This is a beautiful version of Steve Earle's "Galway Girl" by Stewart Lee. I love how he gives the song the tragic and sad mood it deserves - this is about a broken heart, after all. This song was played at the very end of his 2010 show "If You Prefer a Milder Comedian, Please Ask For One" with Nick Pynn on the violin. Do yourself a favour and buy that amazing DVD. You can find the song on that YouTube they have now, but experiencing the full performance is a must. Couple of things: Play the A like x02230, Light strums without hitting the e string (xx023x) in the verse sounds better to me, On the D chord, hammer the G string on the 2nd fret when it feels right, He does a run on the G chord sometimes, like ( E |--3--2--0-) but I'm not sure. Intro (with Violin): D-G-D-G-D A-G-A-D Bm-A-G-D A-G-A-G-D A-G-D

^DI took a stroll on the old long walk On a day^A -I-ay-I-^Gay ^GI met a little girl and we stopped to talk ^AOn a fine da^Gy -I-ay-^DI-ay And I'm^G asking you son,^D what wo^Guld you d^Do ^BmFor her hair was b^Alack and her e^Gyes were b^Dlue And I kne^Gw right t^Dhen I'd be tak^Gin' a w^Dhirl ^BmI lost my h^Aeart to a^G Galway ^DGirl

D-G-D-G-D A-G-A-D

^DWhen I woke up I was ^Aall ^Galone ^GWith a broken heart and a t^Aicket ho^Gme ^GAnd I'm asking you s^Don, wha^Gt'd you have do^Dne ^BmFor her hair was bl^Aack and her ey^Ges were b^Dlue ^GAnd I've been all o^Dver this big^G old wo^Drld ^BmAnd I ain't never seen not^Ahin' like a Gal^Gway G^Dirl

^GAnd I give it to you st^Draight ^GLike a cyder that's m^Dade ^BmFrom one hundred ^Apercent pea^Gr---s ^BmFrom one hundred ^Apercent pea^Grs ^BmFrom one hundred ^Apercent pea^Grs ^BmFrom one hundred p^Aercent pear^Gs

^BmIs there any disapo^Aintment in ^Gthere' ^BmIs your bread and butter sal^Ating with r^Gegrets' ^BmDo you ever get the fee^Aling you've been che^Gated... ^BmWell maybe Johnn^Ay just a ^Gbit

Well the Galway Girl by Steve Earle

Was my favorite son^Gg ^GBut they sold it off to a cy^Ader ad ^GAnd my memories went w^Drong ^GAnd I'm asking you ^Dson ^GWhat's an artist to^D do' ^BmFor the kind of ^Amoney they ^Gain' offering^D you! ^GAnd I drop the ne^Dedle ^GGive the record a w^Dhirl ^BmBut I just can't^A listen to the^G Galway G^Dirl A G (GGGGGGG!) And Iggy Pop wants to be Wants to be your dog! ^D

Misc. - Stewart lee - galway girl