• Song:

    Star Of The County Down

  • Artist:

    Misc Traditional

Uncle J Even you can play this

Enjoy,
-T

Star of the County Down
Em (022000@1)		G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D	      Em (022000@1)   DNear (xx0232@1)Bainbridge town in the county down one morning last July
	         Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)                   Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)         EmDown (022000@1)the wild boreen came a sweet Colleen and she smiled as she passed me by.
            G (320003@1)	Am (x02210@1)                            G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)            DShe (xx0232@1)looked so sweet from her two bare-feet to the sheen of her nut brown hair.
             Em (022000@1)                        G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)               Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)        EmSure (022000@1)a coaxing elf I'd to shake me-self to make sure I was standing there.

Chorus:
            G (320003@1)                                Am (x02210@1)                         G (320003@1)          Em (022000@1)         DFrom (xx0232@1)Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay from Galway to Dublin Town.
        Em (022000@1)                                  G (320003@1)                           D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1) EmNo (022000@1)Maid I've seen like the sweet Colleen that I met in the county down.
Em (022000@1)                                      G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)             Em (022000@1)                             DAs (xx0232@1)she onward sped sure I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare
                    Em (022000@1)                                 G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)           EmAnd (022000@1)I said, says I, to a passer-by: whose the maid with the nut brown hair?
           G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)                         G (320003@1)                   Em (022000@1)                       DOh (xx0232@1)he smiled at me and with pride says he; that's the gem of Ireland's crown.
                      Em (022000@1)                            G (320003@1)                         D (xx0232@1)   Em (022000@1)       	CShe's (x32010@1)young Rosie McGann from the banks of the Bann she's the star of the county
EmDown. (022000@1)
Chorus:
Em (022000@1)                                      G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)          Em (022000@1)DShe'd (xx0232@1)a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like a rose in June
	Em (022000@1)		G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D		Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
And you craved each note from her lily-white throat as she lifted an Irish tune
G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)Em (022000@1)	DAt (xx0232@1)the pattern dance you'd be held in trance as she tripped through a jig or a reel
		Em (022000@1)	G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C	EmWhen (022000@1)her eyes she'd roll she would lift your soul and your heart she would quickly steal

Chorus:
Em (022000@1)		G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em		DNow (xx0232@1)I've roamed a bit was never hit since my traveling days began
	Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em	C (x32010@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
But fair and square I surrendered there to the charms of young Rosie McCann
		G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)G (320003@1)Em (022000@1)	DWith (xx0232@1)my heart to let sure no tenant yet did I meet with a shawl or a gown
		Em (022000@1)	G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em	C (x32010@1)EmBut (022000@1)in she went and I asked no rent from the star of the County Down.
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