Fairy Tale of New York (chromatic)
by McGowan/Finer
- Type:
- Chromatic
- Key:
- D
- Posted by:
- harmusman
For Anl and others, I did not have the music score for this so I have cribbed it from Pagan's version 2
slow tempo
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It was christmas eve babe In the drunk tank
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an old man said to me "won't see an-oth-er one
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and then he sang a song
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the rare old mountain dew
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I turned my face away and dreamed about you
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Got on a lucky one came in eighteen to one
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I've got a feeling this years for me and you
-3 -5 4< 6 -5 -7 -9 9< 9< -8<br />So hap-py christmas I love you ba-by<br />-7 -8 9< -9 -7-6< -6<<br />I can see a better time<br /> -5 7 -6< 6 -5 -5 <br />when all our dreams come true<br /><br />Very Slow<br />-8 9< 10 -7 -5 7 -6< 6 -5<br /><br />Very Quick<br />-7 -8 -7 -6< -5 -5<br />-7 -8 -7 6 -5 6<br />-6< 6 -5 -4< -3 -4<<br />-3 -4< -4< -5<br /><br />Quick Tempo<br /> -5 -5 -5 6 -6< 6 -5 6 -6 6 -5 -3<br />They've got cars big as bars they've got rivers of gold<br />-5 -5 -5 6 -6< -7 -6< -6<-6< -7 -6< -5 6 <br />but the wind goes right through you It's no place for the old<br /> -7 -7 -7 -6< -5 6 -5 6 -6< 6 -5 -3<br />when you first took my hand on a cold christmas eve<br />-5 -5 6 -6 -7 -6< -5 6 -6< 6 -5<br />you promised me Broadway was waiting for me<br />-7 -7 -7 -8 -7 -7 -6< -5<br />you were handsome you were pretty<br /> -7 -7 -6< -5 -5 -3<br />queen of New York Ci-ty<br /> -5 6 -6 -4 -5 -3 3<br />when the band finished playing<br /> -4< -3 -4 -4< -5<br />they howled out for more<br />-6<-7-8 -7 -6 -5<br />Sinatra was swinging<br />-7 -7 -7 -6< -5 6 -5<br />all the drunks they were singing<br />6 -6< 6 -5 -4< -3<br />we kissed on the cor-ner<br />-4< -3 -5 -4< -5<br />then danced through the night<br />-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 9< -9 -9 9< <br />the boys of the N Y P D Choir<br /> -8 -7 -6< -5 6 -6<<br />were singing Galway Bay<br />-5 6 -6< -5 7 -6< 6<br />and the bells were ringing out<br />-5 -6< 6 -5 <br />for christmas day<br /><br />Next verse lyric<br /><br />you're a bum you're a punk<br />your an old slut on junk<br />lying there almost dead<br />on a drip in that bed<br />you scumbag you maggot <br />you cheap lousy faggot<br />happy christmas your arse<br />I pray god it's our last<br /><br />-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 9< -9 -9 9<<br />the boys of the N Y P D Choir<br />-8 -7 -6< -5 6 -6<br />were singing Galway Bay<br />-5 6 -6 -5 7 -6< 6<br />and the bells were ringing out<br />-5 -6< 6 -5<br />for christmas day<br /><br />Finish with.....<br />slow tempo<br />-3 -5 -4< 6 -5 -5 -7 -7 -8 -7 4 4<br />I could have been some-one well so could anyone<br /> 4 -7 -8 -7 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 -5 -4<<br />you took my dreams from me when I first found you<br />-3 -5 -4< 6 -5 -5 -7 -9 9< 9< -8 -8<br />I kept them with me babe I put them with me own<br /> -8 9< -9 -7 -6 -6 -5 -6< -5 7 -6< 6 -5<br />can't make it all alone. I've built my dreams around you<br /><br />-7 -8 -8 -8 -8 9< 9 9 9<<br />the boys of the N Y P D Choir<br /> -8 -7 -6< -5 6 -6<<br />were singing Galway Bay<br /> -5 6 -6< -5 7 -6< 6<br />and the bells were ringing out<br />-5 -6< 6 -5<br />for christmas day<br /><br />
<strong>There done it again, thats the last time <br />I will touch this.<br /><br />Yours Harmusman</strong>