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Star of the County Down
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Intro: [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am]

Verse 1:
In [Am] Banbridge Town in the [C] County [G] Down 
One [Am] morning [F] last [G] July,
Down a [Am] boreen green came a [C] sweet [G] colleen 
And she [Am] smiled as she [G] passed me [Am] by. 
She [C] looked so sweet from her [G] two bare feet
To the [Am] sheen of her [F] nut brown [G] hair. 
Such a [Am] coaxing elf, sure I [C] shook my [G] self 
To make [Am] sure I was [G] really [Am] there.

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Verse 2:
As she [Am] onward sped, sure I [C] shook my [G] head, 
And I [Am] gazed with a [F] feelin' [G] rare,
And I [Am] says, says I, to a [C] passer [G]-by,
"Who's the [Am] maid with the [G] nut brown [Am] hair?" 
He [C] smiled at me and he [G] says, says he,
"That's the [Am] gem of old [F] Ireland's [G] crown.
That's [Am] Rosie McCann from the [C] banks of the [G] Bann, 
She's the [Am] star of the [G] County [Am] Down."

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Verse 3:
At the [Am] Harvest Fair she'll be [C] surely [G] there
So I'll [Am] dress in my [F] Sunday [G] clothes,
With my [Am] shoes shone bright and my [C] hat cocked [G] right 
For a [Am] smile from my [G] nut brown [Am] rose.
No [C] pipe I'll smoke, no [G] horse I'll yoke
Till my [Am] plough is a [F] rust coloured [G] brown.
Till a [Am] smiling bride by my [C] own fire [G] side
Sits the [Am] star of the [G] County [Am] Down.

Outro:
No [Am] maid I've seen like the [C] sweet [G - Tremolo] colleeeeeen 
{blue}(SLOWER){/blue} That I [Am*] met in the [G*] County [Am*] Down

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