Chords for Johnny Loughrey-Galway Bay
Tempo:
166.1 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[F]
[Am]
[Dm] [G]
[Bb] [G]
[C]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [C] Maybe [F] someday I'll [Dm] go back [F] again [C] to Ireland, be it only at the closing of [F] my [Am] day,
[F]
[E] or to see [Am] again [Dm] the moon [F] rise [Bb] over Claddagh,
[G] and [C] to watch the sun set into [F] Galway Bay,
[Bb]
[F] or [D]
[F] to see again [Dm] the ripple [F] of [C] the stream, the women in the meadows [F] making hay,
[Dm] [D] or [F] to sit [Am] beside [Dm] a turf [F] fire in [Bb] the cabin,
[G] and [C] to watch the barefoot goslings [F] as they play,
[Bb]
[F] [C] or [F] the winds that blow across the sea [C] from Ireland, their perfumed five-fer heather [F] as they blow,
[Dm] [D]
[F] and the women [Am] in [Dm] the upland [F]
[Bb] digging pretty,
[G]
[C] speak a language that the strangers do [F] not [Bb] know,
[F] now
[Am]
[Dm] [Bb]
[G]
[C]
[C]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
the strangers came [Dm] and tried to teach us [C] their way, and they scorned us for being [E] what [F] we [F] are,
but they might [Am] as well [Dm] go try [C] and [Bb] cancel me,
[G] or [C] go lighting penny candles from [F] the star,
[Bb]
[F]
now if there's going [Dm] to be [F] a life [C] hereafter, and somehow I feel sure there's [F] going to be,
I will ask [Am] my God [Dm] to let me [F] make [Bb] my heaven
[G] in [C] that little land across the Irish [F] Sea,
[Bb]
[F] I will [Am] ask my God [Dm]
to let [C] me make [Bb] my heaven [G]
in [C] that little land across the [Bb] Irish Sea,
[Am] [Gm] [C] [F]
[Am]
[Dm] [G]
[Bb] [G]
[C]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [C] Maybe [F] someday I'll [Dm] go back [F] again [C] to Ireland, be it only at the closing of [F] my [Am] day,
[F]
[E] or to see [Am] again [Dm] the moon [F] rise [Bb] over Claddagh,
[G] and [C] to watch the sun set into [F] Galway Bay,
[Bb]
[F] or [D]
[F] to see again [Dm] the ripple [F] of [C] the stream, the women in the meadows [F] making hay,
[Dm] [D] or [F] to sit [Am] beside [Dm] a turf [F] fire in [Bb] the cabin,
[G] and [C] to watch the barefoot goslings [F] as they play,
[Bb]
[F] [C] or [F] the winds that blow across the sea [C] from Ireland, their perfumed five-fer heather [F] as they blow,
[Dm] [D]
[F] and the women [Am] in [Dm] the upland [F]
[Bb] digging pretty,
[G]
[C] speak a language that the strangers do [F] not [Bb] know,
[F] now
[Am]
[Dm] [Bb]
[G]
[C]
[C]
[F] [Bb]
[F]
the strangers came [Dm] and tried to teach us [C] their way, and they scorned us for being [E] what [F] we [F] are,
but they might [Am] as well [Dm] go try [C] and [Bb] cancel me,
[G] or [C] go lighting penny candles from [F] the star,
[Bb]
[F]
now if there's going [Dm] to be [F] a life [C] hereafter, and somehow I feel sure there's [F] going to be,
I will ask [Am] my God [Dm] to let me [F] make [Bb] my heaven
[G] in [C] that little land across the Irish [F] Sea,
[Bb]
[F] I will [Am] ask my God [Dm]
to let [C] me make [Bb] my heaven [G]
in [C] that little land across the [Bb] Irish Sea,
[Am] [Gm] [C] [F]
Key:
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Bb

_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ Maybe [F] someday _ _ I'll [Dm] go back [F] again [C] to Ireland, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ be it only _ at the closing _ of [F] my _ [Am] day,
_ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [E] or to see _ [Am] again [Dm] the moon _ [F] rise [Bb] over _ Claddagh, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ and [C] to watch the sun set into _ _ [F] Galway Bay,
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ or [D] _ _
[F] to see _ again [Dm] the ripple [F] _ of [C] the stream, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the women _ _ in the _ meadows _ [F] making hay, _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] or _ [F] to sit _ [Am] _ beside [Dm] a turf [F] fire in [Bb] the cabin, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ and [C] to watch the barefoot goslings _ _ [F] as they play,
[Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ or [F] the winds that blow _ across the sea [C] from Ireland, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
their _ perfumed _ five-fer heather _ _ [F] as they blow, _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F] and the women [Am] _ in [Dm] the upland [F] _ _
[Bb] digging pretty, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] speak a language _ that the strangers _ do [F] not _ [Bb] know, _
[F] now _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _
the strangers _ came [Dm] and tried _ to teach us [C] their _ way, _ _ _ _ _ _
and they _ scorned us for being [E] _ what [F] we _ [F] are, _ _
_ _ _ _ but they might [Am] as well [Dm] go try [C] and _ [Bb] cancel me, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ or [C] go lighting _ _ penny candles _ from [F] the star,
[Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _
now if there's going [Dm] to be [F] a life [C] _ hereafter, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and somehow _ I feel sure _ _ there's [F] going to be, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I will ask [Am] my God [Dm] to let me [F] _ make [Bb] my heaven _ _ _ _
[G] in _ _ _ [C] that little _ land _ across the Irish [F] Sea,
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] I _ _ _ will [Am] ask my God [Dm]
to let [C] me make [Bb] my _ _ heaven _ [G] _
in _ _ [C] that little _ land _ across the [Bb] Irish Sea,
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ Maybe [F] someday _ _ I'll [Dm] go back [F] again [C] to Ireland, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ be it only _ at the closing _ of [F] my _ [Am] day,
_ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [E] or to see _ [Am] again [Dm] the moon _ [F] rise [Bb] over _ Claddagh, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ and [C] to watch the sun set into _ _ [F] Galway Bay,
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ or [D] _ _
[F] to see _ again [Dm] the ripple [F] _ of [C] the stream, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
the women _ _ in the _ meadows _ [F] making hay, _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [D] or _ [F] to sit _ [Am] _ beside [Dm] a turf [F] fire in [Bb] the cabin, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ and [C] to watch the barefoot goslings _ _ [F] as they play,
[Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ or [F] the winds that blow _ across the sea [C] from Ireland, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
their _ perfumed _ five-fer heather _ _ [F] as they blow, _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F] and the women [Am] _ in [Dm] the upland [F] _ _
[Bb] digging pretty, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] speak a language _ that the strangers _ do [F] not _ [Bb] know, _
[F] now _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _
the strangers _ came [Dm] and tried _ to teach us [C] their _ way, _ _ _ _ _ _
and they _ scorned us for being [E] _ what [F] we _ [F] are, _ _
_ _ _ _ but they might [Am] as well [Dm] go try [C] and _ [Bb] cancel me, _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ or [C] go lighting _ _ penny candles _ from [F] the star,
[Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _
now if there's going [Dm] to be [F] a life [C] _ hereafter, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and somehow _ I feel sure _ _ there's [F] going to be, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I will ask [Am] my God [Dm] to let me [F] _ make [Bb] my heaven _ _ _ _
[G] in _ _ _ [C] that little _ land _ across the Irish [F] Sea,
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] I _ _ _ will [Am] ask my God [Dm]
to let [C] me make [Bb] my _ _ heaven _ [G] _
in _ _ [C] that little _ land _ across the [Bb] Irish Sea,
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _