Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: 
B minorBm
🎸 Verse 1:
G minorGm 
A#A# 
FF G minorGm
I rose and tasted the first breath of spring
G minorGm FF 
DmDm
The mist from the grassy lands rising
G minorGm A#A# FF G minorGm
I said to my gray maron "set out on the road"
G minorGm FF G minorGm
Where the green hills the sun was carressing
C minorCm FF A#A# G minorGm
Saw the nest of the blackbird as she took to the air
G minorGm DmDm
Setting off in the direction of raft unfair
C minorCm FF A#A# C minorCm
I come with the dawn bringing silver to buy
C minorCm G minorGm DmDm
Hoping with some good fortune would aid me
🎸 Verse 2:
G minorGm A#A# G minorGm
I rode with the sun; took my feet to an inn
G minorGm FF DmDm
Where the talk was of livestock and memories
G minorGm A#A# G minorGm
Where old tales were traded for new ones in turn
G minorGm FF G minorGm
Where the pipes did lament into the day
C minorCm FF A#A# G minorGm
Where the faces were old but the eyes they were good
G minorGm DmDm
They knew the money in your pocket and they'd have it if they could
C minorCm FF A#A# C minorCm
Where the grounds of the street sellers wandered around
C minorCm DmDm
Where the fiddler was lost in the noise of the crowd
🎸 Instrumental:
G minorGm
🎸 Verse 3:
G minorGm A#A# G minorGm
And when business is done you'll a charm for a dram
G minorGm FF DmDm
And drink maybe well into the day
G minorGm A#A# G minorGm
But when twilight draws near you will drink your last beer
G minorGm FF G minorGm
And set up your goods to take away
C minorCm FF A#A# G minorGm
And the old mayor of humble and bite up a wind
G minorGm DmDm
As you sleep in your cell with your collar turned in
C minorCm FF A#A# C minorCm
And the year will grow old when the traders have gone
C minorCm G minorGm DmDm
And the blackbird will follow the beat of the sun
🎸 Instrumental:
G minorGm
