WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The High Kings - Galway Races Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C G Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
C G Am
And with me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
[Verse 1]
C
As I rode down to Galway town to seek for recreation
Am G C
On the seventeenth of August me mind being elevated
Am G Am Em
There were multitudes assembled with their tickets at the station
C Am G Am
Me eyes began to dazzle and I'm goin' to see the races
[Chorus]
C G Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
[Verse 2]
C
There were passengers from Limerick and more from Tipperary
Am G C
Boys from Connemara and the Claire unmarried maidens
Am G Am Em
There were people from Cork city who were loyal, true and faithful;
C Am G Am
Who brought home the Fenian prisoners from dying in foreign nations
[Chorus]
C G Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
[Verse 3]
C
It's there you'll see the pipers and the fiddlers competing
Am G C
And the spotting Wheel of Fortune with the four and twenty quarters
Am G Am Em
There was others without scruple pelting wattles at poor Maggie
C Am G Am
And her father well-contented and he lookin' at his daughter
[Chorus]
C G Am
With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
[Verse 4]
C
It's there you'll see the jockeys and they're mounted out so stately
Am G C
The pink, the blue, the orange, and green, the emblem of our nation
Am G Am Em
When the bell was rung for starting, all the horses seemed impatient
C Am G Am
I thought they never stood on ground their speed was so amazing
[Chorus]
C G Am
With your whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
[Solo]
C Am G C Am G Am Em C Am G Am C G Am
[Verse 5]
C
There was half a million people there from all denominations
Am G C
The Catholic, the Protestant, the Jew, and Presbyterian
Am G Am Em
There was yet no animosity, no matter what persuasion
C Am G Am
But "failte" hospitality inducin' fresh acquaintance
[Chorus]
C G Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye
C G Am
With me whack-fa-la-do-for-the-diddle-ee-idle-eye