Galway Bay
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
G D
If you ever go across the sea to Ireland,
D D7 G
Then maybe at the closing of your day,
G G7 C
You could sit and watch the moon rise over Claddagh
D D7 G
And see the sun go down on Galway Bay.
G D
Just to hear again the ripple of a trout stream,
D D7 G
The women in the meadow making hay.
G G7 C
Just to sit beside a turf-fire in the cabin,
D D7 G
And to watch the barefoot gossoons at their play.
G D
For the breezes blowing o’er the seas from Ireland
D D7 G
Are perfumed by the heather as they blow
G G7 C
And the women in the uplands diggin’ praties
D D7 G
Speak a language that the strangers do not know
G D
For the strangers came and tried to teach us their way,
D D7 G
They scorn’d us just for being what we are,
G G7 C
But they might as well go chasing after moonbeams,
D D7 G
Or light a penny candle from a star.
G D
And if there's going to be a life hereafter,
D D7 G
And somehow I'm sure there's going to be,
G G7 C
I would ask my God to let me make my heaven,
D D7 G
In that dear land across the Irish sea.
How to play Galway Bay
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.