Ellis Island – Fairy Tale Of New York chords

[Intro]

C    Cadd9    C

F    Fmaj7/C    F

F    G  (Only strum G once)

C    Cadd9    C

G    G7    

C    Cadd9    C

[Verse]

                 C           Cadd9    CIt was christmas eve, babe
       F          Fmaj7/C    FIn the drunk tank
           C           Cadd9    CAn old man said, son
             G             G7I won't see another one
            C             Cadd9    CAnd then he sang his song
             F            Fmaj7/C    FThe rare old mountain dew
            C             Cadd9    CI turned my eyes away,
             G       C   GAnd I dreamed about, you


[Verse 2]

         C           Cadd9    CGot on a lucky one
           F                Fmaj7/C    FCame in at eighteen to one
           C         Cadd9    CI've got a feelin'
                G             G7This year's for me and you
      C         Cadd9    CHappy Christmas
               F      Fmaj7/C    FOh, I love you baby
                 C          Cadd9    CThere's gonna be good times
             G           C    GWhen all our dreams come true


[Pre-Chorus 1]

         C           G              C         FThey got cars big as bars, they got rivers of gold
        C                F                    Am            GBut the wind blows right through you, it's no place for the old
       C               Am         C              FWhen I first took your hand, on a cold Christmas eve
     C             F            G           COh I told you that Broadway was waiting for me
         C            Am            C           FYou were handsome and pretty, Queen of New York City
         C             F            G                CWhen the band finished playin', the crowd howled for more
  C         Am                C                FSinatra was swingin', all the drunks they were singin'
      C             F           G                 COh we kissed in the corner, and danced 'round the floor


[Chorus]

        F                    Am                CAnd the boys of the New York Police Choir were singin'
        Am"Galway Bay"
        C                  GAnd the bells were ringin' out
             COn Christmas Day


[Verse 3]

             C             Cadd9    CI could have been someone
             F       Fmaj7/C    FAnd so could anyone
          C                Cadd9    CI took my dreams from you
             G             G7When I first met you
            C             Cadd9    CI kept them with me babe
               F            Fmaj7/C    FAnd I put them with my own
                C          Cadd9    CI can't make it all alone
           G                 CI built my dreams all around you


[Pre-Chorus 2]

         C             G               Am           FYou're a bum, you're a punk; you're an ol' whore on junk
     C            F            Am          GLyin there on the drip, nearly dead in the bed
    C            F           Am          FYou scumbag, you maggot, you cheap lousy faggot
      C            F            G         CHappy Christmas me arse, oh I'd rather be dead


[Chorus]

        F             Am            CAnd the boys of the NYPD Choir were singin'
        Am"Galway Bay"
        C                  GAnd the bells were ringin' out
             COn Christmas Day


[Outro]

   C  Cadd9 C   F    Fmaj7/C    FOh I  love  you baby
           C       Cadd9 CI've got a feelin'
                G            G7This year's for me and you
                C  Cadd9 CHappy Christmas
              F    Fmaj7/C    FOh I love you baby
                 C          Cadd9 CThere's gonna be good times
             GWhen all our dreams
     CCome True