The Songs of Danny Galway
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The Songs of Danny Galway - Prefab Sprout
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Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
The Songs of Danny Galway (2013)
(McAloon)
From: "Crimson/Red"
Interesting chords and voicings, open chords and complex textures. Here?s
my reading of this beautiful song.
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CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS
There are different ways of playing this chord I call ?Fsus2/A?. I think I
hear different voicings in verse and chorus (as pointed out below). But it
is of course not necessary to play these variations, I just think it sounds
nice. You may as well just take the first voicing and use it throughout the
song. One can even use it to substitute the ?Fmaj7(add9)? in the chorus.
They?re all really close.
ch [E-A-D-G-B-E
Fsus2/A/ch] x-0-3-0-1-3 (INTRO)
ch /ch
Fsus2/A x-0-3-5-6-3 (VERSE)
Dm7 0-x-0-2-1-1
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
Fmaj7(add9) 1-x-2-2-1(3)
G7sus4 3-x-0-0-1-1
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Capo 4th fret
INTRO
ch /ch
| C Cmaj7| Fadd9/A | Dm7 | Gsus4 G |
ch /ch
| C Cmaj7| Fadd9/A | Dm7 | Gsus4 G |
ch /ch
C Cmaj7 Fsus2/A
I met him in a Dublin bar
Dm7 GsGs4
The sorcerer from Wichita
ch /ch
C Cmaj7 Fsus2/A
A wizard and his baby grand
Dm7 GsusG
A range of powers at his command
Am Fmaj7
He summoned ghosts of lovers sleeping
Fmaj7 Dm7
Soldiers dying far from home
C Cmaj7
Like a stone into a well
Fmaj7(add9)
I fell beneath their spell
C
Dm7 Gsus4
The songs of Danny Galway
C Cmaj7
Like a stone into a well
Fmaj7(add9)
I fell beneath their spell
C
Dm7 Gsus4
The songs of Danny Galway
ch /ch
| C Cmaj7| Fadd9/A | Dm7 | Gsus4 G |
ch /ch
| C Cmaj7| Fadd9/A | Dm7 | Gsus4 G |
ch /ch
C Cmaj7 Fsus2/A
In words he paints a vivid scene
Dm7 GsusG
Of places you may not have been
ch /ch
C Cmaj7 Fsus2/A
Yet listen and you're moved to swear
Dm7 Gsus4G
I know that house, I've climbed that stair
Am Fmaj7
I've shared those overwhelming feelings
Fmaj7 Dm7
I've suffered loss, I've known such joy
C Cmaj7
Emotions we all know
Fmaj7(add9)
Are burnished till they glow
C
Dm7 Gsus4
In the songs of Danny Galway
C Cmaj7
Emotions we all know
Fmaj7(add9)
Are burnished till they glow
C
Dm7 Gsus4
In the songs of Danny Galway
ch /ch
| C Cmaj7| Fadd9/A | Dm7 | Gsus4 G |
ch /ch
| C Cmaj7| Fadd9/A | Dm7 | Gsus4 G |
| G7sus4 | % | % | % |
ch /ch
C Cmaj7 Fsus2/A
His melodies inspire whims
Dm7 Gsus4G
His chord changes like Baptist hymns
ch /ch
C Cmaj7 Fsus2/A
They lift your spirit till its soars
Dm7 Gsus4G
Till you forget that spirit's yours
Am Fmaj7
Sound and word in sweet communion
Fmaj7 Dm7
Echoes of a better world
C Cmaj7
Where chivalry's not dead,
Fmaj7(add9)
We?ll look for it instead
C
Dm7 Gsus4
In the songs of Danny Galway
C Cmaj7
Where chivalry's not dead,
Fmaj7(add9)
We?ll look for it instead
C
Dm7 Gsus4
In the songs of Danny Galway
C Cmaj7
Something well and pure
Fmaj7(add9)
Forever will endure
C
Dm7 Gsus4
In the songs of Danny Galway
ch /ch
| C Cmaj7| Fadd9/A | Dm7 | Gsus4 G |
ch /ch
| C Cmaj7| Fadd9/A | Dm7 | Gsus4 G |
| G7sus4 | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)