The Verdant Braes of Screen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]As [D]I r[C]ove[D]d out [C]one[G] eveni[D]ng f[C]air,[D]
By the [G]verdant braes of [C]Screams,
[G]I set my b[D]at to a[C] hawthorn t[D]ree,
To [G]view the [F]sun in [C]the West Country,
[D]The [G]Jew on [C]the forest [G]green,
A [C]lad I [D]spied by [C]a barn's s[D]ide,
And [G]a maiden by his [C]knee,
And [G]he was [D]dark as [C]the berry -brown [D]red,
And [G]she all [F]the way and [C]warm to see,
[D]All the[G] way and warm was[C] she[G].
Sit you [D]down on the [C]grass [D]he said,
On the [G]dewy grass so [C]green,
For the [G]wee birds [D]they have
[C]come and [D]gone,
Since [G]my true [F]love I've [C]seen, [D]he said.
Since [G]my true love [C]I've [G]seen,
I'll not [D]sit on the [C]grass, she said.
[D]Or be [G]a love of thi[C]ne,
For here [G]you [D]love a [C]con out[D]manned.
Your [G]heart's no [F]longer [C]mine, [D]she said,
No, [G]your heart's no longer [C]mine.[G][D][C]
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[G][C][G]
And I'll not [D]mind what [C]an old man says
[D]For his day[G]s are nigh ere don[C]e
And I'll not [D]mind what [C]a young man says,
[D]for he'[G]s fair for eve[F]ryone, she[C] said,
[D]he's fai[G]r for eve[D]ryone
[G]And I would cli[D]mb a hig[C]h, high tre[D]e
and [G]rub a wild bird's [C]nest
And [G]I'll bring [D]by my [C]singing boat
[D]To the [G]arms that [F]I love b[C]est, h[D]e said
To the [G]arms that I [C]love [G]best