Carrickfergus chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Intro: D Em A D Bm Em A


D    Em A       D   Bm
I wish I was,  in Carrickfergus
     Em   A     D
Only for nights, in Ballygrant
       Em A      D   Bm
I would swim over the deepest ocean
      Em  A        D
The deepest ocean to be by your side

    A   D  Bm         A
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
       D Bm   G    A
And nor have I  the wings to fly
      Em   A    D    Bm
If I could find me a handy boatman
      Em A        D
To ferry me over to my love and die

       Em A       D      Bm
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
     Em A       D
Of happy time spend so long ago.
        Em A       D   Bm
My boyhood friends and my own relations
        Em A        D
Have all passed on like the melting snow

   A    D  Bm     A
I'll spend my days in endless roving
       D Bm    G   A
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
     Em   A      D   Bm
Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus
      Em    A       D
On the long road down to the salty sea

      Em A     D  Bm
And in Kilkenny it is reported
     Em  A      D
On marble stone as black as ink
       Em  A     D    Bm
With gold and silver I did support her
         Em   A       D
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink

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