Carrickfergus   (midi)  

 

   G               Am  - D                 G        -  Em

1.    I wish I was        in Carrickfergus,

                 Am      - D       C      G

    only for nights         in Ballygrant

                            Am    - D                      G       - Em

    I would swim over         the deepest ocean,

                  Am    - D     C      G

    only for nights      in Ballygrant.

                                G    - Em                                D

    But the sea is wide         and I cannot cross over,

                            Em     - C                     D

    and neither have I       the wings to fly.

                     Am             - D                       G              - Em

    I wish I could meet        a handsome boatsman,

                       Am   - D        C         G

    to ferry me over,        my love to find.

 

  G                Am     - D           G        -  Em

2.   But in Kilkenny,     it is reported,

                      Am              - D       C          G

    on marble stones there      as black as ink,

                           Am   - D                    G            - Em

    with gold and silver      I would support her,

                            Am          - D      C           G

    but I'll sing no more now        'till I get a drink.

 

                               G    - Em                           D

    For I'm drunk today,          and I'm seldom sober,

                         Em    - C                       D

    a handsome rover        from town to town.

                      Am          - D                      G              - Em

    Ah, but I'm sick now,      my days are numbered,

                          Am             - D        C         G

    come all you young men       and lay me down.   

 

+ repeat the last 4 lines

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)  (Trad. / Noel McLoughlin)