{"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":957618,"song":"Star Of The County Down","artist":"Orthodox Celts","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11617872-star-of-the-county-down-chords-by-orthodox-celts/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/957618?type=chord","rating":4.47477,"votes":38,"content":"Star Of The County Down\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNear Banbridge town, in the County Down, one morning last July[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe looked so sweet from her two bare feet from the sheen of her nut-brown hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSuch a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself, for to see I was really there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs she onward sped, sure I scratched my head, and I looked with a feelin' rare[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I says, says I to a passer by, who's the maid with the nut brown hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe smiled at me and he says, says he, that's the gem of the Ireland's crown[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYoung Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, she's the star of the County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the harvest fair she'll be surely there so I'll dress in my Sunday clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right, for the smile of a nut brown rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke, till my plough turns a rust coloured brown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside sits the star of the County Down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo maid I've seen like the brown colleen that I met in the County Down[/tab]","plain_text":"Star Of The County Down\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","G","D","C","Am"],"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]},"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]}}}