Tuning
Standard EADGBE
Difficulty
Beginner 👶
Rate for accuracy
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Verse 1: G C G As I went down through Galway town to seek for recreation Em C D G On the twenty-fifth of August me mind was elevated G D There were multitudes assembled Em G With their tickets at the station G C My eyes began to dazzle D G And they going to see the race Chorus: G D With me whack, fol-the-doo, Em D Fol-the-diddly-idle-day G With me whack, fol-the- Em D Em diddly-idle-day
Verse 2: G C G There were multitudes from Arran and the clever lads from Clifton Em C D G The boys from Connemara and the Clare unmarried maidens G D There were people from Cork city Em G Who were loyal, true and faithful G C And brought home Fenian prisoners D G From dying in foreign nations Chorus: G D With me whack, fol-the-doo, Em D Fol-the-diddly-idle-day G With me whack, fol-the- Em D Em diddly-idle-day Verse 3: G C G The tents are in rotation in the middle of the course Em C D G With the best accommodation that the world it can produce G D And the landlady inside Em G With her bottle and her water G C She multiplying the whiskey D G Lest the boozer should run short Chorus: G D With me whack, fol-the-doo, Em D Fol-the-diddly-idle-day G With me whack, fol-the- Em D Em diddly-idle-day Verse 4: G C G It’s there you’ll see the strong men and the firing at the hoop Em C D G And the men with the long garters that they call the trick of the loop G D And the thimble men so nimble Em G With their fingers full of sparkle G C The splendid wheel of fortune D G With the four and twenty quarters Chorus: G D With me whack, fol-the-doo, Em D Fol-the-diddly-idle-day G With me whack, fol-the- Em D Em diddly-idle-day Verse 5: G C G It’s there you’ll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing Em C D G The nimble-footed dancers, they tripping on the daisies G D They call for whiskey freely Em G And they pays before they go G C And they tickle the girls among the crowd D G And their fathers never know Chorus: G D With me whack, fol-the-doo, Em D Fol-the-diddly-idle-day G With me whack, fol-the- Em D Em diddly-idle-day Verse 6: G C G There was half a million people there of all denominations Em C D G The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew and the Presbyterian G D There was yet no animosity Em G No matter what persuasion G C But felt and hospitality D G Inducing fresh acquaintance Chorus: G D With me whack, fol-the-doo, Em D Fol-the-diddly-idle-day G With me whack, fol-the- Em D Em diddly-idle-day G D With me whack, fol-the-doo, Em D Fol-the-diddly-idle-day G With me whack, fol-the- Em D Em diddly-idle-day
The Galway Races Chords Info
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Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Chords: G, C, Em, D