Chords for The Blacksmith - Planxty, 1980

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_ _ _ _ A blacksmith [D] courted me, [G] nine months and [E] better, _ He barely won [D] my heart, [C] wrote [Em] me a letter,
_ [D] With his [A] hammer in [Em] his hand, he looked quite [D]
clever,
_ [Em] And if I was with my [G] love, _ [Em] I'd live _ forever.
_ _ _ _ _ But where is my [D] love gone?
[Em] With his cheats like roses,
_ _ And his good black billy [D] pock on, [Em] Decked around with brim roses,
I'm afraid the scorching sun, Will shine and [D] burn his beauty,
[E] And if [G] I was [A] with [G] my love, I'd [Em] do my duty. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Strange news has come [D] to town, _ [C] Strange [Bm] news [Em] is carried,
_ Strange news flies [D] up and down, [Em] That my love is married.
I [D] wish [A] them both [G] much [D] joy, [Em] Though they [D] can't hear me,
[Em] And may God [A]
[G] reward him well, For the [E] slighting of me.
_ _ _ [Em] Don't you _ [D] remember when, [Em] You laid aside me,
And you said you'd marry [D] me, _ [Em] And not deny me?
If I [D] [A] said I'd marry [Em] you, [D] It [Em] was all before [D] I knew,
[Em] So bring your [G] witness, love, [Em] And my love will I give. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ O witness, have [D] I none, _ [Em] Save God Almighty,
_ And may he reward [D] you well, For [Em] the slighting of me.
Her [D] [A] cheeks grew pale [Em] and wolly, It made her poor heart [D] _ tremble,
[Em] To [D] think she [Em] loved [A] [G] a woman, [Em] And he proved [Dm] [E] his equal. _ _ _ _ _
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