FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK
( The Pogues sing this in "D" - MALE & FEMALE voices )

    INTRO:   D    G    A    D    G    A    D 
A                D                  G
It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunktank
            D                      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              G           A      D
And I turned my face away, and dreamed a - bout    you

A             D                         G
    Got on a lucky one  Came in eigh - teen to one
            D                      A
I've got a feeling this year's for me and you,
            D                    G
So happy Christmas,  I love you baby
             D                G         A          D
I can see a better time, when all our dreams come true

   INSTRUMENTAL THAT SPEEDS UP:
          D   G    A   D   G   A   D
   THEN THE FASTER ONE:
          D   A   D    G       D   G   A   D

             D           A               Bm        G
They've got cars Big as bars they've got rivers of gold
         D                                                 A
But the wind goes right through you, it's no place for the old
          D             Bm        D             G
When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve
      D                       A          D
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
          D         D                                  A
You were handsome  You were pretty, Queen of New York City
          D              G           A              D
When the band finished playing they howled out for more
D                                              A
Sinatra was swinging all the drunks they were singing
    D             G           A                  D
We kissed on the corner then danced through the night
          CHORUS: 
       G                Bm     A          D              Bm
  The boys of the N  Y  P  D  choir were singing "Galway Bay"
           D          G      A                  D
  And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day

     INST:  D   A     Bm   G      D   Bm    D    A
            D   A     Bm   G      D   A     D

D                              D                     A                    
You're a bum,  You're a punk  You're an old slut on junk
         D           G         A            D
Living there almost dead on a drip in that bed
      D                                    A
You scum bag you maggot,  you cheap lousy faggot
         D           G             A            D   
Happy Christmas your arse, I pray God it's our last
          CHORUS: 
       G                Bm     A          D              Bm
  The boys of the N  Y  P  D  choir were singing "Galway Bay"
           D          G      A                  D
  And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day

  SHORT INST:  D     G     D    A    D   

A                 D              D             G
    I could have been someone   Well, So could anyone
              D                          A
You took my dreams from me when I first found you
A            D                        G
I kept them with me babe, I put them with my own
              D                          G         A     D  
Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams a - round you

          CHORUS: 
       G                Bm     A          D              Bm
  The boys of the N  Y  P  D  choir were singing "Galway Bay"
           D          G      A                  D
  And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day

SHORT INSTUMENTAL

D     G     D      D   A    D
D     G     D      D   A    D
D     G     D      D   A    D
D     G     D      D   A    D    AND FADE

(Guitar chord version on www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp6mM8FqZe4)
(Guitar lesson on www.youtube.com/watch?v=keDD4q_wsb4)