The Blacksmith chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
E minorEm            D MajorD
Oh, a blacksmith courted me
   C majorC     D MajorD  E minorEm
Nine months and better
         D MajorD
He fairly won my heart
     C majorC  D MajorD E minorEm
He wrote me a letter
     G+G   D MajorD   E minorEm
With the hammer in his hand
        D MajorD
He looked so clever
    A augmentedA       G+G
And if I was with my love
    C majorC  D MajorD  E minorEm
I would live forever

Verse 2:
E minorEm          D MajorD
Oh, where is my love gone
     C majorC      D MajorD E minorEm
With his cheeks like roses
               D MajorD
And his good black billycock on
       C majorC    D MajorD E minorEm
Decked around with primroses
  G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm
I'm afraid the scorching sun
              D MajorD
Will shine and burn his beauty
    A augmentedA       G+G
And if I was with my love
    C majorC   D MajorD E minorEm
I would do my duty

Verse 3:
E minorEm            D MajorD
Strange news has come to town
    C majorC    D MajorD En
Strange news are carried
             D MajorD
Strange news flies up and down
   C majorC     D MajorD  E minorEm
That my love is married
   G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm
Oh, I wish them both much joy
           D MajorD
Though they can't hear me
    A augmentedA       G+G
And may God reward him well
    C majorC     D MajorD E minorEm
For the slighting of me

Verse 4:
E minorEm         D MajorD
Don't you remember when
  C majorC   D MajorD  E minorEm
You lay beside me
             D MajorD
And you said you'd marry me
  C majorC   D MajorD E minorEm
And not deny me
   G+G    D MajorD   E minorEm
If I said I'd marry you
            D MajorD
It was only for to try you
  A augmentedA         G+G
So bring your witness love
     C majorC   D MajorD E minorEm
And I'll not deny you

Verse 5:
E minorEm         D MajorD
No, witness have I none
   C majorC   D MajorD E minorEm
Save God Almighty
           D MajorD
And may he reward you well
    C majorC     D MajorD E minorEm
For the slighting of me
  G+G     D MajorD    E minorEm
Her lips grew pale and wan
             D MajorD
It made a poor heart tremble
  A augmentedA        G+G
To think she loved a one
    C majorC     D MajorD E minorEm
And he proved deceitful

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