Fairytale of New York Christy Moore
This is the way he played it on jools holland, Capo on First fret.
Basically chords like this for first two verses:
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
And then a slight change to:
[C] [F] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [F]
[G] [C]
Then the third part is:
[C]
[C] [F] [G] [C]
[C]
[C] [F] [G] [C]
[F] [C] [A]
[C] [F] [G] [C]
It's just that repeated. But here how the timing is roughly.
[C]It was Christmas Eve bab[F]e in the drunk tank
[C]An old man said to me[G], won't see another one
[C]And then he sang a song Th[F]e Rare Old Mountain Dew
[C]I turned my face away and dreamed[G] about you.[C] [G]
Got on a lucky one came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling this year's for me and you
So happy Christmas, I love you baby
There's gonna be some goodtime when all our dreams come true
[C]They've got cars big as bars, th[F]ey've got rivers of gold
[C]But the wind goes right through [G]you; it's no place for the old
[C]When you first took my hand, on [G]a cold Christmas Eve
[C]You promised me [F]Broadway was wai[G]ting for me.[C]
[C]You were handsome you were pretty, queen of New York City
[C]When the band finished[F] playing they howled ou[G]t for more[C]
[C]Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks they were singing
[C]We kissed on a corner [F]then danced through the[G] night.[C]
Chorus:
[F]The boys of the NYPD ch[C]oir were singing "Galway Bay"[A]
[C]And the bells were [F]ringing out for Chri[G]stmas day[C]
[C]I could have been someone, well so could a[F]nyone
[C]You took my dreams from me when I first foun[G]d you
[C]I kept them with me babe; I put them wi[F]th my own
[C]Can't make it all alone[G], I've built my dr[C]eams around you[G]
Chorus:
[F]The boys of the NYPD ch[C]oir were singing "Galway Bay"[A]
[C]And the bells were [F]ringing out for Chri[G]stmas day[C]
[C]You're a bum, you're a punk, you're an old [F]slut on junk
[C]Lying there almost dead on a drip i[G]n that bed
[C]You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot
[C]Happy Christmas my arse, [F]I'd rather be[G] dead.[C]
Last chorus:
[F]The boys of the NYPD ch[C]oir were singing "Galway Bay"[A]
[C]And the bells were [F]ringing out for Chri[G]stmas day[C]
[C]So happy Christmas, I love you [F]baby
[C]There's gonna be som[G]e goodtime when all our dre[C]ams come true[G]
[C]So, happy christmas, I love you baby
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