Key: B major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Am
D
I wish I was in
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Em
Carrickfergus
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D
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Only for nights in Ballygrand
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D
I would swim over the
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Em
deepest ocean
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D
G
Only for nights in Ballygrand
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Em
But the sea is wide and I
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Am
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cannot swim over
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Em
And neither have I
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D
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D
the wings to fly
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D
I wish I had a handsome
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Em
boatman
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To ferry me over, my love and I
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Am
D
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Em
Now in Kilkenny it is reported
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D
G
On marble stone there as black as ink
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With gold and silver,
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G
Em
I would support her
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But I'll sing no more now,
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'til I get a drink
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'Cause I'm drunk today
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D
and I'm seldom sober
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Em
Am
A handsome rover from town to town
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Am
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Am
Ah but I'm sick now,
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my days are numbered
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Come all you young
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C
men and lay me down
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