Galway Shawl chords by Brian Quigley

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Verse 1
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 (D major) In R .M .R .A. near County Gull (F sharp minor) way
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One pleasant  (B minor) evening in the  (E minor) month of May  (G major) 
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I spied her dam (D major) sel,
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she was young and handsome  (F sharp minor) 
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Her beauty fairly  (B minor) took  (G major) 
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my  (A major) breath away  (D major) 
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She wore no jewels, nor costly dia (F sharp minor) monds
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No paint, no powder,  (B minor) no none  (E minor) at  (G major) all
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She wore a bonnet,  (D major) a ribbon on  (F sharp minor) it
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Around her shoulders  (B minor) was
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 (G major) a  (A major) Galway shawl  (D major) 
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As we went walking, we kept on  (F sharp minor) talking
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Her father's  (B minor) cottage came  (E minor) into  (G major) view
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She said, come  (D major) in, sir, and meet my father  (F sharp minor) 
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And for to please  (B minor) him,  (G major) play the  (A major) foggy dew  (D major) 
I played the blackbird,
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the stacks of bar (F sharp minor) ley,
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Rodney's  (B minor) glory, and the  (E minor) foggy dew.
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 (G major) She sang each  (D major) note like an Irish lyre
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 (F sharp minor) And tears they flowed  (B minor) 
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from  (G major) her  (A major) eyes of blue  (D major) 
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She wore no jewel, nor costly dia (F sharp minor) monds,
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No paint, no powder,  (B minor) no none  (E minor) at  (G major) all.
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She wore a bonnet,  (D major) a ribbon on  (F sharp minor) it
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Around her shoulders  (B minor)  (G major) was a  (A major) Galway shawl  (D major) 
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 (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (B minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) 
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It was early,  (A major)  (D major) early
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All in the morn (F sharp minor) ing,
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I hit the  (B minor) road for old  (E minor) Donnie Gough  (G major) 
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She said goodbye,  (D major) 
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her eyes seemed brighter  (F sharp minor) 
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My heart remained  (B minor) there
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 (G major) with the  (A major) Galway shawl.  (D major) 
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She wore no chiller, nor costly dia (F sharp minor) monds,
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No paint, no  (B minor) powder, no none  (E minor) at  (G major) all.
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She wore a banyan,  (D major) a ribbon on  (F sharp minor) it
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Around her  (B minor) shoulders was
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 (G major) a Gal (A major)  (G major) way shawl  (D major) you