Dermot Kennedy – Carrickfergus (Guitar)

         G    G            D/F#
I wish I was     in Carrickfergus,

         G      G       D
Only for nights in Ballygrand,

             G    G           Asus4
I would swim over the deepest ocean,

            G                     D/F#
The deepest ocean, for my love to find.

               G     G                  Asus4
But the sea is wide    and I can't swim over,

            Bm                    Asus4
And neither have   I the wings to fly,

         Em7                         D/F#
I wish I could    find me a handsome boatman,

            G                      D
To ferry me over    to my love and I.

             G                         D/F#
My childhood days   bring back sweet reflections,

         G              D
of happy days   so long ago,

           G                      A
My boyhood friends   and my own relations

              G                   D
Have all past on now like melting snow.

                 G               A
So I'll spend my days in endless roving,

         Bm               A
Soft the grass, my bed is free,

         Em                  D/F#
Oh to be home now, in Carrickfergus,

            G                   D
A long road down   to the salty sea.

          G             D/F#
And in Kilkenny it is reported,

          G                  D
On marble stone  as black as ink,

              G                 D/F#
With gold and silver   I did support her,

                 G                     D
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink.

            G              A
I'm drunk today and rarely sober,

           Bm                 A
A handsome rover from town to town,

           Em                       D/F#
Ah but I'm sick now and my days are numbered,

            G                    D
Come all ye young men and lay me down.