Chords with lyrics
Star Of The County Down
I usually play this song with capo on 2nd fret.
A minorAm 
C majorC 
G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G
Near to Banbridge town, in the County Down, one morning in July
A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC 
FF G+G A minorAm
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by
C majorC 
DmDm C majorC A minorAm G+G
She looked so neat from her two white feet to the sheen of her nut-brown hair
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
Sure a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself, to make sure I was really there
[Chorus]
C majorC DmDm C majorC A minorAm G+G
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down
A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G
As she onward sped, sure I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare
A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G A minorAm
And I said, says I to a passer-by, who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?
C majorC DmDm C majorC A minorAm G+G
He smiled at me and with pride says he, that's the gem of Irelands crown
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
She's young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, she's the star of the County Down
[Chorus]
C majorC DmDm C majorC A minorAm G+G
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down
A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G
She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like the rose in June
A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G A minorAm
And you held each note from her lily-white throat, as she lilted an Irish tune
C majorC DmDm C majorC A minorAm G+G
At the pattern dance you were in trance as she tripped through a jig or reel
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
When her eyes she'd roll, she would lift your soul as your heart she would likely steal
[Chorus]
C majorC DmDm C majorC A minorAm G+G
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down
A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G
At the harvest fair she'll be surely there and I'll dress my Sunday clothes
A minorAm C majorC G+G C majorC FF G+G A minorAm
With my shoes shon bright and my hat cocked right for a smile from the nut-brown Rose
C majorC DmDm C majorC A minorAm G+G
No pipe I smoke, no horse I'll yoke, let my plough with the rust turn brown
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
Till a smiling bride by my fireside sits the star of the County Down
[Chorus x2]
C majorC DmDm C majorC A minorAm G+G
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down
