{"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":821915,"song":"Carrickfergus","artist":"Ronan Keating","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11596800-carrickfergus-chords-by-ronan-keating/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/821915?type=chord","rating":4.84572,"votes":40,"content":"Capo 4th fret\r\n\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]G[/ch]\r\nOnly for nights, in Ballygrant[/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]G[/ch]\r\nThe deepest ocean to be by your side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the sea is wide and I can’t swim over[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd nor have I the wings to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf I could find me a handy boatman[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nTo ferry me over to my love and die[/tab]\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]G[/ch]\r\nOf happy time spend so long ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy boyhood friends and my own relations[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHave all passed on like the melting snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ll spend my days in endless roving[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSoft is the grass and my bed is free[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh to be home now in Carrickfergus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the long road down to the salty sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [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]G[/ch]  \r\nOn marble stone 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 did 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[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor I’m drunk today and I’m rarely sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA handsome rover from town to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh but I am sick now and my days are numbered[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso come on ye young men and lay me down[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 4th fret","chords":["Am","D","G","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}