Ronan Keating – Carrickfergus chords

Capo 4th fret

         Am  D              G    EmI wish I was,   in Carrickfergus
         Am     D         GOnly for nights, in Ballygrant
             Am  D           G     EmI would swim over the deepest ocean
             Am   D                GThe deepest ocean to be by your side
                 G                      DBut the sea is wide and I can’t swim over
             Em               AmAnd nor have I the wings to fly
         Am  D              G    EmIf I could find me a handy boatman
               Am  D              G   To ferry me over to my love and die
              Am  D              G        EmMy childhood days bring back sad reflections
         Am  D              GOf happy time spend so long ago.
               Am  D              G    EmMy boyhood friends and my own relations
                     Am  D              GHave all passed on like the melting snow
              G               DI’ll spend my days in endless roving
              Em                 AmSoft is the grass and my bed is free
         Am  D              G    EmOh to be home now in Carrickfergus
                  Am  D                 GOn the long road down to the salty sea
             Am  D          G    EmAnd in Kilkenny it is reported
         Am  D              G  On marble stone as black as ink
           Am      D           G    EmWith gold and silver I did support her
                      Am  D               GBut I’ll sing no more now till I get a drink
               G                       DFor I’m drunk today and I’m rarely sober
             Em                 AmA handsome rover from town to town
                  Am  D              G    EmOh but I am sick now and my days are numbered
                  Am  D               Gso come on ye young men and lay me down