Steve Earle - The Galway Girl (2000) | Musicians Playbook | Chords & Lyrics

Steve Earle, The Galway Girl (2000)
^{Key: :[D#] (w: Steve Earle)}

INTRO: [D#] [D#]

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL 1:
[D#] [D#] // [G#] [D#]
^[G#]^[D#]^[A#]^[D#] // [A#] ^[G#] [D#]

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

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

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL 1: [x2]

INSTRUMENTAL 2:
[G#] [G#] // [D#] [A#]
^[G#]^[D#]^[A#]^[D#] // [A#] ^[G#] [D#]

BRIDGE:
When [D#] I woke up I was all alone [G#]
With a [D#] broken [A#] heart and a [G#] ticket [D#] home

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

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL 1: [x3] // [D# open]

ADDITIONAL INFO:

[D#*]=[D#] ^[D#sus4]^[D#]

"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.

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