• Song:

    Stewart Lee - Galway Girl

  • Artist:

    Misc Television

This is a beautiful version of Steve Earle's "Galway Girl" by Stewart Lee. I love 
how he gives the song the tragic and sad mood it deserves - this is about a broken 
heart, after all. This song was played at the very end of his 2010 show "If You 
Prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One" with Nick Pynn on the violin. Do 
yourself a favour and buy that amazing DVD. You can find the song on that YouTube 
they have now, but experiencing the full performance is a must. Couple of things:

Play the A like x02230,

Light strums without hitting the e string (xx023x) in the verse sounds better to me, 

On the D chord, hammer the G string on the 2nd fret when it feels right, 

He does a run on the G chord sometimes, like ( E |--3--2--0-) but I'm not sure. 

Intro (with Violin):

D-G-D-G-D
A-G-A-D
Bm-A-G-D
A-G-A-G-D
A-G-D

D
I took a stroll on the old long walk
          A        G
On a day -I-ay-I-ay
G
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
A             G        D
On a fine day -I-ay-I-ay
          G        D     G             D
And I'm asking you son, what would you do
Bm               A             G          D
For her hair was black and her eyes were blue
      G           D           G          D
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
Bm         A           G     D
I lost my heart to a Galway Girl

D-G-D-G-D
A-G-A-D

D                     A   G
When I woke up I was all alone
G                         A       G
With a broken heart and a ticket home
G                  D      G              D
And I'm asking you son, what'd you have done
Bm                A            G          D
For her hair was black and her eyes were blue
G                  D           G      D
And I've been all over this big old world
Bm                       A             G       D
And I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway Girl


G                     D
And I give it to you straight
G                   D
Like a cyder that's made
Bm               A       G
From one hundred percent pear---s
Bm               A       G
From one hundred percent pears
Bm               A       G
From one hundred percent pears
Bm               A       G
From one hundred percent pears

Bm                A          G
Is there any disapointment in there?
Bm                          A          G
Is your bread and butter salting with regrets?
Bm                     A              G
Do you ever get the feeling you've been cheated...
Bm            A          G
Well maybe Johnny just a bit


Well the Galway Girl by Steve Earle
                G
Was my favorite song
G                          A
But they sold it off to a cyder ad
G                      D
And my memories went wrong
G                   D
And I'm asking you son
G                   D
What's an artist to do?
Bm             A           G              D
For the kind of money they ain' offering you!
G                D
And I drop the needle
G                  D
Give the record a whirl
Bm             A              G        D
But I just can't listen to the Galway Girl
A                       G (G-G-G!)
And Iggy Pop wants to be
                         D
Wants to be your dog!
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