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Galveston

Glen Campbell
Version1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)Capofret 1
TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)Capofret 1 Download chord source (.txt)
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e|-----------/ -------------/
B|-----------/ -------------/
G|-----------/ --------------/ / - /
D|-----------/ -------------/
A|2-4-2------/ 2-4-2--------/
E|------4-2-0/ ------4-2-0--/
 Galveston, oh  Gal -  vest  on,
 -  -
  I still hear your sea winds blowin'
 -
  I still see her dark eyes glowin'
 She was  twenty -  one
 when  I left Galveston
 Galveston, oh  Gal -  vest  on,
 -  -
  I still hear your sea waves crashing
 -
  While I watch the cannons flashing
 I  clean my  gun
 and  dream of Galveston
 I still see her standing  by the  water
 Standing there lookin' out to  sea
 And is she  waiting  there for  me?
 On the  beach where we used to  run
 Galveston, oh  Gal -  vest  on,
 -  -
  I am so a - fraid of dying
   -
 Be - fore I dry the tears she’s crying
 Be -  fore I  watch your  sea birds  flying  in the
   (  - B7sus4i /
 sun At Galve - ston,
 at Galve -  ston.
 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
 -  -  -  -  -  -
 -  -  - ton  - /
start  fading
 -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
 -  -  -  -  -  -
 -  -  - ton  - /

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Readable chord sheet for Galveston by Glen Campbell

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

e|-----------/     -------------/
B|-----------/     -------------/
G|-----------/ [E]  --------------/ [E]    [A]/ - [B]/
D|-----------/     -------------/
A|2-4-2------/     2-4-2--------/
E|------4-2-0/     ------4-2-0--/

[E]   Galveston, oh  [A]  Gal -  [B]  vest  [E]  on,  [E]
[Emaj7]                     [E7]            [A]          [g#] - [F#m7] -
       I still hear your     sea winds    blowin'
[B]          [Emaj7]           [E7]            [A]           [g#] - [F#m7]
   I still         see her     dark eyes    glowin'
She was [B]    twenty -  [C#m]     one  [C#m]
when [A]    I left Galveston [B7sus4]               [E]                   [A]                        [B]

[E]   Galveston, oh  [A]   Gal -  [B]  vest [E]    on, [E]
[Emaj7]                     [E7]             [A]           [g#] - [F#m7] -
       I still hear your      sea waves    crashing
[B]            [Emaj7]            [E7]            [A]            [g#] - [F#m7]
   While I         watch the      cannons     flashing
I [B]    clean my  [C#m]     gun  [C#m]
and [A]   dream of Galveston   [B7sus4]                 [E]                     [A]                          [E]

[G]    I still see her standing  [A]  by the  [G]   water [A]
[Bm]    Standing there lookin' out to [G]   sea
And is she  [Em]    waiting   [A7]   there for  [Dmaj7]       me?
On the [F#m]      beach where we used to  [Em]    run  [A]       [B]

[E]   Galveston, oh   [A]  Gal -  [B]   vest   [E]  on,    [E]
[Emaj7]               [E7]            [A]        [g#] - [F#m7] -
       I am so a -      fraid of    dying
      [B]         [Emaj7]            [E7]               [A]          [g#] - [F#m7]
Be -    fore I         dry the      tears she’s     crying
Be - [B]   fore I [C#m]    watch your[B]    sea birds[A]    flying  [G#m]     in the   [F#m7]
     [F#m7]              [C#]        ([C#] - B7sus4i /
sun        At Galve -     ston,
at Galve -  [E]   ston.    [E]         [A]              [B]

[E] - [A] - [B] - [E] - [Emaj7] - [E7] - [A] - [g#] - [F#m7] -
[B] - [Emaj7] - [E7] - [A] - [g#] - [F#m7] -
[B] - [C#m] - [A] - ton [B7sus4] - /
[E]star[A]t fad[B]ing
[E] - [A] - [B] - [E] - [Emaj7] - [E7] - [A] - [g#] - [F#m7] -
[B] - [Emaj7] - [E7] - [A] - [g#] - [F#m7] -
[B] - [C#m] - [A] - ton [B7sus4] - /
[E]   [A]    [B]

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