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Fairytale Of New York: 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 F It was Christmas Eve babe in the drunk tank C G An old man said to me, won't see another one C F And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew C G C G I turned my face away and dreamed about you. 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 F They've got cars big as bars, they've got rivers of gold C G But the wind goes right through you; it's no place for the old C G When you first took my hand, on a cold Christmas Eve C F G C You promised me Broadway was waiting for me. C You were handsome you were pretty, queen of New York City C F G C When the band finished playing they howled out for more C Sinatra was swinging, all the drunks they were singing C F G C We kissed on a corner then danced through the night. [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/c/christy-moore/301890.html ] Chorus: F C A The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay" C F G C And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day C F I could have been someone, well so could anyone C G You took my dreams from me when I first found you C F I kept them with me babe; I put them with my own C G C G Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you Chorus: F C A The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay" C F G C And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day C F You're a bum, you're a punk, you're an old slut on junk C G Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed C You scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot C F G C Happy Christmas my arse, I'd rather be dead. Last chorus: F C A The boys of the NYPD choir were singing "Galway Bay" C F G C And the bells were ringing out for Christmas day C F So happy Christmas, I love you baby C G C G There's gonna be some goodtime when all our dreams come true C So, happy christmas, I love you baby |