Galveston    (video)    (midi)

 

    D - G - D - G-A

 

      D                     G  A  D                             D7              G        - Em

1. Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin',

              D                           G          - Em

    I still see her dark eyes glowin',

                              Bm         Em       A       D      - G-A

    she was twenty-one when I left Galveston.

 

      D                     G  A  D                             D7               G         - Em

2. Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing,

                 D                            G          - Em

    while I watch the cannons flashing

                      Bm          Em          A       D      - G-A

    I clean my gun and dream of Galveston.

 

F                                      G         F        

    I still see her standing by the water,

G - Am                                               F

            standing there lookin' out to sea.

                       Dm        G         C

    And is she waiting here for me,

                Em                                 Dm       - G-A

    on the beach where we used to run ?

 

      D                     G  A  D                    D7        G        - Em

3. Galveston, oh Galveston, I am so afraid of dying,

                  D                             G          - Em

    before I dry the tears she's crying,

                  Bm                             G      A       Em

    before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun

                    B    - G                  D    ~

    at Galveston,        at Galveston.

 

+ repeat verse 1 as instrumental (2x) ….

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 5th)    (Glen Campbell)