Carrickfergus Chords by Van Morrison

[C] _ I wish [F] I had you [G]
in Cary [C] _ Fergus
Only [Dm] four nights [G] in [C] Ballygram
[Am] I would [Dm] swim over [G] the deepest [Am] _ ocean
[Dm] The deepest ocean [G] to be by [C] your side
But _ the [G] sea [C] is wide _ _ _ [Dm] and I [G] can't swim over
_ _ [Am] I [G] neither [C] _
have _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] eye wings [G] to fly
_ _ [Am] Oh, I wish [Dm] I could find me _ [G] _ a [Am] handy _ boatman
To ferry [Dm] me over to _ [G] _ my love [C] and I
_ _ _ My childhood [Dm]
days _ [G] bring _ back [Am] sad reflections
To _ happy [Dm]
times spent [G] _ so long [C]
ago
_ My _ _ [Dm] boyhood friends _ [G] _ and my [Am] own relations
_ _ _ Have [Dm] all passed on _ [G] like the melting [C]
snow
But _ [Am] I've [G] spent [C] my days _ _ _ [Dm] in [G] a straw bank
_ _ _ [D] [G] Soft as [C] the grass, _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] my bed is free
_ _ [Am] Oh, to [Dm] be home now [G] _ in Cary [Am] _
_ Fergus
_ _ _ On the [Dm] long road down [G] to the [C] salty sea
_ _ _ _ And [Dm] in Kilkenny, [G] _ _ it [Am] is reported
_ On _ [Dm] marble stones _ _ [G] _ _ as Black [C] Azank
_ With _ _ [Am] gold [Dm]
and silver, _ [G] _ I [Am] did support her
But _ I'll sing [Dm] no more till _ [G] _ I get [C] a drink
_ _ _ I'm [G] drunk [C]
today _ and [Dm] I'm [G] really sober
I _ [Am] [G] haven't [Am]
sobered over _ _ [Dm] from [G] time to time
_ _ Oh, [Am] but I [Dm] am sick _ _ [G] in my days of [Am] _
numbers
_ So come all [Dm] ye young men _ [G] _ _ _
and lay _ me _ _ [C] down
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