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Steve Earle, The Galway Girl (2000)
 Key: :[B] (w: Steve Earle)
INTRO: [B] [B]

VERSE 1:
Well, I [B] took a stroll on the old long walk, on a day -I-[F#]-ay-I-[E]-ay
I [B] met a little [F#] girl and we [E] stopped to [B] talk, on a fine soft [E] day-I-[B]-ay

CHORUS:
And I [E] ask you, [B*] friend, what's a [E] fella to [B*] do?
'Cause her [G#m] hair was [F#] black, and her [E] eyes were [B*] blue
And I [E] knew right [B*] then, I'd be [E] takin' a [B*] whirl
'Round the [G#m] Salthill [F#] Prom, with a [E] Galway [B*] girl

INSTRUMENTAL 1:
[B] [B] // [E] [B]
^[E]^[B]^[F#]^[B] // [F#] ^[E] [B]

VERSE 2:
[B] We were halfway there when the rain came down, on a day -I-[F#]-ay-I-[E]-ay
And she [B] asked me [F#] up to her [E] flat down [B] town, on a fine soft [E] day-I-[B]-ay

CHORUS 2:
And I [E] ask you, [B*] friend, what's a [E] fella to [B*] do?
'Cause her [G#m] hair was [F#] black, and her [E] eyes were [B*] blue
So I [E] took her [B*] hand, and I [E] gave her a [B*] twirl
And I [G#m] lost my [F#] heart, to a [E] Galway [B*] girl

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL 1: [x2]

INSTRUMENTAL 2:
[E] [E] // [B] [F#]
^[E]^[B]^[F#]^[B] // [F#] ^[E] [B]

BRIDGE:
When [B] I woke up I was all alone [E]
With a [B] broken [F#] heart and a [E] ticket [B] home

CHORUS 3:
And I [E] ask you [B*] now, tell me [E] what would you [B*] do
If her [G#m] hair was [F#] black, and her [E] eyes were [B*] blue
'Cause I've [E] travelled [B*] around, I've been all [E] over this [B*] world
Boys I [G#m] ain't never seen [F#] nothin', like a [E] Galway [B*] girl

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL 1: [x3] // [B open]

ADDITIONAL INFO:

[B*]=[B] ^[Bsus4]^[B]

"Galway Girl" is written by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle and recorded with Irish musician Sharon Shannon;
"The Galway Girl" tells the semi-autobiographical story of the songwriter's reaction to a beautiful black-haired blue-eyed girl he meets in Galway.
A version by Mundy and Sharon Shannon became the most downloaded song of 2008 in Ireland; it has gone on to become the eighth highest selling single in Irish chart history.
The song was written about Joyce Redmond; Redmond plays the bodhrán on Steve Earle's version of the song. Earle met Redmond in Galway. Redmond is from Howth, County Dublin.

NOTE: The "ADDITIONAL INFO" section shows information based on the original song key only, and may not be modified when transposing.


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