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