Chord/Tab song: If I Was a Blackbird

Intro.

Dm Am x2

Verse

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

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

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

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

Chorus

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

[Dm]I'd follow th[Am]e vessel m[C]y true love sail[Dm]s in

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

[Dm]And I'd flutter m[Am]y wings o'er he[C]r lily-whit[Dm]e breast

Verse

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

[Dm]One secret love [Am]letter to my [C]true love I'[Dm]d send

[Dm]And I'd tell of m[Am]y sorrow, m[C]y grief and m[Dm]y pain

[Dm]Since she's gone an[Am]d left me i[C]n yon flower[Dm]y glen

Chorus

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

[Dm]I'd follow th[Am]e vessel m[C]y true love sail[Dm]s in

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

[Dm]And I'd flutter m[Am]y wings o'er [C]her lily-wh[Dm]ite breast

Verse

[Dm]I sailed o'er th[Am]e ocean, m[C]y fortune t[Dm]o seek

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

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

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

Chorus

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

[Dm]I'd follow th[Am]e vessel m[C]y true love sail[Dm]s in

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

[Dm]And I'd flutter m[Am]y wings o'er [C]her lily-wh[Dm]ite breast

Verse

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

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

[Dm]I offered to [Am]marry and to [C]stay by her [Dm]side

[Dm]But she said in the [Am]morning she [C]sailed with the [Dm]tide

Chorus

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

[Dm]I'd follow th[Am]e vessel m[C]y true love sail[Dm]s in

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

[Dm]And I'd flutter m[Am]y wings o'er [C]her lily-wh[Dm]ite breast

Verse

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

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

[Dm]Ah but let them [Am]deprive me, or [C]let them do what they [Dm]will

[Dm]While there's breath in m[Am]y body, she's th[C]e one that I lov[Dm]e still

Chorus

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

[Dm]I'd follow th[Am]e vessel m[C]y true love sail[Dm]s in

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

[Dm]And I'd flutter m[Am]y wings o'er [C]her lily-wh[Dm]ite breast