(Traditional Arranged by Bryan Ferry)
Intro: D (xx0232@1)Gadd9D  Bm7D  Gadd9D               //  Gadd9==Dsus4/G
 
   Bm7 (x20202@1)  A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  Gadd9D
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
      G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1) G/B (143121@7) D (xx0232@1)  Dsus4D
Only for nights in Ballygrand
I would swim over the deepest ocean
Just to see my love before I die

(NC)            D (xx0232@1)Bm (x24432@1)            A (x02220@1)  D/AA
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
            D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1)          ANor (x02220@1)have I wings so I could fly
                                D (xx0232@1)    Gadd9D
I wish I could meet a handsome boatman
          GA     G (320003@1)G/B (143121@7)   D (xx0232@1)  Dsus4D
To carry me over my love and I

In Kilkenny it is reported
On marble stones as black as ink
With gold and silver I did support her
But I'll sing no more till I've had a drink

Well I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
But I am sick now my days are numbered
Come all you young men and lay me down
Come all you young men and lay me down

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