Galway Girl
Steve Earle

VERSE 1
        DWell, (xx0232@1)I took a stroll on the old long walk 
                 GOf (320003@1)a day -I-ay-I-ay 
  D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)        DI (xx0232@1)met a little girl and we stopped to talk 
     D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)   DOf (xx0232@1)a fine soft day-i-ay 
      G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
           Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1) 
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue 
      G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)      DAnd (xx0232@1)I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl 
           Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)    D'Round (xx0232@1)the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl

Instrumental Break
D| (xx0232@1)| | G| (320003@1)D| (xx0232@1)GD AD A| (x02220@1)D| (xx0232@1)
VERSE 2
        DWe (xx0232@1)were halfway there when the rain came down 
                 GOf (320003@1)a day -I-ay-I-ay
        Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)      DAnd (xx0232@1)she asked me up to her flat downtown 
     D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)   DOf (xx0232@1)a fine soft day-i-ay 
      G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
           Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
     G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
      Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)    DAnd (xx0232@1)I lost my heart to a Galway girl

Instrumental Break
D| (xx0232@1)| | G| (320003@1)D| (xx0232@1)GD AD A| (x02220@1)D| (xx0232@1)x 2
G| (320003@1)| | D| (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)GD AD A| (x02220@1)D| (xx0232@1) 
     D (xx0232@1)When I woke up I was all alone 
     D (xx0232@1)             G[melody (320003@1)only on this line]
       Bm (x24432@1)   A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      
With a broken heart and a ticket home 
 D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    D[melody (xx0232@1)only on this line]
      G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)I ask you now, tell me what would you do
       Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)If her hair was black and her eyes were blue 
     G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)       DI've (xx0232@1)traveled around I've been all over this world
             Bm (x24432@1)       A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl

D| (xx0232@1)| | G| (320003@1)D| (xx0232@1)GD AD A| (x02220@1)D| (xx0232@1)x 2