Biography:
Johnny Logan (born Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, 13 May 1954), is an Irish singer and composer. Nicknamed by some "Mr Eurovision".
Logan was born in Frankston near Melbourne, Australia. His father was an Irish tenor, Patrick O'Hagan, who performed three times at The White House, for John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. The family moved back to Ireland when Johnny was aged three. He learned the guitar and began composing his own songs by the age of thirteen.
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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
Well, I took a stroll down the old Long Walk
C
On the day -I-ay-I-ay
G C
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
Em D G
On a grand soft day -I-ay-I-ay
[Chorus]
G G
And I ask you, friends, what's a fella to do
C Em D G
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
G G
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
C Em D G
Down the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl
[Instrumental]
G C G C Em D G D G
[Verse 2]
G
We were halfway there when the rain came down
C
On the day -I-ay-I-ay
G C
And she asked me up to her flat downtown
Em D G
On a grand soft day -I-ay-I-ay
[Chorus]
G G
And I ask you, friends, what's a fella to do
C Em D G
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
G G
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
C Em D G
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl
[Instrumental]
G C G C Em D G D G
C G D C Em D G D G
[Bridge]
G C
When I woke up I was all alone
C Em D G
With a broken heart and a ticket home
[Chorus]
G G
And I ask you friends, what would you do
C Em D G
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
G G
See I've travelled around, I've been all over this world
C Em D G
Boys, but I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl
[Outro]
G C G C Em D G D G x2
C G D C Em D G D G
G
[Verse 1]
G
Well, I took a stroll down the old Long Walk
C
On the day -I-ay-I-ay
G C
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
Em D G
On a grand soft day -I-ay-I-ay
[Chorus]
G G
And I ask you, friends, what's a fella to do
C Em D G
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
G G
And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl
C Em D G
Down the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl
[Instrumental]
G C G C Em D G D G
[Verse 2]
G
We were halfway there when the rain came down
C
On the day -I-ay-I-ay
G C
And she asked me up to her flat downtown
Em D G
On a grand soft day -I-ay-I-ay
[Chorus]
G G
And I ask you, friends, what's a fella to do
C Em D G
'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue
G G
So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl
C Em D G
And I lost my heart to a Galway girl
[Instrumental]
G C G C Em D G D G
C G D C Em D G D G
[Bridge]
G C
When I woke up I was all alone
C Em D G
With a broken heart and a ticket home
[Chorus]
G G
And I ask you friends, what would you do
C Em D G
If her hair was black and her eyes were blue
G G
See I've travelled around, I've been all over this world
C Em D G
Boys, but I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl
[Outro]
G C G C Em D G D G x2
C G D C Em D G D G
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