Courtin In The Kitchen chords by Gaelic Storm

Intro:

      |G   |G   |G   |G D |
      |G   |G   |G   |CDG |



     G                                D
Come single belle and beau unto me pay attention
      G                           C          D
Don't ever fall in love - it's the devil's own invention
G Bm C*      D*
Once I fell in love with a lady so bewitching
     Em*  D*   C*           D*
Miss Henrietta Bell down in Captain Kelly's Kitchen
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
       G                                     D
At the age of seventeen I was apprentice to a grocer
    G                                  C         D
Not far from Stephen's Green where Miss Henri used to go, sir
    G Bm C*             D*
Her manners were so fine, she set my heart a twitchin'
Em*   D*    C*      D*
She invited me to a Courtin' in the Kitchen!
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
     G                                         D
Next Sunday be the day that we were to have our flare up
  G                             C                D
I dressed meself quite gay and I frizzed and oiled me hair up
    G Bm C*            D*
The captain had no wife, he had gone a fishin'
   Em*       D*     C*        D*
So we kicked up our life to a hooley in her kitchen!
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.

solo section:

      |G   |G   |G   |G D |
      |G   |G   |G   |CDG |

        (repeat 4 times)

end solo:


    G                                    D
She slipped up to her room
I said: "Good Lord Almighty!"
    G C  (stop)
She came back down the stairs wearing nothing but her nighty!
         G Bm C*           D*
With her arms around me waist she slyly hinted marriage
     Em*    D*      C*         D*
When to the door in haste came Captain Kelly's carriage!
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
         G                                    D
Well the Captain came downstairs though he saw me situation
   G                            C             D
In spite of all me prayers I was marched off to the station
    G Bm C*             D*
For me they set no bail though to get home I was itchen'
      Em*    D*        C*           D*
And I had to tell the tale of how I came into that kitchen
       G                                             D
Well I swore she did invite me though she gave a flat denial
    G                             C             D
For assault they did indict me and I was sent for trial
    G Bm C*              D*
She swore I robbed the house in spite of all me screechin'
    Em*   D*         C*          D*
And I got six months hard for me courtin' in the kitchen!
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G                           D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy.
G               C          D
Toura loura lie; toura loura laddy





Chords:

G 320003
D xx0232
C x32010
Bm x24432
C* x35553
D* x57775
Em* x79987