Irish Songs Lyrics With Guitar Chords By Martin Dardis

If Wishes Were Fishes

Home
Lyrics + Chords A-B
C - F
G - J
K - M
N - R
S - T
U - Z
The Tin Whistle Song Book With Letter Notes
Sheet Music And Tin Whistle
Tin Whistle Music 2
Learning Tin Whistle
Children's Songs On Tin Whistle
Pop Songs For The Tin Whistle
Christmas Carols For The Tin Whistle
Traditional Whistle Sheet Music
The Dubliners
Christy Moore
Wolfe Tones
Fureys Brothers
Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem
Pogues
Most Popular Songs
Dublin City Ramblers
Johnny McEvoy
Scottish Songs
Gaeilge Songs
Foster & Allen
Irish Brigade
Country And Pop
Mary Black
Derek Ryan
Eric Bogle
Corries
McCalmans
Saw Doctors
Seamus Moore
Tommy Sands
Colum Sands
Football And Hurling Songs
American Folk And Patriotic Songs
German Songs
Runrig
Charlie And The Bhoys
Big Tom
Nathan Carter Lyrics
Welsh Songs
Other Songs And Resources
Updates
Learn Guitar
If Wishes Were Fishes Song Lyrics And Guitar Chords. Eric Bogle. This is another one of Eric's finest songs, he has a knack of making a song sound as if it's been around for a hundred years, a brilliant songwriter. Eric Bogle comes from Scotland but emigrated to Australia many years ago. When he wrote Leaving Nancy it was about leaving his mother at the train station when he was heading off for greener pastures. He done a tour of Ireland a few years ago and I finally got the chance to see him play. What a great show he puts on.

I [D] wish I was home again, [G] home in my heart again,
It's [D] been a long time since my heart talked to [A]me; [D]
Wastin' my precious days, [G] wishin' my life away,
If [D] wishes were fishes, we'd all cast [A] nets into the [D] sea.

I wish I was young again, my song still be sung again,
The sweet tunes of my life have gone sour and off key;
Writin' my tired old rhymes, tryin' to turn back time,
If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets into the sea.

Chorus:
If [G] wishes were [A] fishes, I [D] know where I'd [G] be, [C]
Casting my net in the dark rolling [A] sea;
And [G] if my net's [A] empty when it [D] comes back to [G] shore,
I'll [D] throw it away and go fishing no [A] more.

I wish I could care again, reach out and share again,
Mend what's been broken and let it run free;
The older I get it seems, more wishin' takes the place of dreams,
If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets into the sea

   
rsz_1rsz_1rsz_greenwhiteorange2.jpg

Privacy Policy        Links  Copyright  © 2002 - 2014 Martin Dardis

rsz_1rsz_1rsz_greenwhiteorange2.jpg