carrickfergus chords by Brian Kennedy

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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I wish I was
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in Carrickfergus,
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Only for nights
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in Ballygran
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I would swim over the deepest ocean,
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The deepest ocean,
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for my love to find
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But the sea is wide and
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I cannot swim over
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Nor have I the wings to fly
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But I wish I  could find a
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handsome boatman
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To ferry me over,
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to my love and die

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Verse 2
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My childhood days bring
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back sad reflections
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Of happy times I spent so long ago,
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My boyhood friends and
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my own relations
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Have all passed on now
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like melting snow.
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But I'll spend my days in
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endless roaming,
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Soft is the grass,
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my bed is       free.
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Ah,      to be back now
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in Carrickfergus,
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On that long road down to the sea.
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Interlude 1

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Verse 3
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And in Kilkenny,
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it is reported,
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There are marble stones
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as black as ink
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With gold and silver I
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would support her,
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But I'll sing no more
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'till I get a drink.
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Sure I'm drunk today,
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and I'm seldom sober,
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A handsome rover from town to       town,
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Ah, but I'm sick now,
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and my days are numbered,
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So come all you young
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men and lay me down