Galway Bay chords
... that dear land across the Irish seaComposer: Arthur Nicholas Whistler Colahan
Music: F Major in 4/4/ time at ~ 54–60 bpm (♩)
Chords: F, G7, Gm7, C, C7, D7... charts below.
Galway Bay
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F D7 G7 C7 F
Intro: 4/4 | - | | | |
(If you)
F Gm7 C7
1. If you e-ver go a-cross the sea to Ire-land
Gm7 C7 F
Then may-be at the clos-ing of your day
F D7 G7
You will sit and watch the moon rise o-ver Clad-dagh
C7 F
And see the sun go down on Gal-way Bay
F Gm7 C7
2. Just to hear a-gain the rip-ple of the trout stream
Gm7 C7 F
The wo-men in the mea-dow mak-ing hay
F D7 G7
Just to sit be-side a turf fire in the cab-in
C7 F
And watch the bare-foot Gos-soons at their play
F Gm7 C7
3. For the breez-es blow-ing o'er the seas from Ire-land
Gm7 C7 F
Are per-fumed by the heath-er as they blow
F D7 G7
And the wo-men in the up-lands dig-gin' pra-ties
C7 F
Speak a lang-uage that the strang-ers do not know
F Gm7 C7
4. For the strang-ers came and tried to teach us their way
Gm7 C7 F
They scorn'd us just for be-ing what we are
F D7 G7
But they might as well go chas-ing after moon-beams
C7 F
Or light a pen-ny can-dle from a star
F Gm7 C7
5. And if there is going to be a life here-af-ter
Gm7 C7 F
And some-how I am sure there's going to be
F D7 G7
I will ask my God to let me make my hea-ven
C7 F
In that dear land a-cross the I-rish sea...
Notes:
Level Of Ease: Fairly easy
| F - D7 | This is the first bar of the introduction. Play the F chord for 2 beats and D7 for 2 beats.
It could have been written as | F / D7 / | where the repeat sign / means you repeat the previous chord within the bar.
The 3rd & 4th line of each verse is exactly the same as the Intro.
The first line of each verse: Play F for 1 bar and the chords Gm7 and C7 for 1 bar - 2 beats on Gm7 and 2 beats on C7... the first line of each verse looks like this:
| F | Gm7 - C7 |
If you are unfamiliar with the song there are a few videos you can watch:
- Foster and Allen This consists of 2 key changes. It starts in E Major with a key change to F Major after Verse 2, and another key change to F# Major after Verse 4.
- Celtic Woman Key of E♭ Major ... an alternative version from the traditional one... very well done.
- Bing Crosby Key of C Major
- Use the Transposer for key changes.
