Chords for The Blacksmith - Andy Irvine

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[C] _ [D] _ _ _ _ A blacksmith [C] courted me [Bb] nine months [Dm] and better.
_ He fairly [Am] won my _ heart, [Bb] wrote [Dm] me a letter.
_ With his hammer [C] in his hand, [Dm] he looked [E] quite [C] clever.
_ _ [Dm] And if [Am] I was [G] with [F] my love, [G] _
I'd live [D] forever. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] But where is my [Gm]
[Am] love gone?
With [Bb] his sheep's [C] [Dm] white roses _ and his good black hilly [Am] _ cockon,
[Bb] Decked around [Dm] with brim roses, I'm afraid [G] the [Dm] scorching sun
Will shine and [G] burn [C] his beauty.
_ [G] And if I was with [F] my _ [Dm] love, I'd do my duty. _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ [D] _ _ _ Strange [E] news has come [Am] to town, _ [Bb] strange [C] news [Dm] is carried.
_ Strange news [Am] flies up and down, that [Bb] my [C] love [D] is married.
_ I wish them [E] both much joy, [Dm] though they [C] can't hear me.
[G] And [Am] may God [D] reward [F] him well [G] [Dm] for the slighting of me. _ _ _
_ _ Don't you _ [C] remember when you [Bb] lay [C] [Dm] beside me
And you said [E] you'd [Am] marry _ me [Bb] and not [Gm] [D] deny me?
If I said I'd [G] marry _ [Dm] you, it was only for to [C] try you.
[Am] So bring [Dm] your witness, [F] _ love, [Dm] and I'll not _ deny _ _ you. _ _ _
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_ _ _ O witness, [Am] have I none _ [Bb] save [C] God [D] _
Almighty.
And [G] may he reward [Am] you well [Bb] for the [C] slighting [Dm]
of me.
Her cheeks grew pale and warm, it made her poor heart [C] tremble.
[G] Do you think she loved [F] that one, [G] and he [D] proved it a seeple?
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