Galway Girl Steve Earle VERSE 1 D Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk G Of a day -I-ay-I-ay D G D I met a little girl and we stopped to talk D A D Of a fine soft day-i-ay G D G D And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do Bm A G D 'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue G D G D And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl Bm A G D 'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl Instrumental Break D | | | G | D | G D A D A | D | VERSE 2 D We were halfway there when the rain came down G Of a day -I-ay-I-ay Bm A G D And she asked me up to her flat downtown D A D Of a fine soft day-i-ay G D G D And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do Bm A G D 'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue G D G D So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl Bm A G D And I lost my heart to a Galway girl Instrumental Break D | | | G | D | G D A D A | D | x 2 G | | | D | A | G D A D A | D | D When I woke up I was all alone D G [melody only on this line] Bm A G D With a broken heart and a ticket home D A D [melody only on this line] G D G D And I ask you now, tell me what would you do Bm A G D If her hair was black and her eyes were blue G D G D I've traveled around I've been all over this world Bm A G D Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl D | | | G | D | G D A D A | D | x 2