Fairytale Of New York

G D Dadd9/A D/A D/A D d d d d d u 0:13 N.C. D5 G5 It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank D5 A5 An old man said to me, "Won't see another one" A7 D D5 D G And then he sang a song, 'The Rare Old Mountain Dew' D G5 A5 D5 I turned my face away and dreamed about you 0:49 D G Got on a lucky one, came in eighteen-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 D5 G A D D5 I can see a better time when all our dreams come true 1:25 D A Bm G They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold D Dsus4 D A But the wind goes right through you, it's no place for the old D Bm D/A G When you first took my hand on a cold Christmas Eve D G A D/A You promised me Broadway was waiting for me 1:44 D D/A A You were handsome, you were pretty, queen of New York City D G A D/A When the band finished playing, they howled out for more D D/A A Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks, they were singing D G A D/A We kissed on a corner, then danced through the night 2:01 G Bm A The boys of the N Y P choir D/A Bm Were singing, "Galway Bay" D/A G/B G And the bells were ringing out A D D5 For Christmas Day 2:18 D D/A D A You're a bum, you're a punk, you're an old slag on junk D G A D/A Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed D A You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap and your hagged D G A D Happy Christmas, you arse, I pray God it's our last 2:36 G Bm A The boys of the N Y P D choir D Bm Were singing, "Galway Bay" D/A G A And the bells were ringing out D For Christmas Day 2:52 D G G/B D/A D A 3:06 D G/B "I could have been someone" So could anyone G D A You took my dreams from me when I first found you D/A D G/B G I kept them with me, babe, I put them with my own D D/A A Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you 3:42 G* Bm A The boys of the N Y P D choir D D/A G* Still singing, "Galway Bay" G/B G6 A/E A And the bells are ringing out A/E D/A For Christmas Day D D/A G G/B D/A D A/E A7 D D/A G G/B D D/A A A/E D*