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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&lt;   6  -5  -7  -9  9&lt;  9&lt; -8<br />So hap-py christmas I love you ba-by<br />-7 -8  9&lt; -9 -7-6&lt;  -6&lt;<br />I can see a better time<br /> -5   7  -6&lt;   6     -5   -5 <br />when all our dreams come true<br /><br />Very Slow<br />-8 9&lt; 10 -7 -5 7 -6&lt; 6 -5<br /><br />Very Quick<br />-7 -8 -7 -6&lt; -5 -5<br />-7 -8 -7 6 -5 6<br />-6&lt; 6 -5 -4&lt; -3 -4&lt;<br />-3 -4&lt; -4&lt; -5<br /><br />Quick Tempo<br />  -5    -5   -5   6 -6&lt;  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&lt;     -7   -6&lt;  -6&lt;-6&lt;  -7   -6&lt; -5   6   <br />but the wind goes right through you It's no place for the old<br /> -7  -7   -7    -6&lt; -5  6   -5 6  -6&lt;  6    -5  -3<br />when you first took my hand on a cold christmas eve<br />-5   -5   6  -6  -7  -6&lt; -5   6  -6&lt;  6  -5<br />you promised me Broadway was waiting for me<br />-7   -7   -7  -8   -7  -7  -6&lt; -5<br />you were handsome you were pretty<br />  -7  -7 -6&lt;  -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&lt;   -3   -4  -4&lt;  -5<br />they howled out for more<br />-6&lt;-7-8 -7  -6   -5<br />Sinatra was swinging<br />-7  -7   -7     -6&lt;  -5   6  -5<br />all the drunks they were singing<br />6    -6&lt;  6  -5  -4&lt; -3<br />we kissed on the cor-ner<br />-4&lt;    -3     -5    -4&lt;  -5<br />then danced through the night<br />-7   -8  -8 -8 -8 9&lt; -9 -9  9&lt; <br />the boys of the N Y  P  D Choir<br /> -8  -7  -6&lt; -5  6  -6&lt;<br />were singing Galway Bay<br />-5   6   -6&lt;   -5   7  -6&lt;  6<br />and the bells were ringing out<br />-5   -6&lt;  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&lt; -9 -9  9&lt;<br />the boys of the N Y   P  D Choir<br />-8   -7  -6&lt; -5  6  -6<br />were singing Galway Bay<br />-5   6   -6    -5   7  -6&lt;  6<br />and the bells were ringing out<br />-5   -6&lt;  6   -5<br />for christmas day<br /><br />Finish with.....<br />slow tempo<br />-3 -5   -4&lt;   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&lt;<br />you took my dreams from me when I first found you<br />-3 -5   -4&lt;  6   -5  -5 -7 -9   9&lt;   9&lt;  -8 -8<br />I kept them with me babe I put them with me own<br /> -8    9&lt;  -9 -7  -6 -6   -5   -6&lt;  -5   7    -6&lt; 6  -5<br />can't make it all alone. I've built my dreams around you<br /><br />-7   -8  -8 -8 -8 9&lt; 9 9   9&lt;<br />the boys of the N  Y P D Choir<br /> -8  -7  -6&lt; -5  6  -6&lt;<br />were singing Galway Bay<br /> -5  6   -6&lt;   -5   7  -6&lt;  6<br />and the bells were ringing out<br />-5   -6&lt;  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>
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