Chords for Carrickfergus

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_ I _ _ _ [D] wish I was [E] _ _ in [A]
Carrick, Fergus _ [F#m] _ Only for [Bm] _ nights [E] _ _ in Ballygran
_ [A] I _ _ [Bm] would swim over _ [E] the deepest [A] _
ocean _ [F#m] Only _ [D] for nights _ [E] _ in _ [A]
Ballygran
_ _ _ But the sea [F#m] is wide _ _ and I cannot [E] swim _ over _ And neither [F#m] have _ _ _ I the wings [E] to fly
_ _ _ I wish [Bm] I had _ [E] _ a handsome [A] _
boatman _ [F#m] To ferry [D] me over _ [E] my _ [A] love night
_ _ My [Bm] childhood days _ [E] bring back [A] sad reflections _ [F#m] Of _ happy [B] _ days [E] _ so [A] long ago
_ _ My [Bm] boyhood friends _ _ [E] _ and my own [A]
relations _ _ [F#m] _ Have all passed [Bm] away now _ [E] like melting [A]
snow
So _ _ I'll spend [F#] my _ [F#m] _ _ days in [E] endless _ roving _ _ Soft [F#m] is the _ _ _ grass and my [E] bed is _ _ free
_ Oh [D] to be home now _ [E] _ in [A] Carrick, Fergus _ [F#m] _ By the [D] long road [Bm] down [E] to the salty [A] _
sea
_ _ Now in [Bm] _
Kilkenny _ [F#] _ it [A] is reported _ _ [F#m] On _ [D] marble stones [B] there
[E] As [Bm] black [A] as ink _ _ _ _ with gold [Bm] and silver _ _ [B] I would [A]
support her
_ [F#m] _ But I'll say [Bm] no more _ now [E] till [A] I've had a drink
For _ I'm [F#] drunk [F#m] today _ _ _ and I'm seldom [E]
sober _ _ A handsome [F#m] _
rover _ from town to town
_ _ _ Oh but I'm [Bm] sick now _ [E] _ and my days are [A] numbered _ [F#m] So come all ye young men [E] _ _ and [A] lay me down _
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