The Verdant Braes Of Skreen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][A][D][Bm][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]As I roved
[A]out one [Bm]evening [F#m]fair,
By the [D]verdant [Bm]braes of screen,
[G]I put[D] my bac[A]k to a haw[Bm]thorn tre[A]e,
[D]To view [A]the sun in the [Bm]West Country,
[A]And the dew[D] on the for[A]est gre[D]en.
A lead [A]I spied by O[Bm]wen's s[F#m]ide,
And [D]a lassie [Bm]on his kn[G]ee.
He [D]was as [A]dark as the [Bm]young Black[A]wood,
And [D]she [A]a way and o[Bm]ne to see,
[A]Away and[D] wand 'r'[A]st she[D].
O city, [A]down on the [Bm]grass, he [F#m]said,
On [D]the dewy [Bm]grass, so [G]green,
For the [D]wee birds [A]they have
[Bm]come and [A]gone,
Since [D]my true [A]love I've [Bm]seen, he [A]said,
Since [D]my true love [A]I've [D]seen
I will [A]not sit on the [Bm]grass, [F#m]she said
Nor [D]be a [Bm]lover [G]thine
For [D]here [A]you love a [Bm]conduct [A]girl
And your [D]heart's no [A]longer [Bm]mine, she [A]said
and your [D]heart's no [A]longer [D]mine.
I will [A]not heed what the [Bm]old man s[F#m]ays,
for his [D]days are [Bm]well nigh [G]done.
And I [D]will [A]not heed what
the [Bm]young man [A]says,
for he's [D]fair to [A]more than [Bm]one, she [A]said.
Yes, it's [D]fair to more [A]than [D]one
But I will [A]climb a [Bm]high, high [F#m]tree
And [D]I'll rob a [Bm]wild bird's [G]nest
And [D]with its [A]wings I'll [Bm]fly away
[A]To the arm[D]s that lov[A]e me best,[Bm] she sai[A]d
To the [D]arms that love [A]me [D]best
As I roved [A]out one [Bm]evening [F#m]fair
By the [D]verdant [Bm]braes of [G]Scream
I [D]put my [A]back to a [Bm]hawthorn tree
[A]To vie[D]w the sun[A] in the Wes[Bm]t Country
[A]And they're due[D] on the for[A]est gre[D]en.