This was a great song i heard on radio 1 live lounge, by Jonny Borrell (from razorlight) accompanied by Lisa Moorish. It is a great acoustic version of the Pogues original and an absolute bugger to tab cos there is no logical repetition. But finally got it thought i would post it, enjoy............ Intro: F# G# C# C# It was christmas eve babe F# In the drunk tank C# G# An old man said to me, wont see another one C# And then he sang a song F# The rare old mountain dew C# I turned my face away F# G# C# G# And dreamed about you C# Got on a lucky one F# Came in eighteen to one C# Ive got a feeling G# This years for me and you C# So happy christmas F# I love you baby C# I can see a better time F# G# C# When all our dreams come true C# G# C# F# C# G# F# G# C# G# Theyve got cars big as bars A#m F# Theyve got rivers of gold C# But the wind goes right through you G# Its no place for the old C# A#m When you first took my hand C# F# On a cold christmas eve C# You promised me G# C# Broadway was waiting for me C# You were handsome You were pretty G# Queen of new york city C# F# When the band finished playing G# C# They howled out for more C# Sinatra was swinging, G# All the drunks they were singing C# F# We kissed on a corner G# C# Then danced through the night F# G# The boys of the nypd choir C# A# Were singing galway bay C# F# G# And the bells were ringing out C# For christmas day C# G# F# G# C# G# F# G# C# Youre a bum Youre a punk G# Youre an old slut on junk C# F# G# C# Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed C# You scumbag, you maggot G# You cheap lousy faggot C# F# Happy christmas your arse G# C# I pray God its our last F# The boys of the nypd choir C# A# Were singing galway bay C# F# G# And the bells were ringing out C# G# For christmas day C# I could have been someone F# Well so could anyone C# You took my dreams from me G# When I first found you C# I kept them with me babe F# I put them with my own C# Cant make it all alone F# G# C# Ive built my dreams around you F# A#m G# The boys of the nypd choir C# A#m Were singing galway bay C# F# G# And the bells were ringing out C# For christmas day
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/razorlight/fairytale_of_newyork_chords_415585