{"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":2360237,"song":"Carrickfergus","artist":"Van Morrison","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2360237-carrickfergus-chords-by-van-morrison/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2360237?type=chord","rating":4.84457,"votes":58,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wished I had you in Carrick fergus[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnly for nights in the Bally grand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI would swim over the deepest ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe deepest ocean to be by your side[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the sea is wide, and I can't swim over[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd neither have I wings to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wish I could find me a handy boatman[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo ferry me over to my love and die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy childhood days bring back sad reflections[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf happy days, so long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy boyhood friends and my own relations[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave all passed on, like melting snow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, I'll spend my days in endless roving[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoft is the grass and my bed is free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, to be home now in Carrick fergus[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the long road down to the salty sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in Kilkenny it is reported[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn marble stone there as black as ink[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith gold and silver I did support her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I'll sing no more now, till I get a drink[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus-Outro]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm drunk today, and I'm rarely sober[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA handsome rover from town to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, but I am sick now and my day's are numbered[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome all ye men, and lay me down[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus-Outro]","chords":["Am","Dm","G","G7","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}