If I Were a Blackbird - Silly Wizard's version
capo 5 (you can also click on the transpose button 5 times and play without capo but I prefer this way)
youtube.com/watch?v=wa7nPdviaPI
[Verse]
Am G Em F
I am a young sailor, my story is sad,
Am Em Am Em
Though once I was carefree and a brave sailor lad,
Am Em Am Em
I courted a lassie by night and by day,
Am G
Oh but now she has left me,
Em F
And sailed far away.
[Verse]
Am G Em F
Oh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,
Am Em Am Em
I'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,
Am Em Am Em
And in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,
Am G Em F
And I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.
[Verse]
Am G Em F
Or if I was a scholar and could handle the pen
Am Em Am Em
Once secret love letter to my true love I'd send
Am Em Am Em
And tell of my sorrow, my grief and my pain
Am G
Since she's gone and left me
Em F
In yon flowery glen.
[Verse]
Am G Em F
I sailed o'er the ocean, my fortune to seek
Am Em Am Em
Though I missed her caress and her kiss on my cheek
Am Em Am Em
I returned and I told her my love was still warm
Am G
but she turned away lightly
Em F
And great was her scorn.
[Verse]
Am G Em F
I offered to take her to Donnybrook Fair
Am Em Am Em
And to buy her fine ribbons to tie up her hair
Am Em Am Em
I offered to marry and to stay by her side
Am G
But she says in the morning
Em F
She sails with the tide.
[Verse]
Am G Em F
My parents, they chide me, oh they will not agree
Am Em Am Em
Saying that me and my false love, married should never be
Am Em Am Em
Oh let them deprive me, or let them do what they will
Am G
While there's breath in my body
Em F
She's the one I love still
