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

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

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

INSTRUMENTAL 1:
[F] [F] // [A#] [F]
^[A#]^[F]^[C]^[F] // [C] ^[A#] [F]

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

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

REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL 1: [x2]

INSTRUMENTAL 2:
[A#] [A#] // [F] [C]
^[A#]^[F]^[C]^[F] // [C] ^[A#] [F]

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

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

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

ADDITIONAL INFO:

[F*]=[F] ^[Fsus4]^[F]

"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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