Galway Girl

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


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

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

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


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

more drink at the bar
     G#  
Then put Van on the jukebox,

got up to dance, you know


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


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

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


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

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

she was singing to me


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


[Bridge]
                      F#      C#    G#
With my pretty little Galway Girl
                A#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        F#      C#    G#
my, my Galway Girl
                A#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        F#      C#    G#
my, my Galway Girl
                A#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        F#      C#    G#  A#m
my, my Galway Girl


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

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

the cold air of the night


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

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

and a perfect night


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


[Outro]
                      F#      C#    G#
With my pretty little Galway Girl
                A#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        F#      C#    G#
my, my Galway Girl
                A#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        F#      C#    G#
my, my Galway Girl
                A#m  
  My, my, my, my, my,
        F#      C#    G#  A#m
my, my Galway Girl
F# C# G# A#m
F#  C#  G#  A#m
F#  C#  G#  A#m
F#  C#  G#  A#m