Carrickfergus chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Chords with lyrics

Intro: D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm E minorEm A augmentedA


D MajorD    E minorEm A augmentedA       D MajorD   B minorBm
I wish I was,  in Carrickfergus
     E minorEm   A augmentedA     D MajorD
Only for nights, in Ballygrant
       E minorEm A augmentedA      D MajorD   B minorBm
I would swim over the deepest ocean
      E minorEm  A augmentedA        D MajorD
The deepest ocean to be by your side

    A augmentedA   D MajorD  B minorBm         A augmentedA
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
       D MajorD B minorBm   G+G    A augmentedA
And nor have I  the wings to fly
      E minorEm   A augmentedA    D MajorD    B minorBm
If I could find me a handy boatman
      E minorEm A augmentedA        D MajorD
To ferry me over to my love and die

       E minorEm A augmentedA       D MajorD      B minorBm
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
     E minorEm A augmentedA       D MajorD
Of happy time spend so long ago.
        E minorEm A augmentedA       D MajorD   B minorBm
My boyhood friends and my own relations
        E minorEm A augmentedA        D MajorD
Have all passed on like the melting snow

   A augmentedA    D MajorD  B minorBm     A augmentedA
I'll spend my days in endless roving
       D MajorD B minorBm    G+G   A augmentedA
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
     E minorEm   A augmentedA      D MajorD   B minorBm
Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus
      E minorEm    A augmentedA       D MajorD
On the long road down to the salty sea

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

    A augmentedA    D MajorD  B minorBm         A augmentedA
For I'm drunk today  and I'm rarely sober
      D MajorD B minorBm    G+G    A augmentedA
A majorA handsome rover from town to town
      E minorEm   A augmentedA         D MajorD    B minorBm
Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered
        E minorEm   A augmentedA      D MajorD
So come on ye young men and lay me down