The Verdant Braes of Skreen chords by Jon Boden

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Verse 1
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 (D major) As I  (A major) walked out  (F sharp minor) on     (A major) a May morning,
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By the  (F sharp minor) verdant braes of  (A major) screen,  (G major) 
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 (A major) I  set  (D major) my back  (A major) against a mossy tree,
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To view the dew on the  (G minor) far   (A major) county.
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 (E major) The  (A major) Jew on the forest  (D major) green
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A  (A major) lad I spied near our  (C sharp major) burn  (A major) side
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With a laspin leaf and alder tree  (G minor) 
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 (A major) Her  (E major)  (A major) lips were like the berry -brown red
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And she all pale  (E minor) and   (G major) want  (F sharp minor) to    see,  (E major) 
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 (A major) and she all  (F sharp minor) want   (E major) to see.  (D major) 
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 (A major) Come sit you  (E major) down  (A major) on the grass,  (G minor) he said.  (A flat major) 
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 (A major) On  (F sharp minor) the dewy  (A major) grass so  (G minor) green.
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 (A major) For the little birds  (D major) they have
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 (A major) come and gone.
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Since I my love  (F sharp minor) have   (G minor) seen,  (F sharp minor) he said.
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 (A major) Since I my love  (E major)  (A major) have seen  (D major)  (A major) 
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Oh, I'll not sit  (F sharp minor) with   (D major) you,  (A major) she said
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 (A flat major) Nor,  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (A major) I'll be of  (G major) thine
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 (A major) For I hear you love a cornered maid
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An (A flat major) d your  (A major) heart's no longer mine,
she said.
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Your heart's  (F sharp minor) no longer  (E major)  (A major) mine.  (D major) 
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 (A major) Then I will climb the toltol tree
And I'll rob the wild bird's nest
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And  (A major) back I'll  (D major) bring what  (B minor) I    find  (A major) there
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To the  (D major) arms I love the best  (F sharp minor) he    said
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 (E major) To the arms I love  (F sharp minor)  (A major) the best.