If I Was A Blackbird

Intro.

Dm Am x2

Verse

Dm           Am         C        Dm
I am a young sailor, my story is sad

Dm             Am             C 
For once I was carefree and a 
           Dm
brave sailor lad

Dm          Am        C          
I courted a lassie by night and 
  Dm
by day

Dm              Am          C   
But now she has left me and 
       Dm
sailed far away


Chorus

Dm            Am            
Oh if I was a blackbird, could 
   C           Dm
whistle and sing

Dm             Am        C      
I’d follow the vessel my true 
         Dm
love sails in

Dm             Am              C
And in the top rigging I would 
              Dm
there build my nest

Dm                 Am             
And I’d flutter my wings o'er her 
C          Dm
lily-white breast


Verse

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Or if I was a scholar and could 
C        Dm
handle a pen

Dm              Am           C  
One secret love letter to my 
           Dm
true love I’d send

Dm                 Am         C 
And I’d tell of my sorrow, my 
           Dm
grief and my pain

Dm                   Am         
Since she’s gone and left me in 
C           Dm
yon flowery glen


Chorus

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Dm            Am            
Oh if I was a blackbird, could 
   C           Dm
whistle and sing

Dm             Am        C      
I’d follow the vessel my true 
         Dm
love sails in

Dm             Am              C
And in the top rigging I would 
              Dm
there build my nest

Dm                 Am             
And I’d flutter my wings o’er her 
C          Dm
lily-white breast


Verse

Dm                Am        C   
I sailed o’er the ocean, my 
       Dm
fortune to seek

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Though I missed her caress and her
 C          Dm
 kiss on my cheek

Dm               Am          C  
I returned and I told her my 
            Dm
love was still warm

Dm                  Am          
But she turned away lightly and 
C             Dm
great was her scorn


Chorus

Dm            Am            
Oh if I was a blackbird, could 
   C           Dm
whistle and sing

Dm             Am        C      
I’d follow the vessel my true 
         Dm
love sails in

Dm             Am              C
And in the top rigging I would 
              Dm
there build my nest

Dm                 Am             
And I’d flutter my wings o’er her 
C          Dm
lily-white breast


Verse

Dm           Am          C      
I offered to take her to 
    Dm
Donnybrook Fair

Dm                  Am         C
And to buy her fine ribbons to 
          Dm
tie up her hair

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I offered to marry and to stay 
      Dm
by her side

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But she said in the morning she 
C               Dm
sailed with the tide


Chorus

Dm            Am            
Oh if I was a blackbird, could 
   C           Dm
whistle and sing

Dm             Am        C      
I’d follow the vessel my true 
         Dm
love sails in

Dm             Am              C
And in the top rigging I would 
              Dm
there build my nest

Dm                 Am             
And I’d flutter my wings o’er her 
C          Dm
lily-white breast


Verse

Dm              Am            C 
My parents they chide me, and 
       Dm
will not agree

Dm                          Am   
Saying that me and my false love 
        C            Dm
married should never be

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Ah but let them deprive me, or 
                     Dm
let them do what they will

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While there’s breath in my body, 
          C               Dm
she's the one that I love still


Chorus

Dm            Am            
Oh if I was a blackbird, could 
   C           Dm
whistle and sing

Dm             Am        C      
I’d follow the vessel my true 
         Dm
love sails in

Dm             Am              C
And in the top rigging I would 
              Dm
there build my nest

Dm                 Am             
And I’d flutter my wings o’er her 
C          Dm
lily-white breast