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"Fairytale of New York"
originally recorded by
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
Vocal
LYRICS Only (key of C)
Standard
GUITAR/UKE CHORDS/LYRICS (key of C)
Simplified
GUITAR/UKE CHORDS/LYRICS (key of C)
"A Winter's Tale"
David Essex 1982 (You Tube)
(To play with backing track capo needs to be on the 2nd fret)
D G
'Twas Christmas eve babe, in old Manhattan
D G/A A
An old man said to me, "won't see another one."
D
G
And then he sang a song-'The Rare old Mountain Dew'
D Asus4/E
D G/A
I turned my face away, and dreamed about you.
D
G
got on a lucky one, came in eighteen to one
D
G/A A
I've got a feeling, this year's for me and you.
D
G
so happy christmas, I love you baby.
D
C
i can see a better time, when all our dreams come true
.
C
G Am F
They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold
C
G
But the wind goes right through you, no place for the old.
C
G F
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas eve
C
G
C
You promised me broadway was waiting for me.
C
G
You're handsome, you're pretty, Queen of New york City
C F
G C
When the band finished playing, they howled out for more.
C
G
Sinatra was swinging, in the streets they were singing
C F
G C
We kissed on the corner and danced through the night.
F
G
C Am
The boys of the NYPD choir still singing 'Galway Bay'
C F
G C
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day.
C F
I could have been someone, Well, so could anyone
C
G
You took my dreams from me, when I first found you.
C F
G C
I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own
C
G C
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you.
F
G
C Am
The boys of the NYPD choir still singing 'Galway Bay'
C F
G C
And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day.