Saw Doctors, Joyce Country Ceili Band (1998)
Key: :[B] (w: Davy Carton, Pearse Doherty, Leo Moran)
CHORUS:
[N.C.] We're the Joyce country ceili
[B] band
Playing away and we're doing
[F#] grand
We're
[E] singing a song won't you give us a
[B] hand
cos we're the Joyce country
[F#] ceili
[B] band
VERSE 1:
[B open] Friday night, off we
[B] go
Tune the fiddle , strain the
[F#] bow
Ooh
[E] take it handy for the first few
[B] sets
Sure there's hardly anyone
[F#] listening
[B] yet
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 2:
[B open] Thomas and Mary out on the
[B] floor
Well they never lost it, that's for
[F#] sure
In his
[E] sparking shoes and his daz-white
[B] shirt
She's got a brand new perm and a
[F#] pleated
[B] skirt
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL:
[G#m] [F#] [B] [C#m] //
[G#m] [F#] [B] [B]
VERSE 3:
[B open] We do do's and functions, weddings and
[B] wakes
Meats and salads, buns and
[F#] cakes
Well if you
[E] need a few tunes just give us a
[B] call
For the house the pub or the
[F#] parish
[B] hall
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 4:
[B open] There's a princess on the floor all
[B] night
She can fairly throw them shapes al-
[F#]-right
Ooh
[E] how-ya madge are you on you
[B] own?
How ya fixed far a
[F#] seat back
[B] home
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [x3]
[G#m] [F#] [B] [C#m] //
[G#m] [F#] [B] [B] 