the drunk tank, an old man D Asus4¼ Asus2¼ A½ Said to me, won't see another one, and then he D G Sang a song, the rare old mountain Dew, I turned my D A¼ D¼ A½ Face away, and dreamed about you, got on a D G Lucky one, came in eighteen to one, I’ve got a D Asus4¼ Asus2¼ A½ Feeling this year's for me and you, so Happy D G Christmas, I love you baby, I can see a D A¼ D½ G½ D½ A¼ Better time when all our dreams come true 6/8 80BPM INTRO 2 | D - - D - - | D - - A - - | D - - G - - | A - - D - - | (1:24)

VERSE 1 | D - - A - - | Bm - - G - - | (1:30) They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold, but the | D - - D - - | D - - A - - | Wind goes right through you, it's no place for the old, when you | D - - Bm - - | D - - G - - | First took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve, you | D - - D - - | A - - D - - | Promised me Broadway was waiting for me, you were

VERSE 2 | D - - D - - | D - - A - - | (1:42) Handsome, you were pretty, Queen of New York City, when the | D - - G - - | A - - D - - | Band finished playing they howled out for more, | D - - D - - | D - - A - - | Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks they were singing, we | D - - G - - | A - - D - - | Kissed on a corner then danced through the night

CHORUS | G - - G - - | Bm - - A - - | D - - D - - | Bm - - Bm - - | (1:54) The boys of the N Y P D choir, were singing "Galway Bay", and the | D - - G - - | A - - A - - | Bells were ringing out for Christmas day

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RYNAYLORGUITAR.COM FEATURING KIRSTY MACCOLL:

VERSE 3 | D - - D - - | D - - A - - | (2:15) You’re a bum, you're a punk, you're an old slut on junk, lying | D - - G - - | A - - D - - | There almost dead on a drip in that bed, you | D - - D - - | D - - A - - | Scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy , Happy | D - - G - - | A - - D - - | Christmas you arse, I pray God it's our last

CHORUS | G - - G - - | Bm - - A - - | D - - D - - | Bm - - Bm - - | (2:27) The boys of the N Y P D choir, still singing "Galway Bay", and the | D - - G - - | A - - A - - | Bells were ringing out for Christmas day

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VERSE 4 D D G G (2:49) I could have been someone, well so could anyone, you took my D D A A Dreams from me when I first found you, I kept them D D G G With me babe, I put them with my own | D - - - - - | D - - G - - | A - - D - - | D - - - - - | D - - | Can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you

CHORUS | G - - G - - | Bm - - A - - | D - - D - - | Bm - - Bm - - | (3:14) The boys of the N Y P D choir, still singing "Galway Bay", and the D - - N.C. N.C. Bells are ringing out for Christmas day

OUTRO | D - - - - - | D - - - - - | G - - - - - | G - - - - - | D - - - - - | D - - - - - | A - - - - - | A - - - - - | (3:23) | D - - - - - | D - - - - - | G - - - - - | G - - - - - | D - - - - - | D - - G - - | A - - D - - | A - - - - - | (Repeat to fade)

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