Star Of The County Down chords by Traditional

Star Of The County Down
I usually play this song with capo on 2nd fret.



    Am           C   G     C    Am  G
Near to Banbridge town, in the County Down, one morning in July
    Am         C     G     C       F   G Am
Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by
  C            Dm          C      Am    G
She looked so neat from her two white feet to the sheen of her nut-brown hair
    Am         C    G      Am     F  G  Am
Sure a coaxing elf, I'd to shake myself, to make sure I was really there

[Chorus]
   C        Dm         C     Am   G
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
  Am           C     G     Am   F  G Am
No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down



    Am         C    G     C      Am   G
As she onward sped, sure I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare
    Am        C   G       C       F  G   Am
And I said, says I to a passer-by, who's the maid with the nut-brown hair?
  C          Dm            C   Am    G
He smiled at me and with pride says he, that's the gem of Irelands crown
      Am          C      G        Am     F  G  Am
She's young Rosie McCann from the banks of the Bann, she's the star of the County Down



[Chorus]
   C        Dm         C     Am   G
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
  Am           C     G     Am   F  G Am
No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down



    Am          C    G     C       Am   G
She'd a soft brown eye and a look so sly and a smile like the rose in June
    Am           C     G       C     F G  Am
And you held each note from her lily-white throat, as she lilted an Irish tune
    C         Dm          C         Am   G
At the pattern dance you were in trance as she tripped through a jig or reel
     Am             C     G      Am       F  G  Am
When her eyes she'd roll, she would lift your soul as your heart she would likely steal



[Chorus]
   C        Dm         C     Am   G
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
  Am           C     G     Am   F  G Am
No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down



    Am           C   G       C    Am   G
At the harvest fair she'll be surely there and I'll dress my Sunday clothes
    Am            C     G      C       F  G   Am
With my shoes shon bright and my hat cocked right for a smile from the nut-brown Rose
  C        Dm           C        Am    G
No pipe I smoke, no horse I'll yoke, let my plough with the rust turn brown
    Am          C  G      Am     F  G  Am
Till a smiling bride by my fireside sits the star of the County Down



[Chorus x2]
   C        Dm         C     Am   G
From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town
  Am           C     G     Am   F  G Am
No maid I've seen like the brown Colleen that I met in County Down