Christy Moore – Galtee Mountain Boy (Guitar)
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
first 3 verses written by Patsy O'Halloran of Clonmel, Co. Tipperary,
last verse added by Christy Moore
Album (self titled) Christy Moore; released 1976
Tempo: 104 bpm (for me anyway)
Tuning: I play this half step down
INTRO C G F C VERSES
C G F C C G C C
C C G Am F G C C
C C G Am F G C C
C G F C C G C C
(as the last line of last verse or after last verse repeat last line;
swap 2nd last C chord with F
and last bar of C single strum or root note... or just do your own thing)
chord repetition: first and last the same... 2 middle the same
Lyric variation: I like to sing: Fare "thee" well to Tipp...
timing stays the same as Fare Thee become two 1/8 notes instead of fare as a 1/4 note
VERSE 1
C G F C C G C C I joined the fly- ing col- umn in nine- teen six-teen C C G Am F G C C In Cork with Sean Moy- lan, in Tipperary with Dan Breen C C G Am F G C C A-rre- sted by free stat- ers and sen- tenced for to die C G F C C G C C Fare well to Tipp- er-ar- y said the Gal- tee moun- tain boy C G F C C G C C We went a-cross the vall- eys and o'er the hill- tops green C C G Am F G C C Where we met with Din- ny La- cey, Sean Ho- gan and Dan Breen C C G Am F G C C Sean Moy- lan and his gall- ant men they kept the flag flying high C G F C C G C C Fare well to Tipp- er-ar- y said the Gal- tee moun- tain boy C G F C C G C C We tracked the Dub- lin moun- tains we were rebels on the run C C G Am F G C C Though hun- ted night and mor- ning we were outlaws but free men C C G Am F G C C We tracked the Wick- low moun- tains as the sun was shin- ing high C G F C C G C C Fare well to Tipp- er-ar- y said the Gal- tee moun- tain boy C G F C C G C C I bid fare-well to old Clon-mel that I never more will see C C G Am F G C C And to the Gal- tee moun- tain that oft times shel- tered me C C G Am F G C C The men who fought for their li- ber-ty and who died with-out a sigh C G F C C G C C May their cause be ne'er for-go- tten said the Gal- tee moun- tain boy
here is a run of it in std tuning; Key of C
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