Biography:
Gordon Bok stands out among the various artists that can be lumped into the "Traditional Folk" category. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Camden, Maine and it was there in coastal Maine that Bok was influenced by sea-faring culture and its music. He released his first album in 1965 and in 1970 signed to Folk-Legacy records, where he released a number of solo albums, as well as many collaborations with Ann Mayo Muir and Ed Trickett. In 1990 he began releasing music on his own label, Timberhead Music.
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Other songs:
- A Little Road And A Stone To Roll
- A Most Unpleasant Way Sir
- A Song For Angela
- A Tune For November
- All My Sailors
- Along The Famine Road
- An Diran Than Soulder
- Another Bay
- Apples In The Basket
- Astoria Bar
- Banks Of The Reedy Lagoon
- Bare
- Bay Of Fundy
- Belamena
- Bheir Me O
- Blackbird
- Boat Of Silver
- Bold Reynolds
- Broken Down Squatter
- Candlelight Fisherman
- Cannery Shed
- Canso Strait
- Cape Ann
- Changing Times
- Clear Away In The Morning
- Come By The Hills
- Connemara Cradle Song
- Coshieville
- Crossing The Water
- Dillon Bay
- Do Something
- Dublin City
- Duna
- Duncan And Brady
- Easy And Slow
- Faraway Tom
- Farewell To Nova Scotia
- Fiddler Of Dooney
- Frankie On The Sheepscot
- Freedom On The Wallaby
- Get Her Into Shore
- Going On
- Handsome Cabin Boy
- Hang On John
- Harp Song Of The Dane Women
- Herring Croon
- Hie Awa
- High Barbary
- Johnny Stewart Drover
- Shearers Lament
- Song For The Mira
- Song Of The Wheelhouse Door
- Southern Cross
- Spell To Bring Lost Creatures Home
- Stone On Stone
- Stormy Weather
- Sufferin
- Swell Me Net Full
- The Angelus
- The Arbutus
- The Beaches Of Lukannon
- The Bird Rock
- The Boats Of Peters River
- The Brandy Tree
- The Bressay Lullaby
- The Kind Land
- The Last Battle
- The Liza Jane
- The Maiden Hind
- The Maiden In Birds Plumage
- The Net
- The Old Bard Song
- The Old Figurehead Carver
- The Parting Glass
- The Sands Of Dee
- The Shepherds Call
- The Stable Lad
- The Swag And The Shiner
- The Texas Song
- The Wreck Of The Green Cove
- These Dry Stone Walls
- This Old Mandolin
- Threeboot Philbricks Lament
- Tie Her Up
- Travelling People
- Trochus Boats
- Turn Ye To Me
- Turning Toward The Morning
- Waiting For The Rain
- Weary Of The Darning
- Weevily Wheat Wheat In The Ear
- Western Boat
- Where Am I To Go
- Wiscasset Schooners
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[Intro]
C G Am G F C F C G
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[Verse 1]
G
Blackbird, Blackbird, flyin' late
Am G
Grease in the pot and ash in the grate
F C
They barred the door and they shut the gate
F G
They got no place for me
[Verse 2]
C G
The bottle's empty and my head is sore
Am G
I don't know where I've been before
F C
Bar your gate and shut your door
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The Blackbird's flying free
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F C F C
[Verse 3]
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Where have I been to? I don't know
Am G
Broken fiddle and crooked bow
F C
Holes in my boots and I'm walkin' slow
F G
As the last long shadows fall
[Verse 4]
C G
The boat I sailed, laid down in the tide
Am G
The horse I stole, got lame and died
F C
I don't need a friend and I don't want a bride
F G C
The Blackbird knows it all
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
G
What's this song the Blackbird hears?
Am G
I sowed my days and I reaped my years
F C
A basket of sins and a bucket of tears
F G
And I can't come in to stay
[Verse 6]
C G
My life's a tale that I don't tell
Am G
I did my worst and I did it well
F C
I never get to heaven, but I stayed out of hell
F G C
And still I'm on my way
[Instrumental]
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C F C F C G C
[Verse 7]
G
Where am I goin' to sleep tonight?
Am G
I can't turn left, and I won't turn right
F C
Where the road goes on in the cold moonlight
F G
And the lonely Blackbird cries
[Verse 8]
C G
I'm going to sleep in a lonely bed
Am G
With white and whiter linen spread
F C
A cold grey stone at my foot and head
F G C
And pennies on my eyes
[Instrumental]
C Dm F C F G C
[Outro]
G
I'm going to sleep in a lonely bed
Am G
With white and whiter linen spread
F C
A cold grey stone at my foot and head
F G C
And pennies on my eyes
C G Am G F C F C G
C G Am G F C F G C
[Verse 1]
G
Blackbird, Blackbird, flyin' late
Am G
Grease in the pot and ash in the grate
F C
They barred the door and they shut the gate
F G
They got no place for me
[Verse 2]
C G
The bottle's empty and my head is sore
Am G
I don't know where I've been before
F C
Bar your gate and shut your door
F G C
The Blackbird's flying free
[Instrumental]
F C D7 G
F C F C
[Verse 3]
G
Where have I been to? I don't know
Am G
Broken fiddle and crooked bow
F C
Holes in my boots and I'm walkin' slow
F G
As the last long shadows fall
[Verse 4]
C G
The boat I sailed, laid down in the tide
Am G
The horse I stole, got lame and died
F C
I don't need a friend and I don't want a bride
F G C
The Blackbird knows it all
[Instrumental]
C G Am G F C F G C
[Verse 5]
G
What's this song the Blackbird hears?
Am G
I sowed my days and I reaped my years
F C
A basket of sins and a bucket of tears
F G
And I can't come in to stay
[Verse 6]
C G
My life's a tale that I don't tell
Am G
I did my worst and I did it well
F C
I never get to heaven, but I stayed out of hell
F G C
And still I'm on my way
[Instrumental]
C F C F C F
C F C F C G C
[Verse 7]
G
Where am I goin' to sleep tonight?
Am G
I can't turn left, and I won't turn right
F C
Where the road goes on in the cold moonlight
F G
And the lonely Blackbird cries
[Verse 8]
C G
I'm going to sleep in a lonely bed
Am G
With white and whiter linen spread
F C
A cold grey stone at my foot and head
F G C
And pennies on my eyes
[Instrumental]
C Dm F C F G C
[Outro]
G
I'm going to sleep in a lonely bed
Am G
With white and whiter linen spread
F C
A cold grey stone at my foot and head
F G C
And pennies on my eyes
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