The Pogues - Fairytale Of New York
S. McGowen, J. Finer

[Intro] (arran
Guitar 1
          
e|-5--7---9-10
B|-7/-8-------
G|-------7----
D|----0-------
A|------------
E|------------

ged for 2 guit
         
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-7---3-3-2--3-
---7----------
-0---0--------
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ars, 12/6 string)

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2--|
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Guitar 2
          
e|-2-3----3---
B|-3-3--3-----
G|-2---4------
D|-0-0--------
A|------------
E|------------

         
2----3---0----
3----3---2----
--2----4------
0----0--------
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2--|
3--|
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Tab for the whole song should be finished any year now...

  

[Slow Verse]
   
              

              
It was Christm

             
as Eve babe, i

     
n the drunktan

k
             
An old man sai

              
d to me, won't

           
 see another o

             
ne  And then h

  
e sang a song
              
'The Rare Old 

             
Mountain Dew' 

              
And I turned m

  
y face away
            
And dreamed ab

    
out    you

[Slow Verse]
           
        Got on

             
 a lucky one, 

             
came in eighte

en to one
             
I've got a fee

              
ling this year

           
's for me and 

    
you
             
So Happy Chris

              
tmas, I love y

  
ou baby
             
I can see a be

              
tter time when

         
 all our dream

    
s come true

              /faster now/           

[Verse]
            
They've got ca

rs
       
Big as bars
            
They've got ri

        
vers of gold
        
But the wind g

oes right thro

ugh you
              
It's no place 

        
for the old
             
When you first

         
 took my hand
             
On a cold Chri

      
stmas Eve
    
You promised m

e
             
Broadway was w

           
aiting for me

[Verse]
         
You were hands

ome
You were pretty
              
Queen of New Y

    
ork City
             
When the band 

         
finished playi

ng
             
They howled ou

      
t for more

Sinatra was sw

inging
              
All the drunks

           
 they were sin

ging
             
We kissed on t

   
he corner
             
Then danced th

          
rough the nigh

t

[Hook]
             
The boys of th

     
e NYPD choir
             
Were singing '

       
Galway Bay'
             
And the bells 

     
were ringing
             
Out for Christ

                    
mas day

[Verse]

You're a bum
         
You're a punk
              
You're an old 

        
slut on junk
             
Living there a

             
lmost dead on 

  
a drip
        
In that bed
    
You scum bag

You maggot
              
You cheap lous

  
y faggot
             
Happy Christma

       
s your arse
       
I pray God
             
It's our last

 

[Hook]
             
The boys of th

     
e NYPD choir
             
Still singing 

          
'Galway Bay'
             
And the bells 

     
are ringing
             
Out for Christ

                   
mas Day

[Slow Verse]
            
I could have b

een someone
              
Well, so could

 
 anyone
            
You took my dr

eams
              
From me when I

       
 first found y

ou
            
I kept them wi

th me babe
           
I put them wit

h my own
              
Can't make it 


all alone
              
I've built my 

            
dreams around 


you

[Hook]
             
The boys of th

     
e NYPD choir
             
Still singing 

          
'Galway Bay'
          
And the bells 

.
are ringing
              
Out for Christ

    
mas Day

[Ending]
         
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