Christy Moore - Fairytale Of New York

fairytale of new york :

this is the way he played it on jools holland , capo on first fret .

basically chords like this for first two verses :
C F C G
C F C G
C G

and then a slight change to :
C F C G
C G C F
G C

then the third part is :
C
C F G C
C
C F G C
F C A
C F G C

it’s just that repeated . but here how the timing is roughly .

C F
it was christmas eve babe in the drunk tank
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 G
i turned my face away and dreamed about you .

got on a lucky one came in eighteen to one
i’ve got a feeling this year’s for me and you
so happy christmas , i love you baby
there’s gonna be some goodtime when all our dreams come true

C F
they’ve got cars big as bars , they’ve got rivers of gold
C G
but the wind goes right through you; it’s no place for the old
C G
when you first took my hand , on a cold christmas eve
C F G C
you promised me broadway was waiting for me .

C
you were handsome you were pretty , queen of new york city
C F G C
when the band finished playing they howled out for more
C
sinatra was swinging , all the drunks they were singing
C F G C
we kissed on a corner then danced through the night .

chorus :
F C A
the boys of the nypd choir were singing “galway bay”
C F G C
and the bells were ringing 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 G
can’t make it all alone , i’ve built my dreams around you

chorus :
F C A
the boys of the nypd choir were singing “galway bay”
C F G C
and the bells were ringing out for christmas day

C F
you’re a bum , you’re a punk , you’re an old slut on junk
C G
lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
C
you scumbag , you maggot , you cheap lousy faggot
C F G C
happy christmas my arse , i’d rather be dead .

last chorus :
F C A
the boys of the nypd choir were singing “galway bay”
C F G C
and the bells were ringing out for christmas day
C F
so happy christmas , i love you baby
C G C G
there’s gonna be some goodtime when all our dreams come true
C
so , happy christmas , i love you baby