Galway Girl

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


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

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

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


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

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

got up to dance, you know


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


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

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


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

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

she was singing to me


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


[Bridge]
                      A      E    B
With my pretty little Galway Girl
                C#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        A      E    B
my, my Galway Girl
                C#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        A      E    B
my, my Galway Girl
                C#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        A      E    B  C#m
my, my Galway Girl


[Verse]
          C#m                   E  
Now we’ve outstayed our welcome

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

the cold air of the night


[Verse]
  C#m              E  
I walked her home then

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

and a perfect night


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


[Outro]
                      A      E    B
With my pretty little Galway Girl
                C#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        A      E    B
my, my Galway Girl
                C#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        A      E    B
my, my Galway Girl
                C#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        A      E    B  C#m
my, my Galway Girl
A E B C#m
A  E  B  C#m
A  E  B  C#m
A  E  B  C#m