Letter Notes Piano: Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

D    D       G - F#       A      G
It was Christmas Eve babe

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^G ^F#  ^F#  ^E
In the drunk tank

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^E  ^F# ^G   ^D   B   B
An old man said to me

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G          ^C     B-B-A     A
Won't see another one

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D         G     F#    A    G    G
And then he sang a song

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^G    ^G   ^F#  ^F#-^E    ^E
The rare old mountain tune

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^E  ^F# ^G   ^D    B-B
I turned my face away

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G           ^C            B - A      G
And dreamed about you

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D      G  F# A-G    G
Got on a lucky one

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^G     ^G  ^F#-^F# ^E ^E
Came in eighteen to one

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^E  ^F# ^G ^D-B
I've got a feeling

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G         ^C       B     B      A     A
This year's for me and you

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D    G-F#      A - G
So happy Christmas

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^G ^G ^F# ^F#-^E
I love you baby

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^E ^E ^F# ^G ^D-B B
I can see a better time

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G          ^C     B        A         G        G
When all our dreams come true...

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G              G        G     A    B    A
They've got cars big as bars

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G              A      B-A     G    E
They've got rivers of gold

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G       G      G       A        B        ^D         B
But the wind goes right through you

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B      B    ^D      B    G    A
It's no place for the old

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^D       ^D    ^D      B       G      A
When you first took my hand

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G    A   B         A - G         E
On a cold Christmas Eve

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G         G - A        B
You promised me

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^D - B           G      A - B      A    G
Broadway was waiting for me

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^D    ^D      ^D - ^E
You were handsome

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^D    ^D     B-G
You were pretty

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^D        ^D    B      G     A-G
Queen of New York City

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G           A       B       A - G       E - C
When the band finished playing

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E             D          E     F#     G
They howled out for more

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B-^D-^E  ^D    B - G
Sinatra was swinging,

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^D  ^D   ^D       B         G       A - G
All the drunks they were singing

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A          B       A   G    E - C
We kissed on a corner

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E               D            E          F#      G
Then danced through the night

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^D    ^E   ^E ^E ^E-^F#-^G-^G ^F#
The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir

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^E      ^D-B          G-F#     E
Were singing "Galway Bay"

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G        A       B       G      ^C - B      A
And the bells were ringing out

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G           B - A         G
For Christmas day

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^D     ^D    ^D
You're a bum

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^E    ^D     B
You're a punk

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^D      ^D   ^D    B    G     A
You're an old sl*t on junk

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G - A       B       A - G      E
Lying there almost dead

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D   E    D    E    F#   G
On a drip in that bed

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B       ^D-^E       ^D     B-G
You scumbag, you maggot

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^D     ^D      B-G     A-G
You cheap lousy f*ggot

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A - B          A - G         E      C
Happy Christmas you arse

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E    D     D     E     F#    G
I pray God it's our last

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^D    ^E   ^E ^E ^E-^F#-^G-^G ^F#
The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir

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^E      ^D-B          G-F#     E
Still singing "Galway Bay"

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G        A       B       G      ^C - B      A
And the bells were ringing out

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G           B - A        G
For Christmas day

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D   A       F#      A       G - G
I could have been someone

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^D   ^D   ^E    ^D-^C-^C
Well so could anyone

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^C    ^D    ^E      ^D        G      G
You took my dreams from me

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G        A    G     G-F#    F#
When I first found you

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D   A      F#      A      G     G
I kept them with me babe

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^D ^G ^F# ^F#  ^E  ^E
I put them with my own

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^E     ^F# ^G  ^D  B-B
Can't make it all alone

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A       B          A      ^C       B-A       G
I've built my dreams around you

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^D    ^E   ^E ^E ^E-^F#-^G-^G ^F#
The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir

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^E      ^D-B          G-F#     E
Were singing "Galway Bay"

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G        A       B       G     ^C - B      A
And the bells were ringing out

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G           B - A        G
For Christmas day

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