Chords for If I Were a Blackbird

[N] I am a young maiden, [Ab] my story _ [Db] is [F]
sad
[Ab] For once I was _ carefree
[Eb] _ He _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ courted me _ sweetly, _ _ [Fm] _
_ lady
_ But [F] now he has left me [Ab] and [Fm] gone far _ away _ _
_ [F] Oh, if I were a blackbird, could whistle and sing
_ [Fm] I'd follow [Cm] the vessel [Ab] a mull _ of sails [F] in
[Db] And in the [F] top _ rigging I _ _ _ _ _ west
And I'd [Fm] flutter my [Eb] wings [Cm] o'er his [Fm] broad golden _ chest
[F] _ He sailed o'er the [Eb] ocean, his fortune to [B] seek
_ I missed his [Eb] caresses _ [Ab] and his kiss on my [F] cheek
_ He [Eb] turned and I thought [F] him _ was still warm
_ He turned away lightly [Ab] and great was his [Bb] score
_ _ [F] Oh, if I were a _ blackbird, could whistle [Eb] and sing
_ [Ab] I'd follow [Cm] the [Ab] vessel a mull of [F] sails in
_ [Bbm] And [Ab] in the top _ [F] rigging I [Ab] west _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ And I'd flutter my [Eb] wings o'er his broad golden [F] _ chest _ _
He offered to [Eb] take me to _ _ [Fm] Donnybrook Fair
[F] To buy [Eb] me fine ribbons, tie them up
_ _ [F] _ _ He offered [Ab] to marry [Eb] me to a sea _ [C] _
_ baisa
_ [Fm] But then in the [Eb] morning he sailed [Fm] with the _ _ tide
_ [F] Oh, if I were a _ blackbird, could whistle [Eb] and sing
_ [Fm] I'd follow the [Cm] vessel a mull [F] of _ sails in
_ [Bbm] And in [Cm] the top _ [F] rigging I west _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] And I'd flutter my [Eb] wings o'er his broad [Fm] golden _ _ chest
_ [Db] I [F] am a young [Ab] maiden, my story [Fm] is sad
For once I [Eb] was _ [F] carefree and in _
_ _ _ [Ab] He _ courted me _ sweetly [Eb] by night [F] and by _ _ _ day
But now he has [Eb] left me and gone far away _ _ _ _ _