Carrickfergus Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I [Am]wished I [Dsus4]had you
in [G]Carrickfergus,[Em]
Only [Am]for n[Dsus4]ights in[D][G]
[Am]Ball[G]ygrand,
I would swim [Am]over [Dsus4]the deepest o[G]cean,
[Em]
The deep[Am]est [Dsus4]ocean
[D]to be by [G]your sid[Am]e.[G]

[Verse 2]
But the sea is [G]wide [Em]and I can't
swim [D]over[Dsus4][D]
And neither have [Em]I wings to fl[D]y.[Dsus4]
I [D]wish I could [Am]find [D]me a
[G]handy [Em]boatman
[Am]To ferry me [D]over to my
[Dsus4]love and [D]die.[G][Am][G]

[Verse 3]
My childhood [Am]days [Dsus4]bring[D]
back sad re[G]flections[Em]
Of happy [Am]days [D]so long ago[G].[Am][C][G]
My [Am]boyhood [Dsus4]friends and
my own [D]rela[G]tions.[Em]
Have all passed [Am]on n[Dsus4]ow
[D]like the melting sno[G]w.
[Am]So

[Verse 4]
[G]I'll spend my days
[Em]in endless rovin[D]g,
[Dsus4]Soft is t[D]he grass[Em]
and my bed is [D]free.[Dsus4]
Oh to [D]be [Am]home [Dsus4]now
in [D]Carrick[G]fergus,[Em]
On the long [Am]road [D]down to
the [Dsus4]salty sea.
[G][Am]

[Verse 5]
[G]
And in [Am]Kilkenny [Dsus4]it
[D]is repor[G]ted[Em]
On [Am]marble [D]stones as black as [G]ink,
With gold [Am]and silver [D]I
did sup[G]port [Em]her
But I'll sing no [Am]more now
[D]till I get a dri[G]nk.[Am][G]

[Verse 6]
For I'm drunk [G]today [Em]and I'm rarely sober[D],
[Dsus4][D]
A handsome [Em]rover from
[D]town [Dsus4]to town.
[D]Oh but I [Am]am sick [D]now and my
days [G]are [Em]numbered
So come on ye [Am]young [D]men and
lay me [G]down.

[Outro 1]
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