The Blacksmith / Steeleye Span "Hark! The Village Wait" Chords

[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ A black's [B] recorded me [C#m] nine [C#m] months and better
He fell in one of [B] my heart, he [C#m] wrote me [C#m] a letter
[E] With his hammer [G#m] _
[C#m] and he looks so [B] clever
And if [C#m] I were with my love I would [G#m] live [C#m] forever
_ Oh where is [B] my lover gone with [C#m] his cheeks [C#m] like roses
He's gone across [B] the sea [G#m] gathering [C#m] them roses
[E] I'm [F#] afraid the [G#m] shining [C#m] sun might burn his gorgeous [B] beauty
[G#m] [C#m] And if I were with my [E] love I would do [C#m] my _ duty
La la la la la [B] la la [C#m] la la la la la la la la [B] la _ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] la
[F#] _
[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ Strange news is a [B] come to town, [C#m] strange [G#m] news is a [C#m] carried
Strange news flies [B] up and down, [C#m] my [C#m] love is a married
[E] I wish [G#m]
much joy, [E] don't [B] hear me
And if [C#m] I were with my love, [E] I would [G#m] prove my [C#m] duty
_ Oh, what did you [B] promise me [C#m] when you lay [C#m] beside me
You said you'd marry [B] me and [G#m] not [C#m] deny me
[E] If I [F#] said [G#m] I'd marry [C#m] you, I'd be so [B] free to try you
[C#m] So bring your witness, my love, and [G#m] I'll [C#m] not deny _ you
La la la [B] la la la [C#m] la [B] la [C#m] la la, la la la la [B] la la la [C#m] _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
[G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ _ la
Have [B] I loved [C#m] [C#m] God Almighty, and may he reward [B] you [C#m] I deny
It's [F#] true [G#m] that [C#m] I was made a poor, [B] _ [G#m] [C#m] for to think he had loved one [G#m] [C#m] who was evil
Oh, Blacksmith conned [B] me [C#m] nine [B] months [C#m] better!
He barely [B] won my heart, he [C#m] wrote [C#m] me a letter!
He'd live [F#] _
[G#m] and [C#m] he looked [B] clever!
[C#m] And if I were with my love, I would [G#m] live [C#m] forever!
_ La la la la [B] la la la [C#m] la!
[C#m] _ La la la la la la la la!
[B] _ [C#m] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ [G#m] _
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