[Intro]
D
[Strophe]
     D      A    G 
On a day -I-ay-I-ay
D 
I met a little girl and we stopped to
 talk
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
     D         G      D 
On a fine soft day -I-ay
      G          D               G   
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella
     D 
 to do
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
            Bm                   
'Cause her hair was black and her
 G         D 
 eyes were blue
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
        G         D           G      
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a
   D 
 whirl
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
            Bm                 
'Round the Salthill Prom with a
  G      D 
 Galway girl 
'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl 
[Pont]
D / D / D / Bm / G D
D / D / D / A / G D
[Strophe]
D 
We were halfway there when the rain
 came down 
We were halfway there when the rain came down 
                 G 
On a day -I-ay-I-ay  
        D 
And she asked me up to her flat
 downtown  
And she asked me up to her flat downtown  
     D          G          D 
Of a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ay  
      G        D                G    
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella
    D 
 to do  
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do  
            Bm                   
'Cause her hair was black and her
 G         D 
 eyes were blue  
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue  
      G        D          G        
So I took her hand and I gave her a
  D 
 twirl  
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl  
 
       Bm                G      D 
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl 
[Pont]
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[Strophe]
D                       
When I woke up I was all
                   G 
 alone
When I woke up I was all alone
         D                      
With a broken heart and a ticket
        G  D
 home
With a broken heart and a ticket home
      G        D            G        
And I ask you now, tell me what would
     D 
 you do  
And I ask you now, tell me what would you do  
        Bm         A          G   
If her hair was black and her eyes
       D 
 were blue
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
            G        D           
'Cause I've traveled around. I've
          G         D
 been all over this world
'Cause I've traveled around. I've been all over this world
              Bm                    
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like
   G      D 
 a Galway girl
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl
[Outro]
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