The Pogues – Fairytale Of New York Chord
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It was Christmas Eve babe,
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In the drunktank
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An old man said to me,
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won't see another one
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And then he sang a song ,
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The Rare Old Mountain Dew
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And I turned my face away,
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and dreamed a - bout you
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Got on a lucky one Came
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in eigh - teen to one
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I've got a feeling this year's
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for me and you,
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So happy Christmas, I love you baby
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I can see a better time,
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when all our dreams come true
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They've got cars Big as bars they've
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got rivers of gold
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But the wind goes right through you,
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it's no place for the old
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When you first took my hand on a cold
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Christmas Eve
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You promised me Broadway
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was waiting for me
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You were handsome
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You were pretty,
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Queen of New York City
BOTH SINGERS
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When the band finished playing
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they howled out for more
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Sinatra was swinging all the
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drunks they were singing
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We kissed on the corner then
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danced through the night
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The boys of the N Y P D
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choir were singing Galway Bay
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And the bells were ringing out for
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Christmas day
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You're a bum, You're a punk
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You're an old slut on junk
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Living there almost dead on a drip
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in that bed
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You scum bag you maggot,
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you cheap lousy faggot
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Happy Christmas your arse
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I pray God it's our last
CHORUS BOTH SINGERS
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The boys of the N Y P D
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choir were singing Galway Bay
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And the bells were ringing
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out for Christmas day
SHORT INSTUMENTAL
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MALE LINE
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I could have been someone
FEMALE LINE
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Well, So could anyone
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You took my dreams from
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me when I first found you
MALE LINE
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I kept them with me babe,
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I put them with my own
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Can't make it all alone,
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I've built my dreams a - round you
CHORUS BOTH SINGERS
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The boys of the N Y P D choir
were
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singing Galway Bay
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And the bells were ringing out
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for Christmas day
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Fade Out