The Pogues Feat Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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It was Christmas Eve babe,In the drunk tank
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An old man said to me, I won't see another one
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And then he sang a song,A rare old mountain dew
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I turned my face away,And dreamed about you
[Verse 2]
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Got on a lucky one,Came in eighteen to one
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I've got a feeling,This year's for me and you
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So happy Christmas,I love you baby
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I can see a better time,When all our dreams come true
[Link 1]
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[Verse 3]
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They've got cars big as bars,They've got rivers of gold
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But the wind goes right through you,It's no place for the old
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When you first took my hand,On a cold Christmas Eve
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You promised me,Broadway was waiting for me
[Verse 4]
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You were handsome,You were pretty Queen of New York City
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When the band finished playing,They howled out for more
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Sinatra was swinging,All the drunks they were singing
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We kissed on a corner,Then danced through the night
[Chorus]
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The boys of the NYPD choir,were singing Galway Bay
C G C
And the bells were ringing out,For Christmas day
[Instrumental Break]
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[Verse 5]
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You're a bum You're a punk,You're an old slut on junk
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Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
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You scumbag, you maggot,You cheap lousy faggot
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Happy Christmas your arse,I pray God it's our last
[Chorus]
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The boys of the NYPD choir,were singing Galway Bay
C G C
And the bells were ringing out,For Christmas day
[Link 2]
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[Verse 6]
C F
I could have been someone,Well so could anyone
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You took my dreams from me,When I first found you
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I kept them with me babe,I put them with my own
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Can't make it all alone,I've built my dreams around you
[Chorus]
F Am G C Am
The boys of the NYPD choir,were singing Galway Bay
C G C
And the bells were ringing out,For Christmas day
[Outro to fade]
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Mark W