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Fairytale Of New York

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Capo - 7th fret
[Verse 1]
It was Christmas GEve babe, In the Cdrunktank
An old man Gsaid to me, won't see Danother one
And then he Gsang a song, The Rare Old CMountain Dew
I turned my Gface away And Cdreamed Dabout Gyou
[Verse 2]
Got on a Glucky one Came in eighCteen to one
I've got a Gfeeling This year's for Dme and you
So happy GChristmas, I love you Cbaby
I can see a Gbetter time When Call our Ddreams come Gtrue
[Verse 3]
They've got Gcars
Big as Dbars
They've got Emrivers of Cgold
But the Gwind goes right through you
It's no place for the Dold
When you Gfirst took my Emhand
On a Gcold Christmas CEve
You Gpromised me
CBroadway was wDaiting for mGe
[Verse 4]
You were Ghandsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York DCity
When the Gband finished Cplaying
They Dhowled out for Gmore
GSinatra was swinging
All the drunks they were Dsinging
We Gkissed on the Ccorner
Then Ddanced through the Gnight
[Chorus]
The Cboys of the NYPD Dchoir
Were Gsinging 'Galway EmBay'
And the Gbells were Cringing
DOut for Christmas Gday
[Instrumental]
G C
G D
G C
G D G
[Verse 5]
GYou're a bum
You're a Dpunk
You're an Emold gal on juCnk
Living Gthere almost dead
on a drip In that Dbed
You Gscum bag
You maggot
You cheap lousy Dblaggar
Happy GChristmas your Cmuggar
I pray DGod
It's our Glast
[Chorus]
The boyCs of the NYPD Dchoir
Still sGinging `Galway EmBay`
And the Gbells are Cringing
DOut for Christmas GDay
[Verse 6]
I could have Gbeen someone Well, So could Canyone
You took my Gdreams From me when I first Dfound you
I kept them Gwith me babe I put them Cwith my own
Can't make it Gall alone I've built my dreams Daround Gyou
[Chorus]
The boyCs of the NYPD Dchoir
Still GSinging `Galway EmBay`
And the Gbells are Cringing
DOut for Christmas GDay
[Outro]
G C
G D
G C
G D G

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Fairytale Of New York

by Ed Sheeran

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo - 7th fret

[Verse 1]

G C

It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunktank

G D

An old man said to me, won't see another one

G C

And then he sang a song, The Rare Old Mountain Dew

G C D G

I turned my face away And dreamed about you

[Verse 2]

G C

Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one

G D

I've got a feeling This year's for me and you

G C

So happy Christmas, I love you baby

G C D G

I can see a better time When all our dreams come true

[Verse 3]

They've got cars

Big as bars

Em C

They've got rivers of gold

But the wind goes right through you

It's no place for the old

G Em

When you first took my hand

G C

On a cold Christmas Eve

You promised me

C D G

Broadway was waiting for me

[Verse 4]

You were handsome

You were pretty

Queen of New York City

G C

When the band finished playing

D G

They howled out for more

Sinatra was swinging

All the drunks they were singing

G C

We kissed on the corner

D G

Then danced through the night

[Chorus]

C D

The boys of the NYPD choir

G Em

Were singing 'Galway Bay'

G C

And the bells were ringing

D G

Out for Christmas day

[Instrumental]

G C

G D

G C

G D G

[Verse 5]

You're a bum

You're a punk

Em C

You're an old gal on junk

Living there almost dead

on a drip In that bed

You scum bag

You maggot

You cheap lousy blaggar

G C

Happy Christmas your muggar

I pray God

It's our last

[Chorus]

C D

The boys of the NYPD choir

G Em

Still singing `Galway Bay`

G C

And the bells are ringing

D G

Out for Christmas Day

[Verse 6]

G C

I could have been someone Well, So could anyone

G D

You took my dreams From me when I first found you

G C

I kept them with me babe I put them with my own

G D G

Can't make it all alone I've built my dreams around you

[Chorus]

C D

The boys of the NYPD choir

G Em

Still Singing `Galway Bay`

G C

And the bells are ringing

D G

Out for Christmas Day

[Outro]

G C

G D

G C

G D G

About Fairytale Of New York Chords by Ed Sheeran

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