{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2490324,"song":"Carrickfergus","artist":"Órla Fallon","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11108717-carrickfergus-tab-by-orla-fallon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2490324?type=tab","rating":4.54041,"votes":7,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wish I was in Carrickfergus[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly for nights in Ballygran[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI would swim over the deepest ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe deepest ocean for my love to find[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the sea is wide and I can't swim over[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd neither have I the wings to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I could find me a handsome boatsman[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo ferry me over, to my love and die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy childhood days bring back sad reflections[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf happy times spent so long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy childhood friends and my own relations[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHave all passed on now like melting snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'll spend my days in endless roaming[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSoft is the grass, my bed is free[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh, to be back now in Carrickfergus[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn that long road down to the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in Kilkenny, it is reported[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere are marble stones as black as ink[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith gold and silver, I would support her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'll sing no more now, 'till I get a drink[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor I'm drunk today, and I'm seldom sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA handsome rover from town to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I am sick now and my days are numbered[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, come all you young men and lay me down[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","Am","D","Em","C","A"]}