Chords for Linda Thompson - If I Were a Bluebird

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[G#m] _ _ I am but a [C#m] poor girl, _
[E] _ _ my misfortune [B] seems sad. _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ Many months I've been [C#m] courting _ _ [B]
a [E] _ _ young _
[F#] sailor lad. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ I've _ courted him [C#m] gaily, _ _ _
[E] _ _ by night [B] and by day. _
[G#m] But _ _ _ now [C#m] for a transport, _ _ [E] _
_ _ he's gone [B] far [F#] away. _ _ _
[B] _ Oh, if I were a _ bluebird, [F#] I'd whistle [B] and [E] say, _ _ _
[B] I would [E] light [B] on the vessel [F#] my true [G#m] love's [E] sails in. _ _ _
[F#] _ _ Whilst in the [E] top _ [G#m] rigging, _ _ I _ would take the wind [F#] west, _ _ _
_ [B] And I would lie my love on [F#] his lily [E] white _ _ breast. _
[F#] _ _ _ If I [B] were a _ [E] bluebird, _
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[G#m] _ _ my love's [C#m] tall and handsome,
_ _ [B]
[E] With _ _ [B] _ every degree, _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ my parents [C#m] _ despise him,
_ [B] _
_ [E] _ Because he [B] loves me. _ _
[G#m] _ _ But let them [C#m] despise him, _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ and [B] say what they will. _ _ _
[G#m] _ Whilst I breath in [C#m] my body, _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ I'll love [F#] my lad still. _ _ _
[B] Oh, if [E] I [B] were a bluebird, I'd whistle [E] and say,
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I would light on the vessel [F#] my true [E] love's sails _ in. _ _
[F#] _ _ Whilst in the top [E] rigging, _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ I would take the wind [F#] _ west,
_ [B] _
_ And I would lie all night long on his lily [E] white _ _ breast. _
[F#] _ _ If I [B] were a _ [E] bluebird, _
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[G#m] _ _ they say he'll [C#m] forget me,
_ [G#m] _
[E] _ _ When he sails [B] round the world. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ And then in every [C#m] _ harbour, _ _ [B] _
[E] _ there are prettier [F#] _ girls.
_ _ [G#m] _
_ They say I'll [C#m] forget too, _ _ [E] _
_ _ but I say [B] not me. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ My love is [C#m] forever, _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ it never [G#m] will [F#] cease. _ _ _ _
[B] Oh, if I [E] were [B] a bluebird, [F#] I'd whistle [G#m]
[E] and say,
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I would light on the vessel my [F#] true [E] love's sails _ in. _ _
[F#] _ _ Whilst in the [E] top rigging, _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ I would take the [F#] wind west, _ _ _
[B] _ And I would lie all night long on [F#] his lily white [E] _ _ breast. _
_ [F#] _ _ If I were [B] a _ _ [E] bluebird.
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[G#m] _ _ It's been many [C#m] a year now, [B] _
_ [E] _ he's been in [B] the new world. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ They say [C#m] that he married _ [B] a [E] _ _ _ [G#m] _ fine [F#] Creole _ _ girl. _
[G#m] _ _ Oh, love, it [C#m] is _ _ faithless, _
[E] _ _ it's a [B] terrible _ thing. _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ Oh, love, it is [E] killing, _ _ _ _ _ _ have you felt [F#] the pain? _ _
[B] _ Oh, if [E] I [B] were a bluebird, [F#] I'd whistle [E] and say, _ _
[B] _ I would light [E]
[B] on the vessel my true love's sails [E] _ in. _
_ [F#] _ _ Whilst in [E] the top rigging, _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ I would take the [F#] wind west, _
_ [B] And I would [E] lie all [B] night long on his lily white [E] _ breast. _
[F#] _ _ _ _ If I [E] were a [G#m] bluebird. _
_ [F#] _ _ If I [E] were a bluebird. _ _
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