Galway chords by Suzanne Vega

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

Intro:

G  Am  C  D
G  Am  C  D


Verse 1:
G         Am              C             D
I want to take you to the west coast of Ireland
   G         Am          C             D
To Galway to play in the spray and the sea
Em                           A
I've dreamed about you, yes, that's what he told me
   G            Am          C                G
He said, I will take you if you'll come with me

Interlude:
Am  C  D  G  Am  C  D


Verse 2:
  G             Am           C           D
I laughed and I said now you wait just a minute
        G        Am        C             D
There's somebody else I am fighting with now
Em                      A
I've seen my future and you aren't in it
    G            Am         D           G
But I'll let you know if it changes somehow


Interlude:
Am  C  D


Chorus:
F                    C           G
We know the winds of time hold a mystery
F                         C           G
Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?
F            C                       G
We look back on it and see that it's history
D
Now


Verse 3:
  G             Am       C        D
A couple months later, I saw him again
       G          Am          C        D
He was across the room at thе bar in a crowd
Em                   A
I said hello, and he said without warning
     G           Am         G             Am
I'll take you to Galway, hе said this out loud


Interlude:
Am  C  D


Chorus:
F                    C           G
We know the winds of time hold a mystery
F                         C           G
Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?
F            C                       G
We look back on it and see that it's history
D
Now


Verse 4:
A        Bm           D            E
Somebody else took up my hand that night
   A              Bm               D           E
He said, he's too young, as though he had that right
F#m               G
So Mr. Galway, he faded from view
Bm                A                    D
And the other man took up the game for two


Interlude:
G  Am  D  G  Am  C  D


Verse 5:
G            Am     C               D
Months after that, across the whole country
     G     Am        C             D
In a hotel hallway I went for some ice
Em                  A
I saw a man and his face was familiar
G           Am         D         G
My eyes met his, and I stared at him twice


Interlude:
Am  C  D  G  Am  C  D


Verse 6:
  G          Am          C           D
I said is it you? And he said, it is me
   G         Am      C              D
He said I am asking again if you're free
     Em                         A
Well you won't believe this but I'm to be wed
       Em               A
I said I'm so sorry not to share your bed
Em                          A
So I can't join you for the spray and the sea
        G          Am           D       G
And the romance of Galway still waiting for me


Interlude:
Am  C  D


Chorus:
F                    C           G
We know the winds of time hold a mystery
F                         C           G
Who knows the workings of fate and of destiny?
F            C                       G
We look back on it and see that it's history
D
Now


Verse 7:
G          Am           C           D
I tease my daughter and sometimes I say
     G                   Am                  D
Your dad could have been Irish but he's not, anyway
Em                       A
Sometimes at night in my dreams I do hear
    Em                    A
The gray and the spray of Galway so near
        Em
And the roar of the sea
        A
And the things that could be
G          Am          D                G
And I will take you if you'll come with me
           Am          D                G
Yes I will take you if you'll come with me


Outro:
Am  D  G