Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
Verse 1
B
C#m
F#
I wish I was in
B
G#m
Carrickfergus
C#m
F#
B
Only for nights in Ballygrand
C#m
F#
I would swim over the
B
G#m
deepest ocean
C#m
F#
B
Only for nights in Ballygrand
F#
B
G#m
But the sea is wide and I
F#
C#m
F#
cannot swim over
B
G#m
And neither have I
C#m
F#
C#m
F#
the wings to fly
C#m
F#
I wish I had a handsome
B
G#m
boatman
C#m
F#
B
To ferry me over, my love and I
Interlude 1
B
Verse 2
B
C#m
F#
B
G#m
Now in Kilkenny it is reported
C#m
F#
B
On marble stone there as black as ink
F#
B
G#m
I would support her
F#
B
'til I get a drink
F#
B
'Cause I'm drunk today
G#m
F#
and I'm seldom sober
B
G#m
C#m
A handsome rover from town to town
F#
C#m
F#
C#m
Ah but I'm sick now,
F#
B
G#m
my days are numbered
F#
B
F#
E
men and lay me down
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB C#m F# G#m E
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