Fairytale of New York Bass TAB By Conor Tobin 'Fairytale of New York' Words and Music by Shane McGowan and Jem Finer Performed by The Pogues Bass enters after piano intro and two verses, at about 1:23, and plays 'til the end of the song. Tab should be pretty much 100% correct. I've also added the chords above to make it easier to read, and a few lines for reference.. Signiture: 12/8 1:23 D A D G A D |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------5-----| |-------5-----------5-----|-------3-----5-----------| Verse: 'They've got cars big as bars...' D A Bm G D A |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------2-----------|-5-----------5-----------| |-------5-----------3-----|-------5-----------5-----| D Bm D G D A D |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----2-----5-----------|-5-----5-----------5-----| |-------------------3-----|-------------5-----------| D A D G A D |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------5-----| |-------5-----------5-----|-------3-----5-----------| D A D G A D |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------5-----| |-------5-----------5-----|-------3-----5-----------| Chorus: 'The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir...' G Bm A D Bm D G A |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------2-----------|-5-----------2-----2--3--|-5-------------------2-3-| |-3-----3--5-------5--3---|-------5--3--------------|-------3-----5-----5-----| Instrumental: D A Bm G D A |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------2-----------|-5-----------5-----------| |-------5-----------3-----|-------5-----------5-----| D Bm D G D A D |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----2-----5-----------|-5-----5-----------5-----| |-------------------3-----|-------------5-----------| Verse: 'You're a bum, you're a punk...' D A D G A D |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------5-----| |-------5-----------5-----|-------3-----5-----------| D A D G A D |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------------5-----| |-------5-----------5-----|-------3-----5-----------| Chorus: 'The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir...' G Bm A D Bm D G A |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------2-----------|-5-----------2-----2--3--|-5-------------------2-3-| |-3-----3--5-------5--3---|-------5--3--------------|-------3-----5-----5-----| Middle 8: 'I could have been someone...' D G |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-------------------------| |-------------------2-----|-3-----------3-----3--5--| D A D A |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-------5-------------2-3-| |-------------------3-----|-5-----------5-----5-----| D G |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-------------------------| |-------------------2-----|-3-----------3-----3--5--| D A |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|---------------------2-3-| |-------------------3-----|-5-----------5-----5-----| D G |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-------------------------| |-------------------2-----|-3-----------3-----3--5--| D G A D |-------------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-------------------3-----5-----|-------------------------| |.............15/8..............|..........12/8...........| Chorus: 'The boys of the N.Y.P.D. choir...' G Bm A D Bm D |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------2-----------|-5-----------2-----2--3--|-5-----------------------| |-3-----3--5-------5--3---|-------5--3--------------|-------------------------| Outro: D G |-------------------------|-------------------------| |*------------------------|-------------------------| |*5-----------5-----------|-------------------------| |-------------------2-----|-3-----------3-----3--5--| D A |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|---------------------2-3-| |-------------------3-----|-5-----------5-----5-----| D G |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-5-----------5-----------|-------------------------| |-------------------2-----|-3-----------3-----3--5--| D A D A |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------*| |-5-----------5-----------|-------5-------------2-3*| |-------------------3-----|-5-----------5-----5-----| Repeat outro to fade... Corrections/suggestions welcome.