{"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":1086510,"song":"Galway Farmer","artist":"Show of Hands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11240668-galway-farmer-chords-by-show-of-hands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1086510?type=chord","rating":4.81007,"votes":22,"content":"[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI work my days on a Galway farm,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the sun and rain, wind and storm,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nBut once a year I'll chance my arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd cross the sea to England.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'll scrimp and save two thousand pounds,\r\nSpend a week in Cheltenham town,\r\nBut the racing over, always down,\r\nI come back poor from England\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI dreamt one night before I left,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nA coal-black mare with a white-star chest,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCrossed the line and beat the rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI came back rich to Galway.[/tab]\r\n \r\nI rose at dawn and drove all day,\r\nThinking, wondering all the way,\r\n\"Lady Luck, have you come to stay,\r\nOr steal away my morning.\"\r\n\r\nWhen I got to Cheltenham town,\r\nIrish faces all around,\r\nNo bed or mattress to be found,\r\nI slept on the hillside.\r\n\r\nSpent three days in the viewing ring,\r\nSaw the horses they let in,\r\nJust as I was giving in,\r\nI stood and stared in wonder.\r\n\r\nWith stamping hooves and steaming breath,\r\nA coal-black mare with a white star chest\r\nI ran my finger down the list\r\nMatched the name and the number\r\n\r\nLady Luck had come half-way\r\nThe horse's name was Galway Bay\r\nTwenty-to-one the odds that day\r\nI went to make my wager\r\n\r\nI counted out two thousand pounds\r\nHeld it high, slapped it down\r\nThe bookie smiled but made no sounds\r\nI knew what he was thinking\r\n\r\nThe biggest loser in the land\r\nA pounding heart, a shaking hand\r\nI made my way up to the stand\r\nThe horses came to order\r\n\r\nBut at the first she nearly fell\r\nI cursed my farmer's luck to hell\r\nThe second and third took quite well\r\nWay behind the leader\r\n\r\nThen moving sweetly from the back\r\nShe found her rails and caught the pack\r\nTen to go and from the track\r\nThe hooves were drumming thunder.\r\n\r\nShe's catching horses one by one\r\nBridle flashing in the sun\r\nA' hain to go, a mile to run\r\nTwo were up before her\r\n\r\nOn the straight down they sped\r\nLeft one at the last for dead\r\nCaught the next and by a head\r\nShe came home the winner\r\n\r\nSo I came back to my Galway farm\r\nA wiser and richer man\r\nNever again I'll chance my arm\r\nOr cross the sea to England\r\n\r\n'Cause Lady Luck was mine that day\r\nI held her close, I went my way\r\nNow I raise my glass to Galway Bay\r\nAnd the dream of a Galway farmer","plain_text":"I'll scrimp and save two thousand pounds,\nSpend a week in Cheltenham town,\nBut the racing over, always down,\nI come back poor from England\n\n\n\n\n \nI rose at dawn and drove all day,\nThinking, wondering all the way,\n\"Lady Luck, have you come to stay,\nOr steal away my morning.\"\n\nWhen I got to Cheltenham town,\nIrish faces all around,\nNo bed or mattress to be found,\nI slept on the hillside.\n\nSpent three days in the viewing ring,\nSaw the horses they let in,\nJust as I was giving in,\nI stood and stared in wonder.\n\nWith stamping hooves and steaming breath,\nA coal-black mare with a white star chest\nI ran my finger down the list\nMatched the name and the number\n\nLady Luck had come half-way\nThe horse's name was Galway Bay\nTwenty-to-one the odds that day\nI went to make my wager\n\nI counted out two thousand pounds\nHeld it high, slapped it down\nThe bookie smiled but made no sounds\nI knew what he was thinking\n\nThe biggest loser in the land\nA pounding heart, a shaking hand\nI made my way up to the stand\nThe horses came to order\n\nBut at the first she nearly fell\nI cursed my farmer's luck to hell\nThe second and third took quite well\nWay behind the leader\n\nThen moving sweetly from the back\nShe found her rails and caught the pack\nTen to go and from the track\nThe hooves were drumming thunder.\n\nShe's catching horses one by one\nBridle flashing in the sun\nA' hain to go, a mile to run\nTwo were up before her\n\nOn the straight down they sped\nLeft one at the last for dead\nCaught the next and by a head\nShe came home the winner\n\nSo I came back to my Galway farm\nA wiser and richer man\nNever again I'll chance my arm\nOr cross the sea to England\n\n'Cause Lady Luck was mine that day\nI held her close, I went my way\nNow I raise my glass to Galway Bay\nAnd the dream of a Galway farmer","chords":["Em","D","A","C","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}