The Songs of Danny Galway Lyrics

The Songs of Danny Galway - Prefab Sprout
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.
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 [-----
Fsus2/A/ch] x-0-3-0-1-3 (INTRO)
ch /ch
Fsus2/A x-0-3-5-6-3 (VERSE)
Fmaj7(add9) 1-x-2-2-1(3)
G7sus4 3-x-0-0-1-1
ch /ch
ch /ch
ch /ch
I met him in a Dublin bar
ss4
The sorcerer from Wichita
ch /ch
A wizard and his baby grand
A range of powers at his command
He summoned ghosts of lovers sleeping
Soldiers dying far from home
Like a stone into a well
(add9)
I fell beneath their spell
The songs of Danny Galway
Like a stone into a well
(add9)
I fell beneath their spell
The songs of Danny Galway
ch /ch
ch /ch
ch /ch
In words he paints a vivid scene
Of places you may not have been
ch /ch
Yet listen and you're moved to swear
I know that house, I've climbed that stair
I've shared those overwhelming feelings
I've suffered loss, I've known such joy
Emotions we all know
(add9)
Are burnished till they glow
In the songs of Danny Galway
Emotions we all know
(add9)
Are burnished till they glow
In the songs of Danny Galway
ch /ch
ch /ch
| G7sus4 | % | % | % |
ch /ch
His melodies inspire whims
His chord changes like Baptist hymns
ch /ch
They lift your spirit till its soars
Till you forget that spirit's yours
Sound and word in sweet communion
Echoes of a better world
Where chivalry's not dead,
(add9)
We'll look for it instead
In the songs of Danny Galway
Where chivalry's not dead,
(add9)
We'll look for it instead
In the songs of Danny Galway
Something well and pure
(add9)
Forever will endure
In the songs of Danny Galway
ch /ch
ch /ch
| G7sus4 | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)