Carrickfergus (Jim McCann with the Dubliners). Chords

_ Almost. _ _
And actually I've been singing it since before the Dubliners joined me.
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_ _ _ I'll pay for that at the interval.
_ Anyway, especially for some old friends who are [Em] here tonight,
the song is called Carrick Fergus. _
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[Gm] I [Cm] wish I _ was
_ _ [F] _ In _ Carrick [Bb] Fergus _
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Only [Cm] for _ nights
_ _ [F] _ _ In _ _ [Bb] Ballygram
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I [Bb] _ _ _ would _ [Cm] swim over
The [F] _ _ _ _ deepest _ [Bb] ocean _ _ _
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Only [Cm] for _ nights _
_ [F] _ _ _ In _ [Bb] _ Ballygram
[Ebm] But _ [Bb] _ _ [F] the sea [Bb] is wide
_ And _ [Gm] _ _ I _ [F] cannot swim _ [Cm] over
_ [F] And _ _ _ neither [Bb] _ _ [Gm] have I
The _ _ [Cm]
wings [F] to fly
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I wish [Cm] I had _
A [F] _ _ _ _
handsome [Bb] old man
To _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
ferry [Cm] me _ over
_ [F] My _ _ _ _ love [Bb] and I
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ My [Gm] _ [Cm] childhood _ days
_ [F] Bring _ _ back sad [Bb] _ reflections _
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Of [Cm] happy _ times we spent
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So long [Bb] ago
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ My _ [Cm] boyhood _ friends
_ [F] _ _ _ And my _ [Bb] own relations _ _
_ [Gm] Have _ _ _ all [Cm] passed on now
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Like melting [Bb] snow
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And _ [Bb] _ _ [F] I've spent [Bb] my _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] days
In _ [F] ceaseless _ _ [Cm]
roving
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Soft [Bb] is the _ [Gm] grass _ and
_ [Cm] My bed [F] is _ _ [Cm]
free
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Ought [Cm] to be back now _
_ [F] _ _ _ In _ [Bb] Carrick Fergus _ _
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On that [Cm] long winding road
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Down [Bb] to the sea
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Now _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
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[Cm] in Kilkenny _
It [F] _ _ _ _
is _ [Bb] reported _ _
[Fm] On [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] marble stones there
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As black [Bb] as
[Eb] With _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] gold and silver _
I [F] _ _ _
would _ [Bb] support
But _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
I'll [Dm] sing [Cm] no more _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ Till I _ [Bb] get it through
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_ _ [Bb] _ Cause [F] I'm drunk _ [Bb] _ today _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ And I'm sad [F] and _ _ [Cm] _
sober
[F] _ A _ _ [Bb] handsome _ _ [Gm] _
rover
_ _ [Cm] From town [F] to _ _ [Cm] town
_ [F] _ _ Ah, but I'm [Cm] sick now _
_ _ [F] _ _ My _ [Bb] days are numbered
Come _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _
all [D] [Cm] you young men
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_ [Bb] And the [C] _
evening [Eb] _ comes _ _
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