Christmas Ukulele: The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
December 20, 2007 · Print This Article
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York (Chords)
One of the joys of Christmas is that Shane MacGowan is on the radio and TV as often as he should be the whole year round. Since the BBC has decided that the words ‘faggot’ and ’slut’ are perfectly fine and it looks like being Christmas number one, here’s Fairytale of New York.
I tried a bunch of different ways to play the intro and narrowed it down to two. This one:
And this one:
I prefer the second one because of all the open strings.
I had a tendency to get a little lost in the chords during the penny-whistle parts, so I had to start counting. For the first one, after ‘…dreams come true’ and the repeat of the intro:
D,2,3. D,2,3. D,2,3. A,2,3. D,2,3. G,2,3. A,2,3. D,2,3.
The second (after the first chorus) is even trickier to follow:
D,2,3. A,2,3. Bm,2,3. G,2,3. D,2,3. D,2,3. D,2,3. A,2,3.
D,2,3. Bm,2,3. D,2,3. G,2,3. D,2,3. D,2,3. A,2,3. D,2,3.
This is my xmas numero uno. We even played it at the pre-jam of our uke xmas party a week ago. I only sang backing vocals, as I had no clue about the chords.
It’s definitely one of my favourites too. Possibly number two after Helen Love.
Super cool. At science class we were learning the reaction of sugar on teeth, and the powerpoint that went with it was just a photo of Shane McGowan. Hm.
The perfect Crimbo-Uke hit!
This is smashing! This song warms the cockles of my heart! Huge Pogues fan and a newbie Uke player….yippee!
Glad you like it, Stephie.