{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1909296,"song":"If I Was A Blackbird","artist":"Silly Wizard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11429181-if-i-was-a-blackbird-chords-by-silly-wizard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1909296?type=chord","rating":4.71234,"votes":32,"content":"capo 5 (you can also click on the transpose button 5 times and play without capo but I prefer this way)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am a young sailor, my story is sad,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThough once I was carefree and a brave sailor lad,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI courted a lassie by night and by day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nOh but now she has left me, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd sailed far away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr if I was a scholar and could handle the pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOnce secret love letter to my true love I'd send[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd tell of my sorrow, my grief and my pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nSince she's gone and left me [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn yon flowery glen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI sailed o'er the ocean, my fortune to seek[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThough I missed her caress and her kiss on my cheek[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI returned and I told her my love was still warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nbut she turned away lightly [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd great was her scorn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI offered to take her to Donnybrook Fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd to buy her fine ribbons to tie up her hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI offered to marry and to stay by her side[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nBut she says in the morning [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe sails with the tide.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, if I was a blackbird could whistle and sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd follow the vessel my true love sails in,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in the top riggin' I would there build my nest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd flutter my wings o'er her lilly white breast.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy parents, they chide me, oh they will not agree[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSaying that me and my false love, married should never be[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh let them deprive me, or let them do what they will[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nWhile there's breath in my body[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe's the one I love still[/tab]","plain_text":"capo 5 (you can also click on the transpose button 5 times and play without capo but I prefer this way)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]","chords":["Am","Em","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}