Galtee Mountain Boy Cifras

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
 
 
Time Signature 3/4
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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