Blackwaterside chords by Jon Boden

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Verse 1
Am 
G# 
One  (A minor) morning fair  (G sharp major) to  take the air
B 
Abm 
Ab 
F 
Ab 
 (B major)  (A flat minor) down   (A flat major) by Black (F major) water  (A flat major) side
Bbm 
Ab 
Ab 
T  (B flat minor) 'was   (A flat major) in  gazing all around  (A flat major) me,
Bbm 
B 
Bb 
Bbm 
B 
t  (B flat minor) 'was the  (B major) Ir ish lad  (B flat major) I    (B flat minor) spied  (B major) 
Ab 
 (A flat major) All through the first part
of the night
Ab 
How we  (A flat major) lay in sport and play
Ab 
Till that young man  (A flat major) he rose
B 
Ab 
Gb 
 (B major) And he  (A flat major) gathered his  (G flat major) clothes
Ab 
Bbm 
B 
Cm 
 (A flat major) Saying fare  (B flat minor) you    (B major) well today  (C minor) 
Ab 
Am 
 (A flat major) That's not  (A minor) the promise that
Dm 
C 
you  (D minor) gave  (C major) to me
Am 
G# 
 (A minor) When first  (G sharp major) you lay on my breast
Ab 
You could make me be (A flat major) lieve
Bbm 
Ab 
 (B flat minor) With  your  (A flat major) ly  ing tongue
B 
Cm 
That the  (B major) sun rose  (C minor) in the west
Ab 
 (A flat major) Go  home, go home
Bbm 
 (B flat minor) To your father's garden
Ab 
Gb 
You  (A flat major) go home and you weep  (G flat major) your fill
Bbm 
Ab 
And you  (B flat minor) think on your  (A flat major) own misfortune
Fm 
C 
That  (F minor) you're  (C major) brought with your
Cm 
 (C minor) wanton will
C 
G# 
Am 
G# 
 (C major) There's  (G sharp major) not  (A minor) a girl  (G sharp major) in
this whole wide world
Bbm 
Fm 
Ab 
 (B flat minor) So eas (F minor) ily led  (A flat major) as  I
Am 
C 
Sure the  (A minor) fishes shall  (C major) fly
Dm 
Am 
Ab 
And  (D minor) the seas  (A minor) run  (A flat major) dry
F 
Fm 
Bbm 
It  (F major) is then  (F minor) you will  (B flat minor) marry me