C   G   C  G  C

[Verse 1]
         Dm  G         C      Am
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
         Dm    G   F    C
Only for nights in Ballygrant
             Dm  G            C     Am
I could swim over the deepest ocean
            Dm    G      F       C
The deepest ocean for my love to find


[Verse 2]
        C      Am         F          G
But the sea is wide and I can't swim over
       Am     C     F  G
Nor do I have wings to fly
           Dm      G          C
If I could find me a handsome boatsman
            Dm   G      F        C
To ferry me over, to my love and die


[Verse 3]
             Dm  G           C     Am
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
         Dm   G      F     C
Of happy times spent long ago
             Dm     G       C     Am
My childhood friends and my own relations
                Dm    G     F       C
Have all passed on now like melting snow


[Verse 4]
         C        Am      F       G
But I'll spend my days in endless roaming
            Am   C       F      G
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
          Dm      G          C
But to be back now in Carrickfergus
             Dm   G    F      C
On that long road down to the sea


[Verse 4]
         C        Am      F       G
But I'll spend my days in endless roaming
            Am   C       F      G
Soft is the grass and my bed is free
          Dm      G          C
But to be back now in Carrickfergus
             Dm   G    F      C
On that long road down to the sea
             Dm   G    F      C
On that long road down to the sea