Silver Dagger

G5 C/G G5 Am Fmaj7/C Dm Am Fmaj7/C G5 C/G Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother G5 Am She's sleeping here right by my side Fmaj7/C Dm And in her right hand a silver dagger Am Fmaj7/C G5 She says that I can't be your bride C/G All men are false, so says my mother G5 Am They'll tell you wicked loving lies Fmaj7/C Dm And then they'll go, and court some other Am Fmaj7/C G5 Leave you alone to pine inside G5 C/G G5 Am Fmaj7/C Dm Am Fmaj7/C G5 C/G My father was a handsome devil G5 Am He had a chain five miles long Fmaj7/C Dm On every link a heart does dangle Am Fmaj7/C G5 Of another maid he's loved and wronged G5 C/G G5 Am Fmaj7/C Dm Am Fmaj7/C G5 C/G So go court another tender maiden C/G Am And hope that she might be your bride Fmaj7/C Dm For I've been warned, and I've decided Am Fmaj7/C G5 I'll sleep alone all of my life