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Ed Sheeran - Fairytale Of New York

Chord diagram for G
Chord diagram for Cadd9
Chord diagram for D
Chord diagram for Em
      [Verse 1]
N.C
It was Christmas Eve babe
N.C.
In the drunk tank
N.C.
An old man said to me,
N.C.
Won't see another one
N.C.
And then he sang a song
N.C.
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
N.C.
I turned my face away
N.C.
And dreamed about you
N.C.
Got on a lucky one
N.C.
Came in eighteen to one
N.C.
I've got a feeling
N.C.
This year's for me and you
N.C.
So happy Christmas
N.C.
I love you baby
N.C.
I can see a better time
                             G
When all our dreams come true

            G
They've got cars

Big as bars
                      Cadd9
They've got rivers of gold
        G
But the wind goes right through you
                      D
It's no place for the old
G
When you first took my hand
     G              Cadd9
On a cold Christmas Eve
    G
You promised me
             D           G
Broadway was waiting for me

         G
You were handsome

You were pretty
                  D
Queen of New York City
         G             Cadd9 
When the band finished playing
     D               G
They howled out for more
G
Sinatra was swinging
                         D
All the drunks they were singing
   G
We kissed on the corner
     D                  G 
Then danced through the night

[Chorus]
    Cadd9
The boys of the NYPD choir
     G        Em
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
        G         Cadd9
And the bells are ringing
D                 G
Out for Christmas day

[Instrumental]
G Cadd9 G D

[Verse 2]
G
You're a bum

You're a punk
                     Cadd9
You're an old gal on junk
      G
Lying there almost dead
     D            G
On a drip in that bed

    G
You scumbag

You maggot
                D
You cheap lousy blagger
      G             Cadd9
Merry Christmas you mugger

I pray God
         G 
It's our last

[Chorus]
    Cadd9
The boys of the NYPD choir
     G        Em
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
        G         Cadd9
And the bells are ringing
D                 G
Out for Christmas day

 [Instrumental]
G Cadd9 G D

[Verse 3]
             G
I could have been someone
               Cadd9
Well, so could anyone
            G
You took my dreams
                     D
From me when I first found you
            G
I kept them with me babe
           Cadd9
I put them with my own
              G
Can't make it all alone
                     D      G
I've built my dreams around you

[Chorus]
    Cadd9
The boys of the NYPD choir
     G        Em
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
        G         Cadd9
And the bells are ringing
D                 G
Out for Christmas day

[Instrumental]
G Cadd9 G D      x3 

[Jingle Bells Section]
G
Jingle bells, jingle bells
G
Jingle all the way
G
Oh what fun it is to ride
     Cadd9
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
G
Jingle bells, jingle bells
G
Jingle all the way
G
Oh what fun it is to ride
     Cadd9
In a one-horse open sleigh

G
Dashing through the snow
G
In a one-horse open sleigh
G
O'er the fields we go
G
Laughing all the way
G
Bells on bobtails ring
G
Making spirits bright
G
What fun it is to ride and sing
Cadd9
A sleighing song tonight

G
Jingle bells, jingle bells
G
Jingle all the way
G
Oh what fun it is to ride
     Cadd9
In a one-horse open sleigh, hey
G
Jingle bells, jingle bells
G
Jingle all the way
G
Oh what fun it is to ride
     Cadd9          G
In a one-horse open sleigh
    

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