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
ignore the automatic chord diagrams, use what ive given here
Chords and picking pattern
xx3211 F 432123
x32010 C 543123
320033 G 643123 (note chord variation)
INTRO C G F C
VERSES
C G F C C G C C
C C G C F G C C
C C G C 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 C F G C C
In Cork with Sean Moy- lan, in Tipperary with Dan Breen
C C G C 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 C F G C C
Where we met with Din- ny La- cey, Sean Ho- gan and Dan Breen
C C G C 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 C F G C C
Though hun- ted night and mor- ning we were outlaws but free men
C C G C 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 C F G C C
And to the Gal- tee moun- tain that oft times shel- tered me
C C G C 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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