Loudon Wainwright Iii - Carrickfergus Chords

[Intro]
Em  A  D  A  Bm
Em  A  D  G  D
 
 
{Verse 1]
         Em   A
I wish I was
          D     A  Bm
In Carrickfergus
         Em      A
Only for nights
               D
Nights in Ballygrand
 
             Em    A
I would swim over
            D     A  Bm
The deepest ocean
            Em    A
The deepest ocean
               D    G   D
For my love to find
 
 
[Chorus]
               D
But the sea is wide
                 A
And I can’t swim over
        Bm   G          A
Neither have I wings to fly
           Em       A
If I could find me
           D       A  Bm
A handsome boatman
            Em   A
To ferry me over
                    D   G  D
Over to my love and die
 
 
[Verse 2]
             Em    A
My childhood days
                 D         A  Bm
Bring back sad reflections
         Em     A
Of happy times
              D
Spent so long ago
 
           Em       A
My boyhood friends
             D       A  Bm
And my own relations
                   Em   A
Have all passed on now
                 D    G  D
Like the melting snow
 
 
[Chorus]
                  D
But I'll spend my days
           A
In endless roaming
            Bm
Soft is the grass
   G      A
My bed is free
 
         Em
Ah to be back now
          A       Bm
In Carrickfergus
             D    A
On that long road
                  D   G   D
Down to the salty sea
 
 
[Verse 3]
          Em    A
And in Kilkenny
              D       A  Bm
There it is reported
                 Em            A
There are marble stones there
                D   G   D
As black as any ink
 
              Em     A
With gold and silver
           D        A  Bm
I would support her
                 Em       A
But I'll sing no more now
             D     G   D
Till I get a drink
 
 
[Chorus]
                 D
But I am drunk today
               A
And I'm seldom sober
           Bm
A handsome rover
     G       A
From town to town
 
            Em       A
Oh, but I'm sick now
                D         A  Bm
And my days are numbered
                   Em   A
So come here young men
           D    G   D
And lay me down