{"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":1859620,"song":"Galway Races","artist":"Liam Clancy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11413755-galway-races-chords-by-liam-clancy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1859620?type=chord","rating":4.68891,"votes":8,"content":"Liam Clancy - Galway Races\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs I rode out to Galway Town to seek for recreation[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the seventeenth of August, me mind being elevated[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere was multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMe eyes began to dazzle and I going to see the races[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a wack fol de dil [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFol de diddly idle lay___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's there you'll see confectioners and sugar-sticks and dainties[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd lozenges and oranges and lemonade and raisins[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd gingerbread and spices to accommodate the ladies[/tab]\r\n          N.C.            \r\nAnd a big crúibin for thruppence to be pickin' while you're able\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a wack fol de dil [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFol de diddly idle lay___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd nimble footed dancers and they're tripping on the daisies[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd others crying \"Cigars and lights\" and bills for all the races[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith the colours of the jockeys and the price and horses ages[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith me wack fol de dil [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFol de diddly idle lay___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's there you'll see the jockeys and they mounted on so stably[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe blue, the pink, the red, the green, the emblem of our nation[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the bell was rung for starting, all the horses seemed impatient[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI thought they never stood on ground, their speed was so amazing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a wack fol de dil [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFol de diddly idle lay___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere was half a million people there of all denominations[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           N.C.              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew and Presbyterian[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere was yet no animosity, no matter what persuasion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut fortune, hospitality, inducing fresh acquaintance[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith me wack fol de dil [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFol de diddly idle lay___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAh, with me wack fol de dil [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFol de diddly idle lay____[/tab]","plain_text":"Liam Clancy - Galway Races\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n\n[INTRO:] D\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n          N.C.            \nAnd a big crúibin for thruppence to be pickin' while you're able\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]","chords":["D","F","Dm","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]},"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]}}}