Star Of The County Down Chords

Star Of The County Down
 
(A)     percussive playing
(B)     Picking
(C)     Strumming
 
 
[Intro]
(A) 4 x
(B)
 
[Verse]
      Em                     G      D         Em             D
Near Banbridge town, in the County Down, one morning last July
        Em                   G       D             Em                  D  Em
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by
     G                         D                    Em                    D
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet to the sheen of her nut-brown hair
        Em                   G      D             Em          D       Em
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself, just to see she was really there.
 
[Chorus]
      G                D                   Em               D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
    Em                       G       D           Em         D      Em
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
 
 
     Em                     G          D           Em                    D
As I onward sped, sure I scratched my head, and I looked with a feeling rare,
       Em                 G     D              Em                 D    Em
And I said, says I, to a passerby, „Who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?“
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He smiled at me, and with pride says he, „That's the gem of Ireland's crown,
       Em                     G            D                Em             D  Em
Young Rosie McCann, from the Banks of the Bann, she's the star of the County Down.“
 
[Chorus]
      G                D                   Em               D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
    Em                       G       D           Em         D      Em
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
 
[Instrumental]
(A A B B)
 
[Verse]
         Em                    G         D             Em               D
I have travelled a bit, but I never was hit, since my roving carreer began.
     Em                 G         D            Em                  D  Em
But near and fair I surrendered there to the charme of young Rosie McCann.
        G                   D                             Em      D
With a heart to let and no tenant yet did I meet with a shawl or gown.
    Em                G             D              Em             D  Em
But in she went and I asked for no rent from the star of the county down.
 
[Chorus]
      G                D                   Em               D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
    Em                       G       D           Em         D      Em
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
 
[Instrumental]
(A A B B)
 
[Verse]
        Em                      G       D              Em                 D
At the harvest fair, she'll be surely there, so I'll dress in my Sunday clothes,
          Em                       G          D             Em                D    Em
With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right, for a smile from my nut-brown rose.
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No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke, though my plow turns a rust-coloured brown.
         Em                G        D              Em             D  Em
Till a smiling bride by my own fireside sits the star of the County Down.
 
[Chorus]
      G                D                   Em               D
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
    Em                       G       D           Em         D      Em
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down
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