Star Of The County Down chords by Fiddlers Green

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

The star of the County Down by Fiddlers Green


Verse 1:

     E minorEm    C majorC      G+G   D MajorD
Close to Banbridge town, in the County Down,
  E minorEm       D MajorD
one morning last July,
    E minorEm    C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
down a boreen green came a sweet colleen,
    E minorEm       C majorC   D MajorD E minorEm
and she smiled as she passed me by.

Verse 2:
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She looked so neat from her two bare feet,
    E minorEm           D MajorD
to the sheen of her nut brown hair.
    E minorEm   C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself,
    E minorEm     C majorC  D MajorD E minorEm
to make sure I was really there.

Chorus:
   G+G        D MajorD
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
     E minorEm        D MajorD
and from Galway to Dublin town,
  E minorEm     C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
no maid I've seen like the brown colleen,
    E minorEm     C majorC  D MajorD E minorEm
that I met in the County Down

Verse 3:
    E minorEm   C majorC       G+G      D MajorD
As she onward sped I sure I scratched my head,
   E minorEm         D MajorD
and I said with a feeling rare.
 E minorEm      C majorC   G+G   D MajorD
'A-y-e,' says I to a passer-by,
      E minorEm      C majorC  D MajorD   E minorEm
'Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?'

Verse 4:
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He smiled at me, and then says he,
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'She’s the gem of Ireland's crown,
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young Rosie McCann, from the banks of the Bann,
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she's the Star of the County Down.'

Chorus:
   G+G        D MajorD
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
     E minorEm        D MajorD
and from Galway to Dublin town,
  E minorEm     C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
no maid I've seen like the brown colleen,
    E minorEm     C majorC  D MajorD E minorEm
that I met in the County Down

Verse 5:
    E minorEm   C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
At the harvest fair I'll be surely there,
     E minorEm         D MajorD
and I'll dress in my Sunday clothes.
    E minorEm     C majorC       G+G   D MajorD
With my shoes shone bright and my head upright,
   E minorEm      C majorC  D MajorD   E minorEm
and a smile from my nut-brown Rose.

Verse 5:
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No pipe I smoke, no horse I yoke,
    E minorEm          D MajorD
let my plough with rust turn brown,
    E minorEm   C majorC      G+G    D MajorD
till a smiling bride by my own fireside,
     E minorEm     C majorC  D MajorD E minorEm
sits the star of the County Down.

Chorus:
   G+G        D MajorD
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
     E minorEm        D MajorD
and from Galway to Dublin town,
  E minorEm     C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
no maid I've seen like the brown colleen,
    E minorEm     C majorC  D MajorD E minorEm
that I met in the County Down

Chorus:
   G+G        D MajorD
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay,
     E minorEm        D MajorD
and from Galway to Dublin town,
  E minorEm     C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
no maid I've seen like the brown colleen,
    E minorEm     C majorC  D MajorD E minorEm
that I met in the County Down