Chords for Jimmy Driftwood My Blackbird is Gone (Demo Version!)

_ My Black Bird Is Gone, a Civil War song that the listener will have to interpret for himself. _
It might be a white boy or a white girl [Bm] singing about _ [B] a black mammy that he might have had.
_ It could be a white or a black boy singing about his sweetheart is gone.
_ _ _ Well, as Alan Lomax says, you have to interpret this song for [C#] yourself.
_ _ She had the soul [G#] of an angel.
_ _ _ She had a heart that was [C#]
true. _ _ _ _
Her lips were sweet [G#] as the _ hummingbirds now, all full of the sweetened [C#]
air. _ _ _ _
She taught me how, [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _
she taught me how [C#] to pray.
_ _ _ I thought I _ heard [G#] her say [C] goodbye [G#] and they carried my black bird.
[C#] _
_ _ _ _ My black bird is _ [F#] gone.
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ They came with a _ [F#] chain, they clutched it near.
[G#] _ _ _ _ [C#] Listen
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
to the [G#] roar of the camels, _ _ _ look at _ _ [C#] the _ river. _ _
It's all because of [G#] the tears that I shed when they carried my black bird [C#]
away. _ _ _ _ _
And the sweet, sweet [G#]
air. _ _ _ _ _
Hushed their sweet songs when [C#] they heard. _ _ _ _
The rest of my heart [G#] when they tore.
She had _ the arms of a skinny [C#] black bird.
_ _ _ My black bird is _ [F#] gone.
_ _ _ _ [G#] They _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
came with a chain, [F#]
they caught her sweet and [G#] near.
They carried my black bird.
[C#] _
_ _ _ _ My black bird is _ [F#] gone.
My black bird.
_ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ They came with a [A#m] chain, they caught her [F#] sweet and near.
[G#] They carried my black bird.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _