Chords for If I Were A Blackbird - Rose Soenen - Celtic Harp

_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ When my [Am] young maiden, [A] my story [Bb] is sad, for once I was carefree, [F] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] he _ [Am] courted me sweetly [Bb] by my _
_ [Am] _ _ name.
_ [Dm] _
Now he [Am] has left me [Em] and gone far [Bb] away. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] I've heard [C] thy whistle and [Bb] sing, I've smote [Am] all the best women [Bb] _ _ _ [G] there.
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] And in my top [Am] ragged [Bb] underwear, _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ my [Am] wings are his [C] broad golden [Bb] trail.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ [Dm] He sailed out [Am] to sea, [C] his fortune to [Bb] see, [Bb] I missed [Am] his carousel _ [F] _ _ my [Am] dear.
_ _ _ [Dm] He returned and [Am] I told him _ [F] _ I [Am] still loved _ _ him, [Dm] but he turned away [Am] _ lightly, [Em] great was [Bb] his score. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] I've heard _ [C]
thy whistle [Bb] and sing, I've smote all the [Am] best women _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ there.
[Dm] And that flutter [Am] of my winged _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
chest.
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[Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] My parents, [Am] they chide me, [Em] they will not [Bb] agree, they see me [Am] and my true love.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ [Dm] While there's breath in my [Am]
body, he's the [C] one I [Bb] love still. _
_ _ _ _ _ I've _
_ _ [Am] heard [G] thy whistle [Bb] and sing, I've smote all the [Am] best women _ _ there.
[G] _ _ _ _
[Dm] And in my [Am] top ragged [F] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ underwear, [Am] my wings are his [Gm] broad golden trail.
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
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_ [Dm] He had promised [Am] to take me [F] to _ [Bb] Donnybrook's fair, to buy me [Am] fine [Bb] ribbons. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] He had promised [Am] to marry _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ me, and _ _
[Dm] _ _ in [Am] the morning he [C] sailed with [Gm] the _ tide.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ I've _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] heard thy whistle and [Bb] sing, I've [Bb] smote all the [Am] best _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ women there.
And [Dm] in my _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] top ragged underwear, my [Am] wings are his [C] broad [Bb] golden trail. _ _ _ _ _
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