{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1040988,"song":"Star Of The County Down","artist":"Van Morrison","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1040988-star-of-the-county-down-chords-by-van-morrison/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1040988?type=chord","rating":4.72384,"votes":582,"content":"The Star Of The County Down\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn Banbridge Town in the County Down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne morning last July,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom a boreen green came a sweet colleen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd she smiled as she passed me by.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe looked so sweet from her two bare feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the sheen of her nut brown hair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSuch a coaxing elf, sure I shook my self[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor to see I was really there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Galway to Dublin Town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown colleen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat I met in the County Down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I looked with a feelin' rare,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I says, says I, to a passer-by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Who's the maid with the nut brown hair?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe smiled at me and he says, says he,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"That's the gem of Ireland's crown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYoung Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe's the star of the County Down.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Galway to Dublin Town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown colleen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat I met in the County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the Harvest Fair she'll be surely there[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll dress in my Sunday clothes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor a smile from my nut brown rose.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill my plough turns rust coloured brown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill a smiling bride by my own fireside[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSits the star of the County Down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Galway to Dublin Town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown colleen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat I met in the County Down[/tab]","plain_text":"The Star Of The County Down\n\n[Intro]\n\nEm G D \nEm C D\nEm G D\nEm D Em\nG D \nEm C D\nEm G D \nEm D Em\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\nEm G D \nEm C D\nEm G D\nEm D Em\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","G","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}