Key: :[G#] (w: Davy Carton, Pearse Doherty, Leo Moran)

CHORUS:
[N.C.] We're the Joyce country ceili [G#] band
Playing away and we're doing [D#] grand
We're [C#] singing a song won't you give us a [G#] hand
cos we're the Joyce country [D#] ceili [G#] band

VERSE 1:
[G# open] Friday night, off we [G#] go
Tune the fiddle , strain the [D#] bow
Ooh [C#] take it handy for the first few [G#] sets
Sure there's hardly anyone [D#] listening [G#] yet

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VERSE 2:
[G# open] Thomas and Mary out on the [G#] floor
Well they never lost it, that's for [D#] sure
In his [C#] sparking shoes and his daz-white [G#] shirt
She's got a brand new perm and a [D#] pleated [G#] skirt

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INSTRUMENTAL:
[Fm] [D#] [G#] [A#m] // [Fm] [D#] [G#] [G#]

VERSE 3:
[G# open] We do do's and functions, weddings and [G#] wakes
Meats and salads, buns and [D#] cakes
Well if you [C#] need a few tunes just give us a [G#] call
For the house the pub or the [D#] parish [G#] hall

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VERSE 4:
[G# open] There's a princess on the floor all [G#] night
She can fairly throw them shapes al-[D#]-right
Ooh [C#] how-ya madge are you on you [G#] own?
How ya fixed far a [D#] seat back [G#] home

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [x3]
[Fm] [D#] [G#] [A#m] // [Fm] [D#] [G#] [G#]