Silver Dagger chords

Dino Valenti

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F  C 
D Dm F C 

Dm  D  F  D 

Dm                      F 
Don't sing me your love songs 

               C 
you'll wake my mama 

               D  C 
she's sleeping here 

F           C 
right by my side 

D                C    F            C 
aww, in her left haaaaand a silver dagger 
        D    G   F 
and she does swear 
              C 
I not be your bride 

Dm           F           C 
All men are faaaallllsse so says your mama 
     D        F           C 
They tell you eeeeevvvvil wicked lies 
              D      Dm 
The very next daaay 
      F    C 
They court another 
              Dm      F 
and leave you theeeeerrre 
              C 
To lament and cry 


Dm F C 
F C 
Dm F C 
          Dm   F            C 
my dad he waaaas a handsome devil 
         Dm D        F           C 
sportin' a chaaaaiiiin most five miles long 
         D       F 
on every liiiinnnk 
              C 
one heart did dangle 
         D      F 
for some young maiiiden 
 C 
he'd loved with and wronged 
               D 
for some young maiden 
      F             C 
he'd loved with and wronged 
               Dm         F 
so go and find yourseeeeelf 
              C 
another sweet lover 
              D     F         C 
and hope that heeeeee will be for life 
       G    D       F 
I have been waaaarned 
         C 
and I've decided 

         D  Dm  F             C     C 
to sleep aloooonnee all of my life 

            D  Dm   F          C 
I have been waaaarned and I've deciiiided 

         D Dm    F        C 
to sleep alooonnne all of my life 

            D Dm     F     C 
come all ye faaaaiiiir and tender maiden 
          D       C    F     C 
take good warn in howwww you court young men 
              Dm     F               C 
they are like staaaars on a summer's morning 
           D Dm  C  F           C 
first they appeeeeaaar and then they're gone 
  C           D Dm    F               C 
Their just like staaars on a summer's mooooorniiiing 

           D         F                  C 
first they apppeeaaarr and then they're gone