Try these chords and tell me what you think. I also changed the direction of the song to the way I first heard it by Patrick O'Flaherty in New Orleans.
E.M.
THE GALWAY ROVER
I'(G)ve the face of a stranger , with the smi(C)le of a ro(G)ver
I'(G)ll take a glass at down Kin(Emin)varna, and a ju(C)g at
Ou(D)ghtera(G)rd
Do(G)wn the great donkey ro(Em)ads to the hi(C)lls of Conn(G)emara
To my dark Spa(D)nish la(C)dy lo(G)ve in fa(D)ir Gal(C)way to(G)wn
Whe(G)re Ginny sh(D)e's my l(G)ove, She's me jo(D)y, she's me dar(G)
ling
Gi(C)nny leaves me wan(G)der to the en(Em)ds of the wo(D)rld
Gin(G)ny brin(D)gs me lo(G)ve, gives me ho(D)pe, and sets me drea(G)ming
And when the lea(C)ves are tur(G)ning,
In her a(Em)rms I'll settle do(D)wn in Galway to(G)wn