Lirik dan Chord Lagu Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Fairytale of New York" adalah lagu Natal dari The Pogues yang telah dirilis sejak 1988.

Lagu ini dimuat dalam album If I Should Fall from Grace with God.

Sampai hari ini, Kamis (17/12) lagu "Fairytale of New York" masih menjadi hit dari The Pogues dan telah didengarkan lebih dari 200 juta kali melalui platform musik digital.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Married with Children - Oasis

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Fairytale of New York" dari The Pogues:

G D G

[Slow Verse]
A D G                           D                     G
         It was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunktank
                    D                                G              A                   D
An old man said to me, won't see another one And then he sang a song
                       G                                              D
'The Rare Old Mountain Dew' And I turned my face away
        G             A       D   G
And dreamed about you

[Slow Verse]
G            D                                  G
Got on a lucky one, came in eighteen to one
                D                              G                A
I've got a feeling this year's for me and you
                D                            G
So Happy Christmas, I love you baby
                  D                         G          A                 D
I can see a better time when all our dreams come true

G D G A D A D G A D

[Verse]
                   D
They've got cars
            A
Big as bars
                    Bm        G
They've got rivers of gold
            D
But the wind goes right through you
                               A
It's no place for the old
                D                   Bm
When you first took my hand
         D                     G
On a cold Christmas Eve
         D
You promised me
                       A               D
Broadway was waiting for me

[Verse]
                D
You were handsome
You were pretty
                                A
Queen of New York City
                D                    G
When the band finished playing
           A                     D
They howled out for more
D
Sinatra was swinging
                                       A
All the drunks they were singing
      D                    G
We kissed on the corner
          A                             D
Then danced through the night

[Hook]
       G                  Bm   A
The boys of the NYPD choir
         D                      Bm
Were singing 'Galway Bay'
               D             G
And the bells were ringing
A                           D A Bm G D A D Bm D G D A D
Out for Christmas day

[Verse]
D
You're a bum
              D
You're a punk
                                  A
You're an old slut on junk
           D                   G             A
Living there almost dead on a drip
             D
In that bed
         D
You scum bag

You maggot
                           A
You cheap lousy faggot
           D                       G
Happy Christmas your arse
            A
I pray God
             D A D
It's our last

[Hook]
          G                Bm  A
The boys of the NYPD choir
         D                           Bm
Still singing 'Galway Bay'
               D             G
And the bells are ringing
A                           D G D A D A D
Out for Christmas Day

[Slow Verse]
   A               D
I could have been someone
                       G
Well, so could anyone
                     D
You took my dreams
                                  A
From me when I first found you
                  D
I kept them with me babe
                 G
I put them with my own
                      D
Can't make it all alone
                     G            A       D
I've built my dreams around you

[Hook]
         G                Bm   A
The boys of the NYPD choir
         D                     Bm
Still singing 'Galway Bay'
              D  N.C.
And the bells are ringing
                              D
Out for Christmas Day

[Ending]
D G D A
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