Carrickfergus chords by 
Ronan Keating 
Key: B major•
Verse 1
C#m
F#sus4
I wished I had you
B
G#m
in Carrickfergus,
C#m
F#sus4
F#
B
Only for nights in
C#m
B
Ballygrand,
C#m
F#sus4
B
I would swim over the deepest ocean,
G#m
C#m
F#sus4
The deep est ocean
F#
B
C#m
B
to be by your side.
Verse 2
B
G#m
But the sea is wide and I can't
F#
F#sus4
F#
swim over
G#m
F#
F#sus4
And neither have I wings to fly.
F#
C#m
F#
I wish I could find me a
B
G#m
handy boatman
C#m
F#
To ferry me over to my
F#sus4
F#
B
C#m
B
love and die.
Verse 3
C#m
F#sus4
F#
My childhood days bring
B
G#m
back sad re flections
C#m
F#
B
C#m
E
B
Of happy days so long ago.
C#m
F#sus4
My boyhood friends and
F#
B
G#m
my own rela tions.
C#m
F#sus4
Have all passed on now
F#
B
like the melting snow.
C#m
So
Verse 4
B
I'll spend my days
G#m
F#
in endless roving,
F#sus4
F#
G#m
Soft is the grass
F#
F#sus4
and my bed is free.
F#
C#m
F#sus4
Oh to be home now
F#
B
G#m
in Carrick fergus,
C#m
F#
On the long road down to
F#sus4
the salty sea.
B
C#m
Verse 5
B
C#m
F#sus4
And in Kilkenny it
F#
B
G#m
is re ported
C#m
F#
B
On marble stones as black as ink,
C#m
F#
With gold and silver I
B
G#m
did sup port her
C#m
But I'll sing no more now
F#
B
C#m
B
till I get a drink.
Verse 6
B
G#m
F#
For I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober,
F#sus4
F#
G#m
A handsome rover from
F#
F#sus4
town to town.
F#
C#m
F#
Oh but I am sick now and my
B
G#m
days are numbered
C#m
F#
So come on ye young men and
B
lay me down.
Outro 1
B
B
F#
B
F#sus4
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC#m F#sus4 B G#m F#...
C#m
F#sus4
B
G#m
F#
E
Capo: 4
Transpose: 0
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