Chords for Luke Kelly Galway Races (Rare Version)
Tempo:
134.75 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
C#m
B
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m] [B] [F#m]
[C#m] As I went out through Galway town to seek for recreation, [F#m] on the 17th of [E] August, me mind [A] being elevated,
there [B] were multitudes [C#m] assembled [F#m] with their tickets at the [C#m] station, and me eyes began to [G#] dazzle, and they [E] off to [F#] see the races with me.
[A] Why, falter do, falter diddly [F#m] dum a day!
[C#m] There were passengers from Limerick, and passengers [F#m] from Neenah, passengers from [E] Dublin, and [F#m] sportsmen from Tipperary,
there were passengers [C#m] from Kerry [F#m] and all quarters [C#m] of the nation, and remember Mr Hackett, [D#] Fort DeJoy and the Galway Blazers.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
There [C#] were multitudes from Marin, and members from [F#m] Newquay, Shoreda, Boyser, Connemara, [E] and the [A] Clare, and Meriden Maidens,
there were [B] people [C#] from Cork City [F#m] who were loyal, [C#m] true, and faithful, they brought home the Fenian [G#m] prisoners from dying [F#m] at Porrer Nations.
With me, why [Em] falter do, falter diddly dum a [D] day!
[G#] It's there you'll [F#m] see the gamblers, the thimbles, and the garters, and the sporting wheel of [E] fortune, with the four [A] and twenty quarters,
there [B] was others [C#] without scruple, [F#] pelting wattles at poor [C#m] Maggie, and her daddy well contented, and [E] he [F#m] looking at his daughter.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
It's there you'll see confectioners with [C#] sugar sticks and [F#m] dainties, the lozenges and oranges, [Em] the [F#m] lemonade and raisins,
there'll [B] be gingerbread and [C#] spices [F#] to accommodate [C#] the ladies, and a big crew being fed crop, and [F#m] stippy sock, and wilder aval.
With me, why [A] falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
[C#m] It's there you'll see the fiddlers, the pipers competing, [F#m] and the nimble footed dancers, [E] and the [A] tripping on the daisies,
there [B] was [D#] others shouting cigars, and lights, and bills for all [C#m] the races, with the colours of the jockey, [F#m] and the price on horses' ages.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a [D#] day!
It's there you'll see the jockeys, and they mounted on so stately, the pink, the blue, the orange, and [E] green, the emblem [A] of our nation,
[B] when the bell was rung [C#] for [F#m] starting, all the [C#m] horses seemed impatient, no, I thought they never stood on [F#m] ground, their speed was so amazing.
With me, [N] why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
[C#m] There was half a million people there of all the [D#] nominations, the Catholic, the [E] Protestant, [A] the Jew, and Presbyterian,
and there was [B] yet no [C#]
animosity, [F#m] no matter what [C#m] persuasion, but fails in [B] hospitality, inducing [F#m] fresh acquaintance.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
[C#m] As I went out through Galway town to seek for recreation, [F#m] on the 17th of [E] August, me mind [A] being elevated,
there [B] were multitudes [C#m] assembled [F#m] with their tickets at the [C#m] station, and me eyes began to [G#] dazzle, and they [E] off to [F#] see the races with me.
[A] Why, falter do, falter diddly [F#m] dum a day!
[C#m] There were passengers from Limerick, and passengers [F#m] from Neenah, passengers from [E] Dublin, and [F#m] sportsmen from Tipperary,
there were passengers [C#m] from Kerry [F#m] and all quarters [C#m] of the nation, and remember Mr Hackett, [D#] Fort DeJoy and the Galway Blazers.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
There [C#] were multitudes from Marin, and members from [F#m] Newquay, Shoreda, Boyser, Connemara, [E] and the [A] Clare, and Meriden Maidens,
there were [B] people [C#] from Cork City [F#m] who were loyal, [C#m] true, and faithful, they brought home the Fenian [G#m] prisoners from dying [F#m] at Porrer Nations.
With me, why [Em] falter do, falter diddly dum a [D] day!
[G#] It's there you'll [F#m] see the gamblers, the thimbles, and the garters, and the sporting wheel of [E] fortune, with the four [A] and twenty quarters,
there [B] was others [C#] without scruple, [F#] pelting wattles at poor [C#m] Maggie, and her daddy well contented, and [E] he [F#m] looking at his daughter.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
It's there you'll see confectioners with [C#] sugar sticks and [F#m] dainties, the lozenges and oranges, [Em] the [F#m] lemonade and raisins,
there'll [B] be gingerbread and [C#] spices [F#] to accommodate [C#] the ladies, and a big crew being fed crop, and [F#m] stippy sock, and wilder aval.
With me, why [A] falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
[C#m] It's there you'll see the fiddlers, the pipers competing, [F#m] and the nimble footed dancers, [E] and the [A] tripping on the daisies,
there [B] was [D#] others shouting cigars, and lights, and bills for all [C#m] the races, with the colours of the jockey, [F#m] and the price on horses' ages.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a [D#] day!
It's there you'll see the jockeys, and they mounted on so stately, the pink, the blue, the orange, and [E] green, the emblem [A] of our nation,
[B] when the bell was rung [C#] for [F#m] starting, all the [C#m] horses seemed impatient, no, I thought they never stood on [F#m] ground, their speed was so amazing.
With me, [N] why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
[C#m] There was half a million people there of all the [D#] nominations, the Catholic, the [E] Protestant, [A] the Jew, and Presbyterian,
and there was [B] yet no [C#]
animosity, [F#m] no matter what [C#m] persuasion, but fails in [B] hospitality, inducing [F#m] fresh acquaintance.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
Key:
F#m
C#m
B
E
A
F#m
C#m
B
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [C#m] As I went out through Galway town to seek for recreation, [F#m] on the 17th of [E] August, me mind [A] being elevated,
there [B] were multitudes [C#m] assembled [F#m] with their tickets at the [C#m] station, and me eyes began to [G#] dazzle, and they [E] off to [F#] see the races with me.
[A] Why, falter do, falter diddly [F#m] dum a day!
[C#m] There were passengers from Limerick, and passengers [F#m] from Neenah, passengers from [E] Dublin, and [F#m] sportsmen from Tipperary,
there were passengers [C#m] from Kerry [F#m] and all quarters [C#m] of the nation, and remember Mr Hackett, [D#] Fort DeJoy and the Galway Blazers.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
There [C#] were multitudes from Marin, and members from [F#m] Newquay, Shoreda, Boyser, Connemara, [E] and the [A] Clare, and Meriden Maidens,
there were [B] people [C#] from Cork City [F#m] who were loyal, [C#m] true, and faithful, they brought home the Fenian [G#m] prisoners from dying [F#m] at Porrer Nations.
With me, why [Em] falter do, falter diddly dum a _ [D] day!
[G#] It's there you'll [F#m] see the gamblers, the thimbles, and the garters, and the sporting wheel of [E] fortune, with the four [A] and twenty quarters,
there [B] was others [C#] without scruple, [F#] pelting wattles at poor [C#m] Maggie, and her daddy well contented, and [E] he [F#m] looking at his daughter.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
_ It's there you'll see confectioners with [C#] sugar sticks and [F#m] dainties, the lozenges and oranges, [Em] the [F#m] lemonade and raisins,
there'll [B] be gingerbread and [C#] spices [F#] to accommodate [C#] the ladies, and a big crew being fed crop, and [F#m] stippy sock, and wilder aval.
With me, why [A] falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
_ [C#m] It's there you'll see the fiddlers, the pipers competing, [F#m] and the nimble footed dancers, [E] and the [A] tripping on the daisies,
there [B] was [D#] others shouting cigars, and lights, and bills for all [C#m] the races, with the colours of the jockey, [F#m] and the price on horses' ages.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a [D#] _ day!
It's there you'll see the jockeys, and they mounted on so stately, the pink, the blue, the orange, and [E] green, the emblem [A] of our nation,
[B] when the bell was rung [C#] for [F#m] starting, all the [C#m] horses seemed impatient, no, I thought they never stood on [F#m] ground, their speed was so amazing.
With me, [N] why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
_ [C#m] There was half a million people there of all the [D#] nominations, the Catholic, the [E] Protestant, [A] the Jew, and Presbyterian,
and there was [B] yet no [C#]
animosity, [F#m] no matter what [C#m] persuasion, but fails in [B] hospitality, inducing [F#m] fresh acquaintance.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day! _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] As I went out through Galway town to seek for recreation, [F#m] on the 17th of [E] August, me mind [A] being elevated,
there [B] were multitudes [C#m] assembled [F#m] with their tickets at the [C#m] station, and me eyes began to [G#] dazzle, and they [E] off to [F#] see the races with me.
[A] Why, falter do, falter diddly [F#m] dum a day!
[C#m] There were passengers from Limerick, and passengers [F#m] from Neenah, passengers from [E] Dublin, and [F#m] sportsmen from Tipperary,
there were passengers [C#m] from Kerry [F#m] and all quarters [C#m] of the nation, and remember Mr Hackett, [D#] Fort DeJoy and the Galway Blazers.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
There [C#] were multitudes from Marin, and members from [F#m] Newquay, Shoreda, Boyser, Connemara, [E] and the [A] Clare, and Meriden Maidens,
there were [B] people [C#] from Cork City [F#m] who were loyal, [C#m] true, and faithful, they brought home the Fenian [G#m] prisoners from dying [F#m] at Porrer Nations.
With me, why [Em] falter do, falter diddly dum a _ [D] day!
[G#] It's there you'll [F#m] see the gamblers, the thimbles, and the garters, and the sporting wheel of [E] fortune, with the four [A] and twenty quarters,
there [B] was others [C#] without scruple, [F#] pelting wattles at poor [C#m] Maggie, and her daddy well contented, and [E] he [F#m] looking at his daughter.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
_ It's there you'll see confectioners with [C#] sugar sticks and [F#m] dainties, the lozenges and oranges, [Em] the [F#m] lemonade and raisins,
there'll [B] be gingerbread and [C#] spices [F#] to accommodate [C#] the ladies, and a big crew being fed crop, and [F#m] stippy sock, and wilder aval.
With me, why [A] falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
_ [C#m] It's there you'll see the fiddlers, the pipers competing, [F#m] and the nimble footed dancers, [E] and the [A] tripping on the daisies,
there [B] was [D#] others shouting cigars, and lights, and bills for all [C#m] the races, with the colours of the jockey, [F#m] and the price on horses' ages.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a [D#] _ day!
It's there you'll see the jockeys, and they mounted on so stately, the pink, the blue, the orange, and [E] green, the emblem [A] of our nation,
[B] when the bell was rung [C#] for [F#m] starting, all the [C#m] horses seemed impatient, no, I thought they never stood on [F#m] ground, their speed was so amazing.
With me, [N] why falter do, falter diddly dum a day!
_ [C#m] There was half a million people there of all the [D#] nominations, the Catholic, the [E] Protestant, [A] the Jew, and Presbyterian,
and there was [B] yet no [C#]
animosity, [F#m] no matter what [C#m] persuasion, but fails in [B] hospitality, inducing [F#m] fresh acquaintance.
With me, why falter do, falter diddly dum a day! _ _ _ _
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