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From: HISCAP@LUSTA.LATROBE.EDU.AU (PERRETT,Andrew)

The Pogues - FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK    S.McGowen J Finer

G/D D G/D

Asus4/E D G/D                  D               G
             It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank
          D                      G/A       A            D
An old man said to me, won't see another one And then he sang a song
             G                            D
The Rare Old Mountain Dew And I turned my face away
    G       Asus4/E D   G/A
And dreamed about    you

G/A            D                      G
       Got on a lucky one Came in eighteen to one
          D                      G/A       A
I've got a feeling This year's for me and you
         D                   G
So happy Christmas I love you baby
            D                G       Asus4/E    D
I can see a better time When all our dreams come true

G/D D G/D Asus4          /faster now/    D A D G A D


            D
They've got cars
       A
Big as bars
            Bm       G
They've got rivers of gold
       D
But the wind goes right through you
                      A
It's no place for the old
         D             Bm
When you first took my hand
    D             G
On a cold Christmas Eve
    D
You promised me
             A          D
Broadway was waiting for me
         D
You were handsome

You were pretty
                  A
Queen of New York City
         D             G
When the band finished playing
    A             D
They howled out for more
D
Sinatra was swinging
                         A
All the drunks they were singing
   D             G
We kissed on the corner
    A                  D
Then danced through the night
    G             Bm A
The boys of the NYPD choir
    D               Bm
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
       D          G
And the bells were ringing
A                D A Bm G D A D Bm D G   D A D
Out for Christmas day

D
You're a bum
         D
You're a punk
                      A
You're an old slut on junk
       D            G         A
Living there almost dead on a drip
       D
In that bed
    D
You scum bag

You maggot
                A
You cheap lousy faggot
      D             G
Happy Christmas your arse
       A
I pray God
         D    A D
It's our last

A            D
I could have been someone
         G
So could anyone
            D
You took my dreams
                     A
From me when I first found you
            D
I kept them with me babe
          G
I put them with my own
             D
Can't make it all alone
             G      A      D
I've built my dreams around you

G/D      - xx0433
G/A      - x05433
Asus4/E - xx2233 or 575785