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number = left hand finger   X = string not played   O = play open string   thin string chord grid right

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Am X_O_ _ _ _O |_|_|_|_1_| |_|_2_3_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

Dm X_X_O_ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_1 |_|_|_2_|_| |_|_|_|_3_|

Bb X_ _ _ _ _ 1_1_1_1_1_1 |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_2_3_4_|

C X_ _ _O_ _O |_|_|_|_1_| |_|_2_|_|_| |_3_|_|_|_|

[ F ] At Oranmore in the County [ Am ] Galway, One pleasant [ Dm ] evening in the month of [ Bb ] May. [ C ] I spied a [ F ] Damsel she was young and [ Am ] handsome, Her beauty [ Dm ] fairly [ Bb ] took my [ C ] breath a [ F ] way. Chorus: [ F ] She wore no jewels nor costly [ Am ] diamonds, No paint or [ Dm ] powder no none at [ Bb ] all. [ C ] But she wore a [ F ] bonnet with a ribbon [ Am ] on it, And round her [ Dm ] shoulder [ Bb ] was a [ C ] Galway [ F ] shawl.

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As we kept on walking she kept on talking, 'til her father's cottage came into view.
Said she come in sir and meet my father, and for to please him play The Foggy Dew.

I played The Blackbird and The Stack Of Barley, Rodney's Glory and The Foggy Dew.
She sang each note like an Irish linnet, whilst the tears stood in her eyes of blue. Chorus:

'Twas early early in the morning, I hit the road for old Donegal.
Said she goodbye sir as she cried, and my heart remained with that Galway shawl. Chorus: