Learn to play Fairy Tale Of New York by The Pogues And Kirsty Maccoll on your
Fairy Tale Of New York Harmonica Tab
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
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