Galway Girl

[Intro]
    F#m                
  She played the fiddle
      A
in an Irish band
        E            
  But she fell in love
        D
with an English man
D                          
  Kissed her on the neck and
  A
then I took her by the hand
     E
Said baby I just want to dance


[Verse]
             F#m
I met her on Grafton street
A
right outside of the bar
             E
She shared a cigarette with me
      D  
while her brother

played the guitar
             F#m
She asked me what does it mean
    A
the Gaelic ink on your arm?
            E  
Said it was one of

my friend’s songs
                        A
do you want to drink on?


[Verse]
         F#m         
  She took Jamie as a
        A
chaser, Jack for the fun
        E
She got Arthur on the table,
D
with Johnny riding a shotgun
Bm                 A  
Chatted some more, one

more drink at the bar
     E  
Then put Van on the jukebox,

got up to dance, you know


[Chorus]
    D                 
  She played the fiddle
   A
in an Irish band
        E            
  But she fell in love
     D
with an English man
D                          
  Kissed her on the neck and
  A
then I took her by the hand
     E
Said baby I just want to dance
                      D      A    E  F#m
With my pretty little Galway Girl
                       
  You’re my pretty
  D      A    E  F#m
little Galway Girl


[Verse]
             F#m
You know she beat me at darts
    A
and then she beat me at pool
             E
And then she kissed me
                 D  
like there was nobody

else in the room
        F#m
As last orders were called
A
was when she stood on the stool
      E
After dancing to Ceili
                     A
singing to trad tunes


[Verse]
        F#m                  
  I never heard Carrickfergus
    A
ever sung so sweet
    E                    D  
A capella in the bar using

her feet for the beat
            Bm
Oh, I could have that voice
       A
playing on repeat for a week
            E
And in this packed out room swear

she was singing to me


[Chorus]
    D                 
  She played the fiddle
   A
in an Irish band
        E            
  But she fell in love
     D
with an English man
D                          
  Kissed her on the neck and
  A
then I took her by the hand
     E
Said baby I just want to dance


[Bridge]
                      D      A    E
With my pretty little Galway Girl
                F#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        D      A    E
my, my Galway Girl
                F#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        D      A    E
my, my Galway Girl
                F#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        D      A    E  F#m
my, my Galway Girl


[Verse]
          F#m                   A  
Now we’ve outstayed our welcome

and it’s closing time
      E                 
  I was holding her hand,
          D
her hand was holding mine
    F#m               
  Our coats both smell
   A
of smoke, whisky and wine
      E  
As we fill up our lungs with

the cold air of the night


[Verse]
  F#m              A  
I walked her home then

she took me inside
       E                
  Finish some Doritos and
  D
another bottle of wine
  F#m                       
  I swear I’m going to
   A
put you in a song that I write
        E  
About a Galway Girl

and a perfect night


[Chorus]
    D                 
  She played the fiddle
   A
in an Irish band
        E            
  But she fell in love
     D
with an English man
D                          
  Kissed her on the neck and
  A
then I took her by the hand
     E
Said baby I just want to dance


[Outro]
                      D      A    E
With my pretty little Galway Girl
                F#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        D      A    E
my, my Galway Girl
                F#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        D      A    E
my, my Galway Girl
                F#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        D      A    E  F#m
my, my Galway Girl
D A E F#m
D  A  E  F#m
D  A  E  F#m
D  A  E  F#m