The Stillwater Hobos - Carrickfergus Chords

[Intro]
G
G C D G Em C D G C G x2

[Verse]
C
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
         C      D        G  C  G
Only for nights in Ballygrand
         C       D            G    Em
I would swim over the deepest ocean
         C      D        G  C  G
Only for nights in Ballygrand
               Em                    D
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
                 Em             D
And neither have I the wings to fly
         C  D           G      Em
I wish I had a handsome boatman
         C      D            G  C  G
To ferry me over my love and I.

[Verse]
             C  D                 G         Em
My childhood days bring back sad 'flections
         C   D          G  C  G
Of happy days so long ago
           C      D            G      Em
My boyhood friends and my own relations
                 C   D                    G  C  G
Have all passed away now like melting snow
                 Em             D
So I'll spend my days in endless roving
            Em                  D
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
         C        D         G      Em
Ah to be home now in Carrickfergus
                C         D             G  C  G
By the the long road down to the salty sea.

[Verse]
          C   D         G      Em
Now in Kilkenny it is reported
          C           D             G  C  G
On marble stones there as black as ink
              C   D          G          Em
With gold and silver I would support her
             C          D                G  C  G
But I'll say no more now till I’ve had a drink
                Em                 D
For I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
           Em                 D
A handsome rover from town to town
           C       D                G       Em
Ah but I'm sick now and my days are numbered
               C        D           G   C   G
So come all ye young men and lay me down.