If I Was A Blackbird Chords by Silly Wizard

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am _ [Dm] a [Am] young _ sailor, [C] my _ _ _ _ [Bb] story is _ sad, [Am] _ [Dm] Though _ _ once I [Am] was _ carefree [Dm] and a brave _ _ _ [Am] sailor lad,
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_ I _ [Am] courted a _ lassie [Dm] by _ night and [Am] by _ day, _ [Dm] But now she _ [Am] has left me _ [D] and [C] _ _ sailed far [Bb] _ _ away. _ _
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[Dm] Oh, if I _ _ [Am] was a _ blackbird, _ [D]
could [C] whistle _ _ [Bb] and _ [Dm] sing, _ 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 for her _ _ lily-white [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
breast.
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[Dm] Or if I _ was [Am] a scholar _ _ and [C] could _ _ _ 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 [Am] and my _ pain, Since [Dm] _ _ she's gone [A] and left [Am] me _ [D] in [C] yon _
_ [Bb] _ flowery land.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Oh, [Am] _ _ [Dm] if I _ _ was a [Am] _ _ _
[G] blackbird, could _ [Am] whistle _ [Bb] and sing, _
[Am] _ [Dm] I'd _ follow _ the [Am] _ vassal [Dm] my _ true _ love [Am] sails in, _
_ [Dm] And in _ [Am] the top _ rigging [Dm] I would there _ build [Am] my nest, And [Dm] I'd flutter _ [Am] my _ wings _ for her _ _
[F] lily [Bb]-white _ _ _ _ breast. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [Dm] I sailed o [Am]'er the ocean, _ [C] my _ _ _ fortune [Bb] to _ seek, _ [Dm] Though 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 [Am] still warm, _ [Dm] But she turned _ _ [Am] away _ lightly, _ _ [G] and [Am] great _ [G] was [Bb] her _ _ scorn. _ _
_ [Dm] [Am] Oh, _ [Dm] if I _ _ [Am] was a _ blackbird, _ could whistle _ _ and [Bb]
sing, [Dm] _ _ _ I'd follow _ _ [Am] the vassal _ [Dm] my true _ love [Am] sails in,
_ _ [Dm] And in [Am] the top rigging _ [Dm] I would there build [Am] my nest, And [Dm] I'd flutter my [Am] _ _
wings _ [D] for [G] her _ [Am] _ lily [Dm]-white [Bb] _
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_ [D] _ I [Dm] offered _ [Am] to take her _ [C] to _ _ _ [Bb] Donnybrook _ Fair, _ [Am]
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.
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Oh, [Dm] if I _ _ [Am] was a _ blackbird, _
[C] could whistle _ _ [Bb] and sing, _ [Am] _
[Dm] I'd _ follow _ the [Am] _ vassal [D] my _ [Dm] true love _ [Am] sails in, _ _
[F] And in the [Am] top rigging _ I [Dm] would there build [Am] my _ nest, And [Dm] I'd flutter _ my _ [Am] _ wings [G] for her _ [Am] _ [F] lily _ [Bb]-white _ _ _ _ breast.
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_ [Dm] My parents, they [Am] _ chide me, _
[C] and will _ _ not [Bb] _ agree, _ [Am]
Say [Dm] that me and my [Am] _ _ false [D] love _ [Dm] married should never [Am] _ _ be, _
[F] Ah, 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. _
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[Dm] Oh, if I _ _ [Am] was a _ _ blackbird, [C] could whistle _ _ [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 _ build [Am] my nest, And [Dm] I'd _ flutter my [A] _ _ [Am] wings for her _ _ lily-white [Bb] _ _ breast. _
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