{"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":1768845,"song":"Star Of The County Down","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11385690-star-of-the-county-down-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1768845?type=chord","rating":4.89214,"votes":161,"content":"Star Of The County Down\r\nI usually play this song with capo on 2nd fret.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNear to Banbridge town, in the County Down, one morning in July[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe looked so neat from her two white feet to the sheen of her nut-brown hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSure a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself, to make sure I was really there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs she onward sped, sure I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I said, says I to a passer-by, who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe smiled at me and with pride says he, that's the gem of Irelands crown[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe's young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, she's the star of the County Down [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like the rose in June[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you held each note from her lily-white throat, as she lilted an Irish tune[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the pattern dance you were in trance as she tripped through a jig or reel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen her eyes she'd roll, she would lift your soul as your heart she would likely steal[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the harvest fair she'll be surely there and I'll dress my Sunday clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith my shoes shon bright and my hat cocked right for a smile from the nut-brown Rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo pipe I smoke, no horse I'll yoke, let my plough with the rust turn brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill a smiling bride  by my fireside sits the star of the County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] x2\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down[/tab]","plain_text":"Star Of The County Down\nI usually play this song with capo on 2nd fret.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] x2","chords":["Am","C","G","F","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}