| Song Name: | Fairy Tale Of New York (Version 2) | By: | The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl |
| Posted By: | pagan | Difficulty: | Intermediate |
| Key: | D | Genre: | General |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2007-11-19 18:11:57 | Modified: | 2007-11-19 19:11:57 |
| Song: | Fairy Tale of New York
Words and Music By: Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer Slow Tempo 3 3 4 -3 -4 4 It was christmas eve babe 7 -7 -7 -6 In the drunk tank -6 -7 7 6 5 5 An old man said to me, 4 -5 5 5 -4 -4 "won't see an-oth-er one" 3 4 -3 -4 4 4 And then he sang a song 7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6 The rare old mountain dew -6 -7 7 6 5 5 I turned my face a-way 4 -5 5 -4 4 And dreamed a-bout you 3 4 -3 -4 4 4 Got on a luck - y one -5 -5 5 5 -4 -4 Came in eighteen to one -5 6 -6 6 4 I've got a feel-ing 4 -5 5 5 -4 -4 This years for me and you 3 4 -3 -4 4 So hap-py christmas 6 7 -7 -7 -6 I love you ba-by 6 -6 -7 7 6 5 5 I can see a better time 4 -5 5 -4 4 4 When all our dreams come true Optional instrumental here (Very Slow) -6 -7 -8 6 4 -5 5 -4 4 (Very Quick) 6 -6 6 5 4 4 6 -6 6 -4 4 -4 5 -4 4 -3 3 -3 3 -3 -3 4 Quick Tempo 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 They've got cars big as bars 4 -4 5 -4 4 3 They've got rivers of gold 4 4 4 -4 5 6 5 But the wind goes right through you 5 5 6 5 4 -4 Its no place for the old 6 6 6 5 4 -4 When you first took my hand 4 -4 5 -4 4 3 On a cold christmas eve 4 4 -4 5 6 5 4 -4 5 -4 4 You promised me Broadway was waiting for me 6 6 6 -6 You were handsome 6 6 5 4 You were pretty 6 6 5 4 -4 4 Queen of New York Ci-ty 4 -4 5 -4 4 3 2 When the band finished playing -3 3 4 -3 4 They howled out for more 5 6 -6 6 5 4 Sinatra was swinging 6 6 6 5 4 -4 4 All the drunks they were singing -4 5 -4 4 -3 3 We kissed on the corn-er -3 3 4 -3 4 Then danced through the night 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 7 -7 The boys of the N Y P D choir -6 6 5 4 -4 5 Were singing Galway Bay 4 -4 5 4 -5 5 -4 And the bells were ringing out 4 5 -4 4 For christmas day Next verse Lyric You're a bum You're a punk You're an old slut on junk Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed You scumbag, you maggot You cheap lousy faggot Happy Christmas your arse I pray God it's our last 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 7 -7 The boys of the N Y P D choir -6 6 5 4 -4 5 Were singing Galway Bay 4 -4 5 4 -5 5 -4 And the bells were ringing out 4 5 -4 4 For christmas day Finish with........ Slow Tempo 3 4 -3 -4 4 4 I could have been some one 6 6 -6 6 -5 -5 Well so could an-y-one -5 6 -6 6 4 4 You took my dreams from me 4 -4 4 4 -3 When I first found you 3 4 -3 -4 4 4 I kept them with me babe 6 7 -7 -7 -6 -6 I put them with my own -6 -7 7 6 5 5 Can't make it all a-lone 4 5 4 -5 5 -4 4 I've built my dreams around you 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 7 -7 The boys of the N Y P D choir -6 6 5 4 -4 5 Were singing Galway Bay 4 -4 5 4 -5 5 -4 And the bells were ringing out 4 5 -4 4 For christmas day....... Listen To The Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltiY-BqvOIU&feature=related |