Chords for Roger Whittaker : The Star Of The County Down

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_ _ _ Near to Banbridge Town in the [G] county down [D] on a [Gm] morning in [C] July
_ [Dm] Down a boring green came a sweet [F] Carleen [Dm] and she smiled [G] as she passed [D] me by
_ [F] Oh she looked so neat [C] from her two [E] white feet [Dm] to the sheen [Gm] of her matte [C] brown hair
[Dm] Such a coaxing mouth I had to shake [C] myself to [Dm] make sure I was really there
Oh [F] from Bantry Bay [C] up to Derry [F] Cay and [Dm] from Galway [Gm] to Dublin [C] Town
[Am] _ [Dm] No maid I've seen [F] like the brown [C] Carleen that [F] I met [Bb] at the county [Dm] down _ _ _ _ _ _
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As she onward sped [F] I scratched [Gm] my head and [Dm] I gazed with [Gm] a feeling [C] queer
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[Dm] There I said, says [Gm] I, to [F] a [C] passerby, [Dm] who's the maid with [Gm] the nut [Dm] brown hair
Oh [F] he smiled at me and [C] with pride says [F] he, [Dm] she's the gem of [Gm] Old [C] Island's crown _
[Dm] Young Rosie [Gm] McCann from [F] the banks of [C] the Ban, [Dm] she's the star of [Gm] the county [Dm] down _
[F] From Bantry Bay [C] up to Derry [F] Cay and [Dm] from Galway [Gm] to Dublin [C] Town
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[Dm] No maid [Gm] I've seen [F] like the brown [C] Carleen [F] that I met [Bb] at the county [Dm] down
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_ _ _ the harvest fair she'll [Am] be surely [D] there so [G] I'll dress in my Sunday [D] clothes
And [Em] I'll try [Am] sheep's eyes [G] and delivering [D] lies on [Em] the heart of the nut brown rose
[Em] No [G] pipe I'll smoke, [D] no horse I'll yoke, though [Em] my plough [Am] with rust [D] turned brown
Till [Em] a smiling [Am] bride by [G] my own [D] fireside sits [Em] the star [Am] of the county [Em] down
Oh [G] from Bantry Bay up [D] to Derry [G] Cay and [Em] from Galway [Am] to Dublin [D] Town
_ [Em] No maid [Am] I've seen [G] like the brown [D] Carleen [G] that I met [C] at the county [Em] down
_ _ No maid [Am] I've seen [G] like the brown [D] Carleen [G] that I met in [C] the _ [Em] county _ _ down
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Near to Banbridge Town in the [G] county down [Dm] on a [Gm] morning in [D] July _
[Dm] Down a boring green came a sweet [C] Carleen [Dm] and she smiled [Gm] as she passed [D] me by _
[F] Oh she looked so neat [C] from her two [F] white feet [Dm] to the [Gm] sheen of her nut [C] brown hair
[Dm] Such a [Gm] coaxing elf [Bb] I had to shake [C] myself [D] to make sure [Gm] I was really [Dm] there _
[F] Oh from Bantry Bay [C] up to Derry [F] Cay [Dm] and from Galway [Gm] to Dublin [C] Town
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[Dm] No maid I've seen [F] like the brown [C] Carleen [F] that I met [Bb] at the [Dm] county down _
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_ _ _ she onward sped [F] I scratched [Gm] my head [Dm] and I gazed [Gm] with a feeling [C] _ [C] queer
[Dm] There I said, [Gm] says I, [F] to a [C] passerby, [Dm] who's the maid [Gm] with the nut [Dm] brown hair
Oh [F] he smiled at me and [C] with pride [F] says he, [Dm] she's the gem [Gm] of Old [C] Island's crown
_ [Dm] Young Rosie [Gm] McCann from [F] the banks [C] of the Bann, [Dm] she's the star [Gm] of the county [Dm] down
_ From [F] Bantry Bay [C] up to Derry [F] Cay [Dm] and from Galway [Gm] to Dublin [C] Town
[Am] _ [Dm] No maid [Gm] I've seen [F] like the brown [C] Carleen [F] that I met [Bb] at the county [Dm] down _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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At the harvest fair [Am] she'll be surely [A] there so [G] I'll dress in [C] my Sunday [D] clothes
_ [D] And [Em] I'll try [Am] sheep's eyes [G] and delivering [D] lies on [Em] the heart of the nut brown rose
No [G] pipe I'll smoke, [D] no horse I'll yoke, though [Em] my plough [Am] with rust [D] turn brown
Till [Em] a smiling [Am] bride by [G] my own [D] fireside sits [Em] the star [Am] of the county [Em] down
Oh [G] from Bantry Bay [D] up to Derry [G] Cay [Em] and from Galway [Am] to [D] Dublin Town _
[Em] No maid [Am] I've seen [G] like the brown [D] Carleen [G] that I met [C] at the county [Em] down _ _
No maid [Am] I've seen [G] like the brown [D] Carleen [G] that I met in [C] the _ [Em] county _ down
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