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