Capo 4th fret

         Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)  EmI (022000@1)wish I was,   in Carrickfergus
         Am (x02210@1)   D (xx0232@1)       GOnly (320003@1)for nights, in Ballygrant
             Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)   EmI (022000@1)would swim over the deepest ocean
             Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)              GThe (320003@1)deepest ocean to be by your side
                 G (320003@1)                    DBut (xx0232@1)the sea is wide and I can't swim over
             Em (022000@1)             AmAnd (x02210@1)nor have I the wings to fly
         Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)  EmIf (022000@1)I could find me a handy boatman
               Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1) 
To ferry me over to my love and die
              Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)      EmMy (022000@1)childhood days bring back sad reflections
         Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            GOf (320003@1)happy time spend so long ago.
               Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)  EmMy (022000@1)boyhood friends and my own relations
                     Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            GHave (320003@1)all passed on like the melting snow
              G (320003@1)             DI'll (xx0232@1)spend my days in endless roving
              Em (022000@1)               AmSoft (x02210@1)is the grass and my bed is free
         Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)  EmOh (022000@1)to be home now in Carrickfergus
                  Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)               GOn (320003@1)the long road down to the salty sea
             Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)  EmAnd (022000@1)in Kilkenny it is reported
         Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)
On marble stone as black as ink
           Am (x02210@1)    D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)  EmWith (022000@1)gold and silver I did support her
                      Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)             GBut (320003@1)I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
               G (320003@1)                     DFor (xx0232@1)I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober
             Em (022000@1)               AmA (x02210@1)handsome rover from town to town
                  Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)  EmOh (022000@1)but I am sick now and my days are numbered
                  Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1)             Gso (320003@1)come on ye young men and lay me down