Star Of The County Down chords by The High Kings

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Intermediate

The High Kings
“Star of the County Down”

Verse 1:
   E minorEm           G+G   D MajorD
Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
  E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
One evening last July
    E minorEm          G+G    D MajorD
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
    E minorEm       D MajorD    E minorEm
And she smiled as she passed me by
   G+G          D MajorD
She looked so neat in her two bare feet
    E minorEm      C majorC     D MajorD
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
    E minorEm          G+G    D MajorD
Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
     E minorEm     D MajorD    E minorEm
To make sure I was standing there

Chorus:
   G+G         D MajorD
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
   E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
From Galway to Dublin town
  E minorEm           G+G    D MajorD
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
That I met in the County Down


Verse 2:
    E minorEm      G+G    D MajorD
As she onward sped I shook me head
   E minorEm      C majorC    D MajorD
And I gazed with a feeling queer
   E minorEm         G+G  D MajorD
And I said, says I, to a passerby
      E minorEm      D MajorD    E minorEm
"Who's your one with the nut-brown hair?"
  G+G           D MajorD
He smiled at me, and with pride says he:
      E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD
"She's the gem of old Ireland's crown
   E minorEm           G+G      D MajorD
Young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann
    E minorEm      D MajorD   E minorEm
And the star of the County Down"

Chorus:
   G+G         D MajorD
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
   E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
From Galway to Dublin town
  E minorEm           G+G    D MajorD
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
That I met in the County Down


Verse 3:
    E minorEm          G+G    D MajorD
She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly
   E minorEm       C majorC    D MajorD
And a smile like the rose in June
    E minorEm           G+G   D MajorD
And you held each note in her auburn throat
    E minorEm    D MajorD   E minorEm
As she lilted lamenting tunes
    G+G           D MajorD
At the pattern dance you'd be in a trance
    E minorEm        C majorC    D MajorD
As she skipped through a jig or a reel
     E minorEm             G+G     D MajorD
When her eyes, she'd roll, as she'd lift your soul
     E minorEm        D MajorD   E minorEm
And your heart, she would likely steal


Chorus:
   G+G         D MajorD
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
   E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
From Galway to Dublin town
  E minorEm           G+G    D MajorD
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
That I met in the County Down


Verse 4:
    E minorEm           G+G   D MajorD
At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
     E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
And I'll dress my Sunday clothes
    E minorEm            G+G      D MajorD
With my hat cocked right and my shoes shone bright
    E minorEm       D MajorD    E minorEm
For a smile from the nut-brown Rose
  G+G          D MajorD
No horse I'll yoke, or pipe I smoke
     E minorEm     C majorC     D MajorD
'Til the rust in my plough turn brown
    E minorEm         G+G    D MajorD
And a smiling bride by my own fireside
     E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
Sits the star of the County Down


Chorus:
   G+G         D MajorD
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
   E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
From Galway to Dublin town
  E minorEm           G+G    D MajorD
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
That I met in the County Down


Interlude:
G+G    D MajorD
E minorEm   C majorC    D MajorD
E minorEm   G+G    D MajorD
E minorEm   D MajorD    E minorEm


Verse 5:
    E minorEm          G+G    D MajorD
She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly
   E minorEm       C majorC    D MajorD
And a smile like the rose in June
    E minorEm           G+G   D MajorD
And you held each note in her auburn throat
    E minorEm    D MajorD   E minorEm
As she lilted lamenting tunes
    G+G           D MajorD
At the pattern dance you'd be in a trance
    E minorEm        C majorC    D MajorD
As she skipped through a jig or a reel
     E minorEm             G+G     D MajorD
When her eyes, she'd roll, as she'd lift your soul
     E minorEm        D MajorD   E minorEm
And your heart, she would likely steal


Interlude:
E minorEm   G+G    D MajorD
E minorEm   C majorC    D MajorD
E minorEm   G+G    D MajorD
E minorEm   D MajorD    E minorEm
G+G    D MajorD
E minorEm   C majorC    D MajorD
E minorEm   G+G    D MajorD
E minorEm   D MajorD    E minorEm


Chorus:
   G+G         D MajorD
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
   E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
From Galway to Dublin town
  E minorEm           G+G    D MajorD
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
That I met in the County Down


Verse 6:
   E minorEm           G+G   D MajorD
Near Banbridge town, in the County Down
  E minorEm    C majorC   D MajorD
One evening last July
    E minorEm          G+G    D MajorD
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
    E minorEm       D MajorD    E minorEm
And she smiled as she passed me by
   G+G          D MajorD
She looked so neat in her two bare feet
    E minorEm      C majorC     D MajorD
To the sheen of her nut-brown hair
    E minorEm          G+G    D MajorD
Such a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself
     E minorEm     D MajorD    E minorEm
To make sure I was standing there


Chorus:
    G+G        D MajorD
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
   E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD
From Galway to Dublin town
  E minorEm            G+G    D MajorD
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
That I met in the County Down


Chorus:
    G+G        D MajorD
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
   E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD
From Galway to Dublin town
  E minorEm            G+G    D MajorD
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
That I met in the County Down


Chorus:
    G+G        D MajorD
From Bantry Bay down to Derry Quay
   E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD
From Galway to Dublin town
  E minorEm            G+G    D MajorD
No maid I've seen like the fair cailín
    E minorEm     D MajorD   E minorEm
That I met in the County Down