Chords for Van Morrison and the Chieftains - Star Of The County Down
Tempo:
88.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [Bm]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G]
[D] [G] [C] [Bm] [Em]
[C] [G] [Em]
In Van Ryds [G] town in the county town one [C] morning [Bm] last July
[Em] From a boring [G] week came a sweet Carlene that she smiled [C] as she passed [Em] me
[G] She looked so sweet [D] from her two brown feet [G] to the sheen [C] of her nut [Bm] brown hair
[Em] Such a coaxing elf sure [G] I took for myself but to see I [Em] was really there
[G] From Black Creek Bay up [D] the [G] Derrick Bay up from Galway to Dublin
[Bm] And [C] all may that seem like [G] a brown [A] Carlene that [Em] I met in the county town
[D] And [C] [Bm] [Em]
the harvest fresh and the [G] sugar near them [C] I'll dress in [Bm] my Sunday clothe
[Em] One more [C] shoe a shawl [G] a right and my [D] hot cock [G] right for a [Am] smile from my [Em] nut brown [G] robe
No pot for [D] smoke no horse I'll [G] yoke till my [C] plow is a [Bm] roost colored brown
[Em] Till a smiling bride by my [D] home far [G] side sits the [C] star of the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek Bay up the Derrick Bay up from [C] Galway to [Bm] Dublin
And all [C] may that [G] seem like a [D] brown [G] Carlene that I [C] met in the [Em] county town
[G] [C]
[Bm] [G] [C] [G] [D] As [G]
[Em] she always [C] fits [G] she'll I scratch my head and [Am] I look with [Bm] a feeling rare
[Em] And [C] I said [G] says I to [D] a passer [G] by of the [C] maid with the [Em] nut brown hair
[G] He looked at [D] me he said see [G] see see that's a [C] gem of a [Bm] violet crown
[C] Young Rosie [G] McCann from the [D] banks of the [G] bank she's the [C] star of the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek [D] Bay up the Derrick [G] Bay up from [C] Galway to [Bm] Dublin town
[Em] And all [G] may that seem like a brown Carlene that I met in the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek [D] Bay up the Derrick Bay [C] up from Galway to [Bm] Dublin town
[Em] And all may [C] that seem [G] like a brown Carlene that I met [Em] in the county town
[G] From Black Creek Bay [D] up the Derrick Bay [Em] up from Galway to Dublin [Bm] town
[Em] And all may [G] that seem like a brown [A] Carlene [D] [Em] that I met in the county town
[Dm]
[C] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [G]
[D] [G] [C] [Bm] [Em]
[C] [G] [Em]
In Van Ryds [G] town in the county town one [C] morning [Bm] last July
[Em] From a boring [G] week came a sweet Carlene that she smiled [C] as she passed [Em] me
[G] She looked so sweet [D] from her two brown feet [G] to the sheen [C] of her nut [Bm] brown hair
[Em] Such a coaxing elf sure [G] I took for myself but to see I [Em] was really there
[G] From Black Creek Bay up [D] the [G] Derrick Bay up from Galway to Dublin
[Bm] And [C] all may that seem like [G] a brown [A] Carlene that [Em] I met in the county town
[D] And [C] [Bm] [Em]
the harvest fresh and the [G] sugar near them [C] I'll dress in [Bm] my Sunday clothe
[Em] One more [C] shoe a shawl [G] a right and my [D] hot cock [G] right for a [Am] smile from my [Em] nut brown [G] robe
No pot for [D] smoke no horse I'll [G] yoke till my [C] plow is a [Bm] roost colored brown
[Em] Till a smiling bride by my [D] home far [G] side sits the [C] star of the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek Bay up the Derrick Bay up from [C] Galway to [Bm] Dublin
And all [C] may that [G] seem like a [D] brown [G] Carlene that I [C] met in the [Em] county town
[G] [C]
[Bm] [G] [C] [G] [D] As [G]
[Em] she always [C] fits [G] she'll I scratch my head and [Am] I look with [Bm] a feeling rare
[Em] And [C] I said [G] says I to [D] a passer [G] by of the [C] maid with the [Em] nut brown hair
[G] He looked at [D] me he said see [G] see see that's a [C] gem of a [Bm] violet crown
[C] Young Rosie [G] McCann from the [D] banks of the [G] bank she's the [C] star of the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek [D] Bay up the Derrick [G] Bay up from [C] Galway to [Bm] Dublin town
[Em] And all [G] may that seem like a brown Carlene that I met in the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek [D] Bay up the Derrick Bay [C] up from Galway to [Bm] Dublin town
[Em] And all may [C] that seem [G] like a brown Carlene that I met [Em] in the county town
[G] From Black Creek Bay [D] up the Derrick Bay [Em] up from Galway to Dublin [Bm] town
[Em] And all may [G] that seem like a brown [A] Carlene [D] [Em] that I met in the county town
[Dm]
Key:
G
C
Em
D
Bm
G
C
Em
[Em] _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ In Van Ryds [G] town in the county town one [C] morning [Bm] last July
[Em] From a boring [G] week came a sweet Carlene that she smiled [C] as she passed [Em] me
[G] She looked so sweet [D] from her two brown feet [G] to the sheen [C] of her nut [Bm] brown hair
[Em] Such a coaxing elf sure [G] I took for myself but to see I [Em] was really there
[G] From Black Creek Bay up [D] the [G] Derrick Bay up from Galway to Dublin
[Bm] And [C] all may that seem like [G] a brown [A] Carlene that [Em] I met in the county town
[D] And [C] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ the harvest fresh and the [G] sugar near them [C] I'll dress in [Bm] my Sunday clothe
[Em] One more [C] shoe a shawl [G] a right and my [D] hot cock [G] right for a [Am] smile from my [Em] nut brown [G] robe
No pot for [D] smoke no horse I'll [G] yoke till my [C] plow is a [Bm] roost colored brown
[Em] Till a smiling bride by my [D] home far [G] side sits the [C] star of the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek Bay up the Derrick Bay up from [C] Galway to [Bm] Dublin
And all [C] may that [G] seem like a [D] brown [G] Carlene that I [C] met in the [Em] county town
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] [D] As [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ she always [C] fits [G] she'll I scratch my head and [Am] I look with [Bm] a feeling rare
[Em] And [C] I said [G] says I to [D] a passer [G] by of the [C] maid with the [Em] nut brown hair
[G] He looked at [D] me he said see [G] see see that's a [C] gem of a [Bm] violet crown
[C] Young Rosie [G] McCann from the [D] banks of the [G] bank she's the [C] star of the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek [D] Bay up the Derrick [G] Bay up from [C] Galway to [Bm] Dublin town
[Em] And all [G] may that seem like a brown Carlene that I met in the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek [D] Bay up the Derrick Bay [C] up from Galway to [Bm] Dublin town
[Em] And all may [C] that seem [G] like a brown Carlene that I met [Em] in the county town
[G] From Black Creek Bay [D] up the Derrick Bay [Em] up from Galway to Dublin [Bm] town
[Em] And all may [G] that seem like a brown [A] Carlene _ _ [D] [Em] that I met in the county town
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ In Van Ryds [G] town in the county town one [C] morning [Bm] last July
[Em] From a boring [G] week came a sweet Carlene that she smiled [C] as she passed [Em] me
[G] She looked so sweet [D] from her two brown feet [G] to the sheen [C] of her nut [Bm] brown hair
[Em] Such a coaxing elf sure [G] I took for myself but to see I [Em] was really there
[G] From Black Creek Bay up [D] the [G] Derrick Bay up from Galway to Dublin
[Bm] And [C] all may that seem like [G] a brown [A] Carlene that [Em] I met in the county town
[D] And [C] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ the harvest fresh and the [G] sugar near them [C] I'll dress in [Bm] my Sunday clothe
[Em] One more [C] shoe a shawl [G] a right and my [D] hot cock [G] right for a [Am] smile from my [Em] nut brown [G] robe
No pot for [D] smoke no horse I'll [G] yoke till my [C] plow is a [Bm] roost colored brown
[Em] Till a smiling bride by my [D] home far [G] side sits the [C] star of the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek Bay up the Derrick Bay up from [C] Galway to [Bm] Dublin
And all [C] may that [G] seem like a [D] brown [G] Carlene that I [C] met in the [Em] county town
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] [D] As [G] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ she always [C] fits [G] she'll I scratch my head and [Am] I look with [Bm] a feeling rare
[Em] And [C] I said [G] says I to [D] a passer [G] by of the [C] maid with the [Em] nut brown hair
[G] He looked at [D] me he said see [G] see see that's a [C] gem of a [Bm] violet crown
[C] Young Rosie [G] McCann from the [D] banks of the [G] bank she's the [C] star of the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek [D] Bay up the Derrick [G] Bay up from [C] Galway to [Bm] Dublin town
[Em] And all [G] may that seem like a brown Carlene that I met in the [Em] county town
[G] From Black Creek [D] Bay up the Derrick Bay [C] up from Galway to [Bm] Dublin town
[Em] And all may [C] that seem [G] like a brown Carlene that I met [Em] in the county town
[G] From Black Creek Bay [D] up the Derrick Bay [Em] up from Galway to Dublin [Bm] town
[Em] And all may [G] that seem like a brown [A] Carlene _ _ [D] [Em] that I met in the county town
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _