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The song references local places in Galway. Salthill is the city’s seaside area and is popular with tourists. The Salthill Prom, known locally as the Long Walk, is a 2km seafront promenade overlooking Galway Bay. It is here that the singer meets and begins his brief liaison with the Galway Girl.
Galway Girl
by Steve Earle
Intro: [D]
Well, I [D] took a stroll on the old long walk
On a [D] day-I- [A] ay-I-[G] ay
[D] I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
on a [D] grand soft [G] day-I- [D] ay
And I [G] ask you, [D] friend, what's a [G] fella to [D] do
'Cause her [Bm] hair was [A] black and her [G] eyes were [D] blue
And I [G] knew right [D] then I'd be [G] takin' a [D] whirl
'Round the [Bm] Salthill [A] Prom with a [G] Galway [D] girl
[D] [D] [D] [G]
[G] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D]
We were halfway there when the rain came down
On a day-I-ay-I-ay
And she took me up to her flat downtown
Of a grand soft day-I-ay-I-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl
[D] [D] [D] [G]
[G] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D]
[G] [A]
[G] [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [D]
When I woke up I was all alone
With a broken heart and a ticket home
And I ask you now, tell me what would you do
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
I've traveled around I've been all over this world
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl
Well, I [D] took a stroll on the old long walk
On a [D] day-I- [A] ay-I-[G] ay
[D] I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
on a [D] grand soft [G] day-I- [D] ay
And I [G] ask you, [D] friend, what's a [G] fella to [D] do
'Cause her [Bm] hair was [A] black and her [G] eyes were [D] blue
And I [G] knew right [D] then I'd be [G] takin' a [D] whirl
'Round the [Bm] Salthill [A] Prom with a [G] Galway [D] girl
[D] [D] [D] [G]
[G] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D]
We were halfway there when the rain came down
On a day-I-ay-I-ay
And she took me up to her flat downtown
Of a grand soft day-I-ay-I-ay
And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl
[D] [D] [D] [G]
[G] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D]
[G] [A]
[G] [D] [G] [Bm] [A] [D]
When I woke up I was all alone
With a broken heart and a ticket home
And I ask you now, tell me what would you do
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
I've traveled around I've been all over this world
Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl