{"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":985620,"song":"Carrickfergus","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11622932-carrickfergus-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/985620?type=chord","rating":4.69,"votes":212,"content":"[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI wish I was,   in Carrickfergus[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOnly for nights, in Ballygrant[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI would swim over the deepest ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe deepest ocean to be by your side[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the sea is wide and I can't swim over[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd nor have I    the wings to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf I could find me a handy boatman[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nTo ferry me over to my love and die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMy childhood days bring back sad reflections[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf happy time spend so long ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMy boyhood friends and my own relations[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHave all passed on like the melting snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll spend my days in endless roving[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSoft is the grass and my bed is free[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOh to be home now in Carrickfergus[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the long road down to the salty sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd in Kilkenny it is reported[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nOn marble stone as black as ink[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWith gold and silver I did support her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I'll sing no more now till I get a drink[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor I'm drunk today    and I'm rarely sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA handsome rover from town to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOh but I am sick now and my days are numbered[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nso come on ye young men and lay me down[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["A","Bm","E","F#m","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}