Chords for Galway Farmer - Show of Hands

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I work my days on a Galway farm, in the sun and rain, wind and storm.
But once a year I'll chance my arm and cross the sea to England. _
_ I'll scrimp and save two thousand pounds, spend the week in Cheltenham town.
But the racing over, always down, I come back poor from England. _
_ _ [Bm] I dreamed one night before I left, [G] a cold black mare with a white star chest.
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Crossed the line and beat the [F#m] rest, I came and [Bm] reached a Galway.
I rose at dawn and drove all day, [D] [G] thinking, wondering all the [A] way.
Lady luck if you come to stay, [F#m] or steal [E] away my money.
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[Em] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ [Bm] When I got to Cheltenham [D] town, [A] Irish faces all [Bm] around, no bed or mattress to be found.
[A] I slept [E] on the [D] hillside, [Bm] spent three days at the viewing [A] ring.
Saw the horses they led [Bm] in, just when I was giving in.
[A] I stood and stared in [E] wonder, _ [Bm] with stamped pinholes and steaming [G] press.
A cold black mare with a white star chest, [A] I ran my finger down the list,
[F#m] matched [D] her name [Bm] and the number.
_ Lady luck could come halfway, [G] the horse's name was Galway Bay.
[A] Twenty to one yards that [F#m] day, I went to [D] make [E] my way.
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[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ counted out two thousand [A] pounds, held it high, slapped it [Bm] down.
A cookie smiled but made no [A] sound.
I knew what he was [E] thinking, [D] [Bm] the biggest loser in the land.
[A] A pounding heart, shaking hand, I [Bm] made my way up to the stand.
[A] The horses came to [E] order. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ But at the first, she nearly fell.
[G] I cursed my farmer's luck to hell.
[A] The second and third took quite well, [F#m] way behind [Bm] the leaders. _
_ _ Then moving sweetly from the back, [G] she found the rails and caught the pack.
[A] Ten to go and from the track, the [F#m] hooves were drumming [E]
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_ _ _ [F#m] _ [Bm] She's _ _
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_ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ catching horses one by [G] one, riding flashy in the [A] sun.
Eight to go, a mile to [F#m] run, [Em] two were [Bm] up before her.
On the straight, down they sped, [G] left one at the last for dead.
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Caught the next hand by her head, [F#m] she came [A] home [E] no winner. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] So I came back to my Galway _
[B] farm, [A] a wiser and a richer _ man.
[Bm] _ _ Never again I'll chance my [A] arm, across the sea [E] to England.
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] Cause lady luck was mine that day, [G] I held it close, I went my way.
Now [A] I raise my glass to Galway Bay, [F#m] and the dream of a Galway [Em] farmer.
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