The classic Irish Christmas song, the ‘Fairytale of New York’ us officially the UK’s favourite Christmas tune and it’s nice piece and easy for beginners to play 🙂
Did you know? Low notes are marked with a dot (.) and high ones with a caret (^)
D D G – F# A G
It was Christmas Eve babe
^G ^F# ^F# ^E
In the drunk tank
^E ^F# ^G ^D B B
An old man said to me
G ^C B-B-A A
Won’t see another one
D G F# A G G
And then he sang a song
^G ^G ^F# ^F#-^E ^E
The rare old mountain tune
^E ^F# ^G ^D B-B
I turned my face away
G ^C B – A G
And dreamed about you
D G F# A-G G
Got on a lucky one
^G ^G ^F#-^F# ^E ^E
Came in eighteen to one
^E ^F# ^G ^D-B
I’ve got a feeling
G ^C B B A A
This year’s for me and you
D G-F# A – G
So happy Christmas
^G ^G ^F# ^F#-^E
I love you baby
^E ^E ^F# ^G ^D-B B
I can see a better time
G ^C B A G G
When all our dreams come true…
G G G A B A
They’ve got cars big as bars
G A B-A G E
They’ve got rivers of gold
G G G A B ^D B
But the wind goes right through you
B B ^D B G A
It’s no place for the old
^D ^D ^D B G A
When you first took my hand
G A B A – G E
On a cold Christmas Eve
G G – A B
You promised me
^D – B G A – B A G
Broadway was waiting for me
^D ^D ^D – ^E
You were handsome
^D ^D B-G
You were pretty
^D ^D B G A-G
Queen of New York City
G A B A – G E – C
When the band finished playing
E D E F# G
They howled out for more
B-^D-^E ^D B – G
Sinatra was swinging,
^D ^D ^D B G A – G
All the drunks they were singing
A B A G E – C
We kissed on a corner
E D E F# G
Then danced through the night
^D ^E ^E ^E ^E-^F#-^G-^G ^F#
The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir
^E ^D-B G-F# E
Were singing “Galway Bay”
G A B G ^C – B A
And the bells were ringing out
G B – A G
For Christmas day
^D ^D ^D
You’re a bum
^E ^D B
You’re a punk
^D ^D ^D B G A
You’re an old sl*t on junk
G – A B A – G E
Lying there almost dead
D E D E F# G
On a drip in that bed
B ^D-^E ^D B-G
You scumbag, you maggot
^D ^D B-G A-G
You cheap lousy f*ggot
A – B A – G E C
Happy Christmas you arse
E D D E F# G
I pray God it’s our last
^D ^E ^E ^E ^E-^F#-^G-^G ^F#
The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir
^E ^D-B G-F# E
Still singing “Galway Bay”
G A B G ^C – B A
And the bells were ringing out
G B – A G
For Christmas day
D A F# A G – G
I could have been someone
^D ^D ^E ^D-^C-^C
Well so could anyone
^C ^D ^E ^D G G
You took my dreams from me
G A G G-F# F#
When I first found you
D A F# A G G
I kept them with me babe
^D ^G ^F# ^F# ^E ^E
I put them with my own
^E ^F# ^G ^D B-B
Can’t make it all alone
A B A ^C B-A G
I’ve built my dreams around you
^D ^E ^E ^E ^E-^F#-^G-^G ^F#
The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir
^E ^D-B G-F# E
Were singing “Galway Bay”
G A B G ^C – B A
And the bells were ringing out
G B – A G
For Christmas day