Tonalité : G major
Intro 1
G
C
G
Csus2
G
Gm
G
D
G
Verse 1
pier by the quayside
C
G
there stands the stock agent
As he waits for the clipper
Gm
G
D
G
in the mid -morning sun
Csus2
D
By his side stands a gang marshal,
C
G
a whip on his shoulder
Gm
His eyes hard and narrow,
G
D
G
D
G
C
G
C
G
Bb
on his hip lies a gun
Gm
G
C
G
C
Csus2
G
Bb
Gm
G
Tell me, what bitter harvest
C
G
Is this that we're reaping?
Like scavenger birds
D
We're swooped on the shore
G
C
For five pounds of hay
G
We fill up our dark holes
And turned on the tide
D
for Australia once more
G
C
Do you remember the cries that came
G
from below deck in the storm
D
As the ship pitched an d
rolled on the waves?
G
C
I was young when I left,
G
now my soul's old and buckled
Since I sailed to the islands
D
G
for the blackbird for slaves
C
Black birdie, black birdie,
G
they're strong and they're able
To harvest the cane
D
with its nectar like gold
G
C
Would you curse the foul soul
G
of a ship and its crewmen
With its cargo of black pearls
D
G
C
chained up in the hold
G
C
G
Bb
Gm
G
D
G
Could you buy a man's soul
C
G
for a dipper of water?
Can you taste a man's soul
D
in a dark glass of rum?
G
C
Do you remember the cries of the slave
G
that we buggered just to
say that we could?
D
Now the harvest begun,
G
Gm
G
tell yourself the Lord
C
Jesus will ensure their redemption
G
That the hand of the master
D
holds the tiller in trust
G
C
But their Kanaka souls
G
are the white master's burden
Let them sail through your dreams
D
G
C
to let genes turn to rust
G
C
G
Gm
G
C
Blackbirdie, blackbirdie,
G
they're strong and they're able
To harvest the cane
D
G
with its nectar like gold
D
G
C
Would you curse the foul soul
G
of a ship and its crewmen
With its cargo of black pearls,
D
G
D
G
chained up in a hole
G
C
G
C
G
Bb
C
G
C
G
C
Oh, oh, oh
G
Oh, I
Bb
C
G
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