Star Of The County Down chords by The High Kings

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate

The High Kings
“Star of the County Down”

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Interlude:
G       D
Em      C       D
Em      G       D
Em      D       Em


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


Interlude:
Em      G       D
Em      C       D
Em      G       D
Em      D       Em
G       D
Em      C       D
Em      G       D
Em      D       Em


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


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


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


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


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