Chords for Star of The County Down - Van Morrison and The Chieftans
Tempo:
90.8 bpm
Chords used:
Em
G
D
Bm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Bm]
[Em]
[D] [Em] [D]
[Em]
[G] Here in the county down one morning last [Bm] July.
From a [C] boring green came a sweet [Em] Colleen and she smiled as she passed me by.
[G] She looked so sweet [D] from her two bare [G] feet to the sheen of her [Bm] nut brown hair.
Such a [C] coaxing wealth sure as shook [Em] myself for to see I was really there.
[G] From Battery [D] Bay up to Derring [G] Cay and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No [G] maid I've seen like the brown [C] Colleen that I met in the [Em] county down.
[E]
As she [C] onwards sped sure as [G] scratched my head and I looked with a [Bm] feel of terror.
[Em] And I [G] set his eye to a passerby who's a [Em] maid with a nut brown hair.
He smiled at me and he says, says, see that's a jammer over [Bm] Ireland's crown.
[E] Young [C] Rosie McCann from the banks of the [Em] Banshee, the star of the county down.
[G] From Battery Bay up to Derring Cay and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No [C] maid I've seen like the fair [G] Colleen that I [Em] met in the county down.
[E] [D]
[Em]
At the harvest [G] first she'll be surely there and I'll dress in my [Bm] Sunday clothes.
[C] Put my shoe-shone [G] brile and my hot-cocked pride [B] for a smile from a nut brown [Em] rose.
No pipe or smoke, [F#] no horse I'll yoke, [Em] ever plough with first [Bm]-coloured brown.
[Em] Tell me smile and pride while I hold my side, this is the star of the county down.
From Battery [D] Bay up to Derring Cay [Em] and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No maid I've seen [G] like the brown Colleen [Em] that I met in the county down.
From Battery Bay [D] up to Derring Cay [G] and from Galway to [Bm] Dublin town.
[Em] No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in the county down.
From Battery Bay [Bm] up to Derring Cay [Em] and from Galway to Dublin [Bm] town.
[Em] No maid I've seen [D] like the brown Colleen [Em] that I met in the county down.
[Em]
[D] [Em] [D]
[Em]
[G] Here in the county down one morning last [Bm] July.
From a [C] boring green came a sweet [Em] Colleen and she smiled as she passed me by.
[G] She looked so sweet [D] from her two bare [G] feet to the sheen of her [Bm] nut brown hair.
Such a [C] coaxing wealth sure as shook [Em] myself for to see I was really there.
[G] From Battery [D] Bay up to Derring [G] Cay and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No [G] maid I've seen like the brown [C] Colleen that I met in the [Em] county down.
[E]
As she [C] onwards sped sure as [G] scratched my head and I looked with a [Bm] feel of terror.
[Em] And I [G] set his eye to a passerby who's a [Em] maid with a nut brown hair.
He smiled at me and he says, says, see that's a jammer over [Bm] Ireland's crown.
[E] Young [C] Rosie McCann from the banks of the [Em] Banshee, the star of the county down.
[G] From Battery Bay up to Derring Cay and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No [C] maid I've seen like the fair [G] Colleen that I [Em] met in the county down.
[E] [D]
[Em]
At the harvest [G] first she'll be surely there and I'll dress in my [Bm] Sunday clothes.
[C] Put my shoe-shone [G] brile and my hot-cocked pride [B] for a smile from a nut brown [Em] rose.
No pipe or smoke, [F#] no horse I'll yoke, [Em] ever plough with first [Bm]-coloured brown.
[Em] Tell me smile and pride while I hold my side, this is the star of the county down.
From Battery [D] Bay up to Derring Cay [Em] and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No maid I've seen [G] like the brown Colleen [Em] that I met in the county down.
From Battery Bay [D] up to Derring Cay [G] and from Galway to [Bm] Dublin town.
[Em] No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in the county down.
From Battery Bay [Bm] up to Derring Cay [Em] and from Galway to Dublin [Bm] town.
[Em] No maid I've seen [D] like the brown Colleen [Em] that I met in the county down.
Key:
Em
G
D
Bm
C
Em
G
D
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Here in the county down one morning last [Bm] July.
From a [C] boring green came a sweet [Em] Colleen and she smiled as she passed me by.
[G] She looked so sweet [D] from her two bare [G] feet to the sheen of her [Bm] nut brown hair.
Such a [C] coaxing wealth sure as shook [Em] myself for to see I was really there.
[G] From Battery [D] Bay up to Derring [G] Cay and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No [G] maid I've seen like the brown [C] Colleen that I met in the [Em] county down.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
As she [C] onwards sped sure as [G] scratched my head and I looked with a [Bm] feel of terror.
[Em] And I [G] set his eye to a passerby who's a [Em] maid with a nut brown hair.
He smiled at me and he says, says, see that's a jammer over [Bm] Ireland's crown.
[E] Young [C] Rosie McCann from the banks of the [Em] Banshee, the star of the county down.
[G] From Battery Bay up to Derring Cay and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No [C] maid I've seen like the fair [G] Colleen that I [Em] met in the county down.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ At the harvest [G] first she'll be surely there and I'll dress in my [Bm] Sunday clothes.
[C] Put my shoe-shone [G] brile and my hot-cocked pride [B] for a smile from a nut brown [Em] rose.
No pipe or smoke, [F#] no horse I'll yoke, [Em] ever plough with first [Bm]-coloured brown.
[Em] Tell me smile and pride while I hold my side, this is the star of the county down.
From Battery [D] Bay up to Derring Cay [Em] and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No maid I've seen [G] like the brown Colleen [Em] that I met in the county down.
From Battery Bay [D] up to Derring Cay [G] and from Galway to [Bm] Dublin town.
[Em] No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in the county down.
From Battery Bay [Bm] up to Derring Cay [Em] and from Galway to Dublin [Bm] town.
[Em] No maid I've seen [D] like the brown Colleen [Em] that I met in the county down. _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Here in the county down one morning last [Bm] July.
From a [C] boring green came a sweet [Em] Colleen and she smiled as she passed me by.
[G] She looked so sweet [D] from her two bare [G] feet to the sheen of her [Bm] nut brown hair.
Such a [C] coaxing wealth sure as shook [Em] myself for to see I was really there.
[G] From Battery [D] Bay up to Derring [G] Cay and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No [G] maid I've seen like the brown [C] Colleen that I met in the [Em] county down.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
As she [C] onwards sped sure as [G] scratched my head and I looked with a [Bm] feel of terror.
[Em] And I [G] set his eye to a passerby who's a [Em] maid with a nut brown hair.
He smiled at me and he says, says, see that's a jammer over [Bm] Ireland's crown.
[E] Young [C] Rosie McCann from the banks of the [Em] Banshee, the star of the county down.
[G] From Battery Bay up to Derring Cay and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No [C] maid I've seen like the fair [G] Colleen that I [Em] met in the county down.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ At the harvest [G] first she'll be surely there and I'll dress in my [Bm] Sunday clothes.
[C] Put my shoe-shone [G] brile and my hot-cocked pride [B] for a smile from a nut brown [Em] rose.
No pipe or smoke, [F#] no horse I'll yoke, [Em] ever plough with first [Bm]-coloured brown.
[Em] Tell me smile and pride while I hold my side, this is the star of the county down.
From Battery [D] Bay up to Derring Cay [Em] and from Galway to [D] Dublin town.
No maid I've seen [G] like the brown Colleen [Em] that I met in the county down.
From Battery Bay [D] up to Derring Cay [G] and from Galway to [Bm] Dublin town.
[Em] No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in the county down.
From Battery Bay [Bm] up to Derring Cay [Em] and from Galway to Dublin [Bm] town.
[Em] No maid I've seen [D] like the brown Colleen [Em] that I met in the county down. _ _ _