At The Céili Ukulele chords by Celtic Woman

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Verse:
 Em
Tonight we're going to meet some lads
            E
Us girls are dressed up gaily

And we'll be dancing till the dawn
   D      E
We're going to the Céili


E5
The lads they come from miles around

From Venice and Kilmaley
  A5
To show us all their fancy steps
          Em
We're going to the Céili

Instrumental:
Em

Verse:

They're playing tunes on everything
   Em
From pipes to ukulele

It sounds so good you can't sit down
       D   Em
We're dancing at The Céili

Instrumental:
Em

Pre-Chorus:
E
All the boys we love so well

So handsome, young and charming
        A
They're in New York and Boston now
        E
They should be home here farming

My own true love has sailed away
         C
To be an endless rover
        A         N.C.
Cause times are tough and he must leave
          Em
To start a new life over

Chorus:
  A
He writes me letters every week
  D         A
To say how much he's slavin'

And he promises that he'll be back
 D         E
Before the hay needs savin'
     A
But it's hard to love somebody
      D         A
That you're not in touch with daily
            E5
So I'm looking for somebody new
          E
Tonight down at The Céili


Verse:
  Em
The winter nights are long and hard

And time goes by so slowly
 Em
I wish my true love he was here

And in his arms I'd roam
       C        D
He'd whisper tender words of love to me
  G        C
And kiss my lips so sweetly
          G   A
And quickly I'd surrender to...
     D     E
His manly charms completely


Chorus:
  A
He writes me letters every week
  D         A
To say how much he's slavin'
    Bm      A
And he promises that he'll be back
 D         E
Before the hay needs savin'
     A
But it's hard to love somebody

That you're not in touch with daily
    E        Em
So I'm looking for somebody new

Tonight down at The Céili
            Em
So I'm looking for somebody new
          E
Tonight down at The Céili

Instrumental:
A E F#m A

Verse:
Bm        G
I hope I meet someone tonight
    E         F#
Who'll make my heart beat fast
 G         D
A handsome man with laughing eyes
       E
Who smiles as he walks past
A  G     A    D
And when they play an old-time waltz
   G
He'll twirl me round the floor
  C        G
And promise me that I will be
  A      D
His girl forevermore
  A
His girl forevermore

His girl forevermore
   D
He'll promise me that I will be

His girl forevermore

  Em
I'm somewhat ill and bothered

That is really quite alarming
 Em
I have two lads pursuing me

And each of them is charming
C            D
One of them is dark and poor
  G         C
One pale with lots of money
Em            A
I don't know which one to choose
N.C.    D   Em
The flower or the honey
A
What on earth am I to do?

It's driving me half crazy
           Em
Tonight I'll make my mind up

When I see them at The Céili
  Em
To be a poor man's wife will be
 E
A life of washing dishes

When a rich man's wife will surely have
   Em
Great luxury and riches
  C
In comfort how I know
D      G       C
It wouldn't be too hard to wallow
  E           A
And being poor is not much fun
D         Em
Which one should I follow?
A
What on earth am I to do
   D        A
It's driving me half-crazy
 E
Tonight I'll make my mind up

When I see them at The Céili

Instrumental:
A E F#m A

Verse:
Em
I've been lucky I've found a lad who's handsome and a neighbour
  A               Em
And me I've met a decent man whose friendship I will savour
  C        G                  C
And me I've made my choice as well and in no way was it easy
    Em         A
But I'd rather have a man I love
           E
Then be a rich man's lady

  Em
And that is how the story ends

Be true and never fail me
            E   A
We got ourselves three men tonight
            E
And we met them at the Céili

Instrumental:
A E F#m A
A Em F#m A

End on E chord flourish