Carrickfergus chords by Van Morrison

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
A minorAm     DmDm      G+G   A minorAm
I wished I had you in Carrick fergus
      DmDm      G7G7   C majorC
Only for nights in the Bally grand
A minorAm      DmDm     G+G   A minorAm
I would swim over the deepest ocean
       DmDm     A minorAm    C majorC
The deepest ocean to be by your side

Chorus:
     G+G   C majorC      DmDm     G+G
But the sea is wide, and I can't swim over
       C majorC    DmDm   G+G
And neither have I wings to fly
A minorAm       DmDm     G+G   A minorAm
I wish I could find me a handy boatman
       DmDm     G+G    C majorC
To ferry me over to my love and die

Verse 2:
A minorAm      DmDm       G+G   A minorAm
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
     DmDm    G+G  C majorC
Of happy days, so long ago
A minorAm      DmDm      G+G   A minorAm
My boyhood friends and my own relations
        DmDm     A minorAm   C majorC
Have all passed on, like melting snow

Chorus:
   G+G       C majorC    DmDm   G+G
So, I'll spend my days in endless roving
       C majorC     DmDm   G+G
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
A minorAm     DmDm      G+G   A minorAm
Oh, to be home now in Carrick fergus
         DmDm G+G       C majorC
On the long road down to the salty sea

Verse 3:
A minorAm    DmDm    G+G   A minorAm
And in Kilkenny it is reported
      DmDm       G+G    C majorC
On marble stone there as black as ink
   A minorAm    DmDm G+G    A minorAm
With gold and silver I did support her
         DmDm   G+G       C majorC
But I'll sing no more now, till I get a drink

Chorus-Outro:
   G+G   C majorC       DmDm   G+G
I'm drunk today, and I'm rarely sober
      C majorC     DmDm   G+G
A augmentedA handsome rover from town to town
  A minorAm    DmDm   G+G          A minorAm
Oh, but I am sick now and my day's are numbered
      DmDm G+G      C majorC
Come all ye men, and lay me down