If I Was A Blackbird Chords by Silly Wizard

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_ _ [D] am _ [Dm]
a [Am] young _ sailor, my [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Bb] story is _ [Dm] sad.
_ _ _ Once _ I [Am] was carefree and [Dm] a brave _ _ _ [Am] sailor lad.
_ [Dm] I _ _ _
_ [Am] courted a _ lassie [Dm] by _ night and [Am] by _ day.
_ [Dm] Ah, but now she _ [Am] has left me _ [C] _ and _ _ sailed far [Bb] _ _
away. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Am] _ [Dm] Oh, if I _ _ [Am] was a _ blackbird, _ [D] good [Am] for song _ _ [Bb] and sing,
[Dm] _ _ I'd _ follow _ the [Am] _
vassal _ [Dm] my true _ love [Am] sails in.
_ _ [Dm] And in the top _ [Am]
rigging _ [Dm] I would there build [Am] my nest
and [Dm] I'd flutter _ _ my [Am] _ _
wings [G] or hurly [C] _ _ _ [Bb]-wurly _ _ _ _ rest. _
_ [Dm] _ [Am] _ [Dm] Or if I _ _ [Am] was a scholar _ and could [C] _
_ _ handle [Bb] the pen,
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
one secret love [Am]
letter to [Dm] my true _ love _ [Am] I'd send.
_ And [Dm] I'd tell of [Am] my sorrow, _ _ [Dm] my _ _ grief and [Am] my pain,
since [Dm] _ _
she's gone [A] and left _ [Am] me [D] in [Am] young _ _ _ [Bb]
flowery land. _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ [Dm] Or if I _ _ was a _ [Am] _ blackbird, [Gm] good for [Am] song _ [Bb] and sing,
[Dm] _ _ I'd _ follow _ the [Am] _ vassal _ [Dm] my true _ love [Am]
sails in.
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And in the top [Am] _ rigging I [Dm]
would there build [Am] my nest
and [Dm]
I'd flutter _ my [Am] _
_ wings _ or hurly _ _ [F]-wurly _
[Bb] _ rest. _ _ _
_ _ _ I [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ sailed o [Am]'er the ocean, _ _ [G] my _ [C] _ _ fortune [Bb] to _ seek,
_ [Am]
though [Dm] I missed _ _ her [Am] caress _ and [Dm] her kiss on my [Am] _ cheek. _
[Dm] I returned _ and I [Am] told her _
[Dm] my _ love was still [Am] _ warm, _
[Dm] but she turned _ _ away [Am] _ lightly _ _
[G] and [Am] great _ [G] was [Bb] her _ _ scar.
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Or if I _ _
[Am] was a _ blackbird, _ [C] good for song _ _ [Bb] and sing,
[Dm] _ _
_ I'd follow _ the [Am] _ vassal _
[Dm] my true _ love [Am] sails in. _
_ [Dm] And in _ the top [Am] rigging _ I [Dm] would there _ build [Am] my nest
and [Dm] I'd flutter my [Am] _ _ wings _ or _ hurly _
_ [Dm] [Bb]-wurly _ _ _ _ rest. _ _ _
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I _ _ _ _
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offered [Dm] _ _ [Am] to take her _ [C] to _ _ _ Donnybrook [Bb] _
Fair
_ [C] and [Dm] to buy _ her fine [Am] _ _
_ ribbons [Dm] to tie _ up [Am] her _ hair.
I [F] offered _ _ _ [Am] to marry _ _ and [Dm] to stay by _ [Am] her side,
_ [Dm] but she says in _ [Am] the morning _ [C] she _ _ sailed with [Bb] the tide. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Am] _ [Dm] Or if I _ _ [Am] was a _ blackbird, _ [C] good for song _ _ [Bb] and sing,
_ [Am] _ [Dm] I'd _ follow _ [Am] the vassal _ [D] my true [Dm] _ love [Am] sails _ in.
_ [F] And in _ the [Am] top rigging _ [Dm] I would there _ build [Am] my nest
and [Dm] I'd flutter _ _ my _ [Am] _
wings or [C] hurly _ _ [F] _ [Bb]-wurly rest. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] My _ [Dm] _ _
parents, they [Am] chide me _ [C] and will _ _ [F] not [Bb] agree,
_ _ [C] saying [Dm] that me and my [Am] _
false love [D] _ married [Dm] should never [Am] _ _
be.
_ [F] But let them _ [Am] _ deprive me, I'll let [Dm] them do _ what [Am] they _ will,
while [Dm] there's breath in my _ [Am] body, _ _ she's [C] the one _ that I _ [Bb] love still. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [F] _ [Dm] Or if I _ [Am] was a _ blackbird, _ [C] good for song _ _ [Bb] and sing,
_ [Am] _ [Dm] I'd follow _ _ [Am] the vassal _ [Dm] my true _ love sails [Am]
in.
_ _ [F] And in the [Am] top _ rigging [Dm] I would there _ _ [Am] build my nest
and [Dm] I'd flutter my [G] _ [A] _
wings _ [C] or hurly _ _ -wurly _ [Bb] rest.
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