Galway bay chords by Bing Crosby

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G
A
D
E
Gm
Bbdim
Abdim
Fdim
F#dim

Verse 1
C 
G 
C 
 (C major)  (G major) If  (C major) you ever go across
G 
the sea to Ire (G major) land
Then maybe at the closing
C 
 (C major) of your day
A 
You will sit and watch  (A major) the moon
D 
rise over Clad (D major) dagh
G 
And watch  (G major) the barefoot gossoon
E 
C 
 (E major) s at their  (C major) play
G 
Just to hear again the ripple of the  (G major) trout stream

Verse 2
C 
The women in the meadows mak (C major) ing hay
Gm 
A 
And to  (G minor) sit beside a  (A major) turf fire
Bbdim 
A 
D 
 (B flatdim)  (A major) in the cab (D major) in
G 
Abdim 
 (G major) And  see the sun go  (A flatdim) down
Fdim 
E 
C 
 (Fdim) on  (E major) Galway Bay  (C major) 
G 
For the breezes blowing over the sea (G major) s from

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Verse 3

Ireland

Are perfumed by the heather

as they blow

And the women in the uplands

diggin' prates

Speak a language that the strangers

do not know

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) For the strangers came and tried
G 
to teach us their  (G major) way
They scorned us just for being
C 
 (C major) what we are
A 
But they  (A major) might as well
D 
go chasing after  (D major) moonbeams
G 
Or  (G major) light a penny candle
Abdim 
E 
C 
 (A flatdim) from      (E major) a  (C major) star
G 
And if there is going to be a life  (G major) hereafter

Verse 5
And faith I am sure there's
C 
F#dim 
 (C major) going to be  (F sharpdim) 
C 
Gm 
A 
 (C major) I will ask  (G minor) my God  (A major) to let me
D 
make my heav (D major) en
G 
Abdim 
 (G major) In that dear land across  (A flatdim) 
Fdim 
E 
Abdim 
C 
D 
C 
E 
 (Fdim)  (E major) the  (A flatdim) Irish sea  (C major)  (D major)  (C major)  (E major) 