Loreena McKennitt

On A Bright May Morning(Chords)

Loreena McKennitt

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	        Intro 
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Verse 
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As I roved out on a bright May morning 
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To view beyond, the meadows and flowers gay 
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Whom should I spy but my own true lover 
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As she sat under yon willow tree 

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I took off my hat and I did salute her 
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Oh, I did salute her most courageously 
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When she turned around, well, the tears fell down from her 
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Saying, 'False young man, you have deluded me' 

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'And a diamond ring I owned, I gave you 
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A hard diamond ring to wear on your right hand 
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But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them 
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And married the lassie that had the land' 

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'If I married the lassie that had the land, my love 
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It's that I'll rue till the day I die 
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When misfortune falls, sure no man can shun it 
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I was blindfolded, I'll ne'er deny' 

Instrumental 
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Verse 
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Now at nights when I go to my bed of slumber 
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My thoughts of my true love, run in my mind 
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When I turned around to embrace my darling 
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Instead of gold, sure it's brass I find 

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And I wish the Queen would call home her army 
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From the West Indies, Amerikay and Spain 
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And every man to his wedded woman 
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In hopes that you and I will meet again 

Outro 
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