{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":899715,"song":"Fairytale Of New York","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11608184-fairytale-of-new-york-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/899715?type=chord","rating":4.69213,"votes":2307,"content":"Capo 2nd fret to play along with the recording.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunktank[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn old man said to me, won't see another one[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd then he sang a song, The Rare Old Mountain Dew[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI turned my face away and dreamed about you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGot on a lucky one, came in eighteen to one[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've got a feeling this year's for me and you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo happy Christmas, I love you baby[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can see a better time when all our dreams come true[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey've got cars[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBig as bars[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey've got rivers of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the wind goes right through you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's no place for the old[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen you first took my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn a cold Christmas Eve[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou promised me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBroadway was waiting for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou were handsome[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou were pretty\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nQueen of New York City[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the band finished playing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey howled out for more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSinatra was swinging[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the drunks they were singing[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe kissed on the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen danced through the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe boys of the NYPD choir[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWere singing 'Galway Bay'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the bells were ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut for Christmas Day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Short Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're a bum[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou're a punk\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou're an old slut on junk[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLying there almost dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\non a drip in that bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou scum bag[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou maggot\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou cheap lousy faggot[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHappy Christmas your arse[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI pray God[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's our last[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe boys of the NYPD choir[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill singing `Galway Bay`[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the bells are ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut for Christmas Day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI could have been someone, well, so could anyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou took my dreams from me when I first found you[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI kept them with me babe, I put them with my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Hook]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe boys of the NYPD choir[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill singing `Galway Bay`[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the bells are ringing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut for Christmas Day[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2nd fret to play along with the recording.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nYou were pretty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Short Instrumental]\n\nC F\nC G\nC F\nC G C\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\nYou're a punk\n\n\n\n\n\nYou maggot\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Hook]","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}