Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran

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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Chords]
Em:    022000
G:     320033
D:     xx0232
Cadd9: x32033
C:     x32010
Am7:   x02010

Note:
There are some differences between this tab and the ones who are already have been published. The Cadd9
is only played occasionally, most of time (verses) it should be just a normal C chord. Also an Am7 has been
added in the verse. Half way the verses there is a break on the D that should be followed by a G chord.

[Intro Chorus]
            
She played the

        
 fiddle in an 

Irish band
             
But she fell i

       
n love with an

 English man
         
Kissed her on 

             
the neck and t

hen I took her

 by the hand
     
Said baby I ju

st want to dan

ce

[Verse 1]
             
I met her on G

             
rafton street 


right outside 

of the bar
             
She shared a c

              
igarette with 

         
me while her b

rother played 

the guitar
             
She asked me w

             
hat does it me

       
an the Gaelic 

ink on your ar

m?
             
Said it was on

              
e of my friend

              
’s songs do yo

              
u want to drin

     
k on?

            
She took Jamie

         
 as a chaser, 

Jack for the f

un
             
She got Arthur

              
 on the table,

 
 with Johnny r

iding a shotgu

n
           
Chatted some m

     
ore, one more 

drink at the b

ar
         
Then put Van o

n the jukebox,

 got up to dan

ce, you know

[Chorus 1]
             
She played the

        
 fiddle in an 

Irish band
             
But she fell i

       
n love with an

 English man
             
Kissed her on 

             
the neck and t

hen I took her

 by the hand
     
Said baby I ju

st want to dan

ce
              
With my pretty

         
 little Galway

          
 Girl
              
You’re my pret

          
ty little Galw

           
ay Girl

[Verse 2]
             
You know she b

             
eat me at dart

      
s and then she

 beat me at po

ol
             
And then she k

              
issed me like 

            
there was nobo

dy else in the

 room
            
As last orders

              
 were called w

   
as when she st

ood on the sto

ol
             
After dancing 

              
to Ceili singi

              
ng to trad tun

  
es

            
I never heard 

              
Carrickfergus 


ever sung so s

weet
             
A cappella in 

          
the bar using 

her feet for t

he beat
            
Oh, I could ha

             
ve that voice 

        
playing on rep

eat for a week
            
And in this pa

cked out room 

swear she was 

singing to me,

 you know

[Chorus 2]
             
She played the

        
 fiddle in an 

Irish band
             
But she fell i

       
n love with an

 English man
             
Kissed her on 

             
the neck and t

hen I took her

 by the hand
     
Said baby I ju

st want to dan

ce

              
With my pretty

         
 little Galway

 
 Girl
           
 My, my, my, m

              
y, my, my, my 

 
Galway Girl
           
 My, my, my, m

              
y, my, my, my 

 
Galway Girl
           
 My, my, my, m

              
y, my, my, my 

       
Galway Girl

[Verse 3]
            
Now we’ve outs

              
tayed our welc

    
ome and it’s c

losing time
             
I was holding 

              
her hand, her 


hand was holdi

ng mine
            
Our coats both

          
 smell of smok

e, whisky and 

wine
      
As we fill up 

our lungs with

 the cold air 

of the night

            
I walked her h

    
ome then she t

ook me inside
             
Finish some Do

           
ritos and anot

her bottle of 

wine
            
I swear I’m go

              
ing to put you

 
 in a song tha

t I write
        
About a Galway

 Girl and a pe

rfect night

[Chorus 3]
            
She played the

        
 fiddle in an 

Irish band
             
But she fell i

       
n love with an

 English man
             
Kissed her on 

             
the neck and t

hen I took her

 by the hand
     
Said baby I ju

st want to dan

ce

              
With my pretty

         
 little Galway

 
 Girl
           
 My, my, my, m

              
y, my, my, my 

 
Galway Girl
           
 My, my, my, m

              
y, my, my, my 

 
Galway Girl
           
 My, my, my, m

              
y, my, my, my 

       
Galway Girl

[Outro]
(Play the chords with ad libs in celtic style)