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

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL 1:
[C] [C] // [F] [C]
^[F]^[C]^[G]^[C] // [G] ^[F] [C]

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

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

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL 1: [x2]

INSTRUMENTAL 2:
[F] [F] // [C] [G]
^[F]^[C]^[G]^[C] // [G] ^[F] [C]

BRIDGE:
When [C] I woke up I was all alone [F]
With a [C] broken [G] heart and a [F] ticket [C] home

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

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

ADDITIONAL INFO:

[C*]=[C] ^[Csus4]^[C]

"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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