Advanced Acoustic, Songbook + TAB

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues) Guitar Lesson with TAB

Fairytale of New York TAB lesson.
In this guitar lesson, you get an enormous amount of TAB to play Fairytale of New York on just one acoustic guitar.

Fairytale of New York | TAB

It took me three days to work all this TAB out for Fairytale of New York, let’s start with the intro!

Fairytale of New York TAB, intro.

That’s in 4/4 but free time, play along with the original to make it make sense.

Here’s the slow verse.

Fairytale of New York TAB, slow verses.

That A/G is so awesome, I love how it resolves and sound so Lydian. The way the last bar is varied is excellent arranging.

The final time when we repeat but displace the intro idea is pure class. We go straight to the fast 6/8 after it, very nice.

Here’s that instrumental section, again, play with the original recording.

Fairytale of New York TAB, instrumental 1 (at tempo 6/8).

Initially, I was strumming more but felt picking the notes sounded better, it was also easier!

Here’s the third verse (first at tempo in 6/8). This later comes back as an instrumental section.

Fairytale of New York TAB, verse 3 and instrumental 2.

Verse 4 and 5 is different, like this:

Fairytale of New York TAB. verses 4 and 5.

Let’s now look at Fairytale of New York’s chorus using TAB.

Fairytale of New York TAB, chorus 1 and 2.

The third chorus is the same apart from the stop, like this.

Fairytale of New York TAB, chorus 3.

Next, we slow down for another instrumental section, it’s similar to what you’ve heard before but not the same, it’s all great arrangement work. This section sets up the breakdown verse.

Fairytale of New York TAB, instrumental 3.

Here’s that breakdown verse. it’s got a 3/8 bar in it!

Fairytale of New York TAB, verse 6 (breakdown).

Finally, this is the outro, I love this part.

Fairytale of New York TAB, outro.

Fairytale of New York TAB | Related Pages

Fairytale of New York | Chords + Lyrics

Learn to play Fairytale of New York by The Pogues using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart and the original recording.

| D5 | A/G G |
It was Christmas Eve, babe. In the drunk tank…

Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play the TAB for Fairytale of New York, try these five tunes from the songbook.

The Pogues

The Pogues tunes.

The Pogues formed in London but stayed true to their Irish roots and became known for their charismatic frontman Shane MacGovan.

They are best known for their traditional Irish tunes and Christmas song Fairytale of New York With Kirsty MacColl.

The Pogues on the web

Listen to The Pogues on Spotify.

About me | Dan Lundholm

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson about This was a guitar lesson and TAB for Fairytale of New York.

This guitar lesson by Dan Lundholm features TAB and covers Fairytale of New York. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.

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