The Pogues Feat Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8


   [Intro]
          

   [Verse 1]
             
It was Christm

             
as Eve babe,In

     
 the drunk tan

k
             
An old man sai

              
d to me, I won

         
't see another

   
 one
            
And then he sa

              
ng a song,A ra

       
re old mountai

n dew
             
I turned my fa

              
ce away,And dr

            
eamed about yo

  
u

   [Verse 2]
            
Got on a lucky

              
 one,Came in e

   
ighteen to one
             
I've got a fee

              
ling,This year

       
's for me and 

you
            
So happy Chris

              
tmas,I love yo

  
u baby
             
I can see a be

              
tter time,When

         
 all our dream

       
s come true

   [Link 1]
      
            

   [Verse 3]
             
They've got ca

             
rs big as bars

             
,They've got r

        
ivers of gold
             
But the wind g

              
oes right thro

              
ugh you,It's n

              
o place for th

  
e old
             
When you first

            
 took my hand,

             
On a cold Chri

      
stmas Eve
             
You promised m

              
e,Broadway was

            
 waiting for m

e

   [Verse 4]
             
You were hands

              
ome,You were p

              
retty Queen of

          
 New York City
             
When the band 

             
finished playi

             
ng,They howled

          
 out for more
             
Sinatra was sw

              
inging,All the

              
 drunks they w

    
ere singing
             
We kissed on a

            
 corner,Then d

              
anced through 

    
the night

   [Chorus]
             
The boys of th

           
e NYPD choir,w

             
ere singing Ga

     
lway Bay
             
And the bells 

             
were ringing o

              
ut,For Christm

   
as day

  [Instrumental Break]
            
              

   [Verse 5]
             
You're a bum Y

              
ou're a punk,Y

              
ou're an old s

       
lut on junk
             
Lying there al

             
most dead on a

             
 drip in that 


bed
             
You scumbag, y

              
ou maggot,You 

            
cheap lousy fa

ggot
             
Happy Christma

             
s your arse,I 

             
pray God it's 

    
our last

   [Chorus]
             
The boys of th

           
e NYPD choir,w

             
ere singing Ga

     
lway Bay
             
And the bells 

             
were ringing o

              
ut,For Christm

   
as day

   [Link 2]
                           

   [Verse 6]
             
I could have b

              
een someone,We

            
ll so could an

yone
             
You took my dr

              
eams from me,W

            
hen I first fo

  
und you
            
I kept them wi

              
th me babe,I p

        
ut them with m

y own
              
Can't make it 

             
all alone,I've

             
 built my drea

              
ms around you

   [Chorus]
             
The boys of th

           
e NYPD choir,w

             
ere singing Ga

     
lway Bay
             
And the bells 

             
were ringing o

              
ut,For Christm

   
as day

   [Outro to fade]
                           
                           


Mark W