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
D G D A D A x2