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