Blackwater Side - Anne Briggs Chords
Chords: G, F, C, Down
More chords by Anne Briggs
Genre: folk, blues, americana
[Verse 1]
G
One morning fair to take the air
F C G
Down by Blackwater side
G
T'was in gazing all, all around me
F C G
T'was the Irish lad I spied
[Verse 2]
G
All through the third part of the night
F C G
Well, we lay in sport and play
G
Then this young man, he arose and gathered his clothes
F C G
He said, "Fare thee well today"
[Verse 3]
G
"Well, that's not the promise that you gave to me
F C G
When first you lay on my bed
G
You could make me believe with your lying tongue
F C G
That the sun rose in the west"
[Verse 4]
G
"Then go home, go home to your father's garden
F C G
You go home and weep your fill
G
And you think of your own misfortune
F C G
That you brought with your wanton will"
[Verse 5]
G
For there's not a girl in this whole wide world
F C G
As easily led as I
G
Sure, it's fishes they'll fly and the seas run dry
F C G
Tis then he'll marry I
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