C Am F It was Christmas Eve babe, In the drunktank 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 I turned my face away, and dreamed about you C F Got on a lucky one, came in eighteen to one C G I've got a feeling, this year's for me and you C F So happy Christmas, I love you baby C G C I can see a better time, when all our dreams come true ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_pogues/fairytale_of_new_york_crd_ver_3.html ) C They've got cars G Big as bars Am F They've got rivers of gold C G But the wind goes right through you C G It's no place for the old C Am When you first took my hand C F On a cold Christmas Eve C You promised me G Am C Broadway was waiting for me C You were handsome G You were pretty C G Queen of New York City C F When the band finished playing G C They howled out for more C G Sinatra was swinging C G All the drunks they were singing C F We kissed on the corner G C Then danced through the night F Am C G The boys of the NYPD choir G C Am Were singing 'Galway Bay' C F And the bells were ringing G C Out for Christmas day I think the instrumental goes like this: C F C G C F C G C C You're a bum G You're a punk Am F You're an old slut on junk C G Living there almost dead C G on a drip In that bed C You scum bag G You maggot C G You cheap lousy faggot C F Happy Christmas your arse G I pray God C It's our last F Am C G The boys of the NYPD choir G C Am Still singing `Galway Bay` C F And the bells are ringing G C 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 Can't make it all alone, I've built my dreams around you F Am C G The boys of the NYPD choir G C Am Still singing `Galway Bay` C F And the bells are ringing G C Out for Christmas Day
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