The chords to Galway Girl are given here in the key of C Major. Steve Earle plays the song in D Major.
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We’ve put the chords in C because they are easier to play and avoid the need for using a bar chord. Put a capo on the second fret if you want to play in D Major.
Mundy’s recorded version is in E Flat Major. His live performance is in E Major. If you put your capo on the third fret you will be playing in E Flat. On the fourth fret you will step up to E.
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Galway Girl – lyrics and chords
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Well I took a stroll on the old long walk of a day-I-ay-
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ay
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I met a little
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girl and we
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stopped to
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talk on a fine, soft
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day-I-
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ay
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And I
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ask you
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friend what’s a
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fellah to
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doCause her
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hair was
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black her
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eyes were
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blue
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And I
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knew right
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then I’d
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taking a
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whirlRound the
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Salthill
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prom with the
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Galway
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girl
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We were half way there when the rain came down, of a day I ay I
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ayAnd she
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asked me
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up to her
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flat
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town, of a fine soft
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day I
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ay
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And I
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ask you
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friend what’s a
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fellah to
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doCause her
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hair was
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black her
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eyes were
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blueSo I
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took her
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hand and I
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gave her a
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twirlAnd I
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lost my
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heart to a
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Galway
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girl
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When I woke up I was all alone (not sung – of a day I
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ay)With a
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broken
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heart and a
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ticket
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home (not sung – of a fine soft
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day I
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ay)And I
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ask you
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now tell me
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what would you
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doIf her
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black and her
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eyes were
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blueI’ve
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travelled
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around I’ve been all
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over this
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world,Boys, I ain’t
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never seen
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nothing like a
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Galway
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The lyrics of Galway Girl are about a young man who has a chance meeting with a dark haired beauty while visiting Galway City in Ireland.
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