Carrickfergus chords by Celtic Thunder

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D
A
Em
Bm
Asus4
F#m
G
F#
Abdim
E
Dsus4

Verse 1
D 
A 
D 
Em 
Bm 
 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) I wish I was  (E minor) in Carrick (B minor) fergus
Em 
Bm 
Only for  (E minor) nights in  (B minor) Ballygran
Em 
Bm 
I would swim  (E minor) over the deep (B minor) est ocean
Em 
Asus4 
The deepest  (E minor) ocean for my  (Asus4) 
D 
love to  (D major) find

Verse 2
Bm 
But the sea is  (B minor) wide and I
F#m 
cannot swim  (F sharp minor) over
Bm 
Em 
Asus4 
A 
And nor  (B minor) have I the  (E minor) wings to  (Asus4) fly       (A major) 
Em 
A 
D 
If I could  (E minor) find me  (A major) a lone (D major) some boatman
Bm 
Em 
Asus4 
A 
D 
G 
 (B minor) To ferry me  (E minor) over  (Asus4) my  (A major) love an (D major) d I  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) My childhood

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Verse 3

days bring back

sad reflections

Of happy time I spent so long ago

My boyhood friends

and my own relations

Have all passed on now

like the melted snow

So I'll spend my

Verse 4
Bm 
F#m 
 (B minor) days in endless  (F sharp minor) roving
Bm 
Em 
Asus4 
A 
Soft is the  (B minor) grass my  (E minor) bed is  (Asus4) free      (A major) 
Em 
A 
Ah, to be  (E minor) home now  (A major) in
D 
Bm 
Carrickfer (D major) gus  (B minor) 
Em 
A 
Bm 
On that  (E minor) long road down  (A major) to the  (B minor) sea

Verse 5
Bm 
G 
Em 
Bm 
Em 
An (B minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (B minor) d in Kilkenny  (E minor) 
Bm 
it is re (B minor) ported
Em 
F# 
Bm 
On marble  (E minor) stone there  (F sharp major) as black as  (B minor) ink
Em 
Asus4 
A 
With gold and  (E minor) silver  (Asus4) I  (A major) would
F#m 
Bm 
sup (F sharp minor) port  her  (B minor) 
Em 
But I'll sing  (E minor) no  more now
Asus4 
A 
D 
G 
 (Asus4) till     I  (A major) get a drink  (D major)  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) For I'm drunk today

Verse 6
Bm 
 (B minor) and
Abdim 
E 
A 
F#m 
I'm sel (A flatdim) dom  (E major) sober  (A major)  (F sharp minor) 
Bm 
Em 
Asus4 
A 
A handsome  (B minor) rover from  (E minor) town to town  (Asus4)  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Ah but I  (E minor) am  sick now  (A major) my days
D 
Bm 
are  (D major) numbered  (B minor) 
Em 
Asus4 
Come all ye  (E minor) young men  (Asus4) 
A 
D 
 (A major) and lay me  (D major) down
Dsus4 
D 
 (Dsus4)  (D major) 