Fairy Tale Of New York (Version 2) Harmonica Tab
Fairy Tale Of New York (Version 2) Harmonica Tab
Fairy Tale of New York
Words and Music By:
Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer
Slow Tempo
3 3 4 -3 -4 4
It was christmas eve babe
7 -7 -7 -6
In the drunk tank
-6 -7 7 6 5 5
An old man said to me,
4 -5 5 5 -4 -4
“won’t see an-oth-er one”
3 4 -3 -4 4 4
And then he sang a song
7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6
The rare old mountain dew
-6 -7 7 6 5 5
I turned my face a-way
4 -5 5 -4 4
And dreamed a-bout you
3 4 -3 -4 4 4
Got on a luck – y one
-5 -5 5 5 -4 -4
Came in eighteen to one
-5 6 -6 6 4
I’ve got a feel-ing
4 -5 5 5 -4 -4
This years for me and you
3 4 -3 -4 4
So hap-py christmas
6 7 -7 -7 -6
I love you ba-by
6 -6 -7 7 6 5 5
I can see a better time
4 -5 5 -4 4 4
When all our dreams come true
Optional instrumental here
(Very Slow)
-6 -7 -8 6 4 -5 5 -4 4
(Very Quick)
6 -6 6 5 4 4
6 -6 6 -4 4 -4
5 -4 4 -3 3 -3
3 -3 -3 4
Quick Tempo
4 4 4 -4 5 -4
They’ve got cars big as bars
4 -4 5 -4 4 3
They’ve got rivers of gold
4 4 4 -4 5 6 5
But the wind goes right through you
5 5 6 5 4 -4
Its no place for the old
6 6 6 5 4 -4
When you first took my hand
4 -4 5 -4 4 3
On a cold christmas eve
4 4 -4 5 6 5 4 -4 5 -4 4
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me
6 6 6 -6
You were handsome
6 6 5 4
You were pretty
6 6 5 4 -4 4
Queen of New York Ci-ty
4 -4 5 -4 4 3 2
When the band finished playing
-3 3 4 -3 4
They howled out for more
5 6 -6 6 5 4
Sinatra was swinging
6 6 6 5 4 -4 4
All the drunks they were singing
-4 5 -4 4 -3 3
We kissed on the corn-er
-3 3 4 -3 4
Then danced through the night
6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 7 -7
The boys of the N Y P D choir
-6 6 5 4 -4 5
Were singing Galway Bay
4 -4 5 4 -5 5 -4
And the bells were ringing out
4 5 -4 4
For christmas day
Next verse Lyric
You’re a bum
You’re a punk
You’re an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it’s our last
6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 7 -7
The boys of the N Y P D choir
-6 6 5 4 -4 5
Were singing Galway Bay
4 -4 5 4 -5 5 -4
And the bells were ringing out
4 5 -4 4
For christmas day
Finish with……..
Slow Tempo
3 4 -3 -4 4 4
I could have been some one
6 6 -6 6 -5 -5
Well so could an-y-one
-5 6 -6 6 4 4
You took my dreams from me
4 -4 4 4 -3
When I first found you
3 4 -3 -4 4 4
I kept them with me babe
6 7 -7 -7 -6 -6
I put them with my own
-6 -7 7 6 5 5
Can’t make it all a-lone
4 5 4 -5 5 -4 4
I’ve built my dreams around you
6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 7 7 -7
The boys of the N Y P D choir
-6 6 5 4 -4 5
Were singing Galway Bay
4 -4 5 4 -5 5 -4
And the bells were ringing out
4 5 -4 4
For christmas day…….
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