Carrickfergus chords by Van Morrison

Verse 1:
Am     Dm      G   Am
I wished I had you in Carrick fergus
      Dm      G7   C
Only for nights in the Bally grand
Am      Dm     G   Am
I would swim over the deepest ocean
       Dm     Am    C
The deepest ocean to be by your side

Chorus:
     G   C      Dm     G
But the sea is wide, and I can't swim over
       C    Dm   G
And neither have I wings to fly
Am       Dm     G   Am
I wish I could find me a handy boatman
       Dm     G    C
To ferry me over to my love and die

Verse 2:
Am      Dm       G   Am
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
     Dm    G  C
Of happy days, so long ago
Am      Dm      G   Am
My boyhood friends and my own relations
        Dm     Am   C
Have all passed on, like melting snow

Chorus:
   G       C    Dm   G
So, I'll spend my days in endless roving
       C     Dm   G
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
Am     Dm      G   Am
Oh, to be home now in Carrick fergus
         Dm G       C
On the long road down to the salty sea

Verse 3:
Am    Dm    G   Am
And in Kilkenny it is reported
      Dm       G    C
On marble stone there as black as ink
   Am    Dm G    Am
With gold and silver I did support her
         Dm   G       C
But I'll sing no more now, till I get a drink

Chorus-Outro:
   G   C       Dm   G
I'm drunk today, and I'm rarely sober
      C     Dm   G
A handsome rover from town to town
  Am    Dm   G          Am
Oh, but I am sick now and my day's are numbered
      Dm G      C
Come all ye men, and lay me down