The Silver Dagger

Em D C Em D C Am G/B C D G C G C G C G C G Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother C G C G She's sleeping here right by my side D Em D G In her right hand a silver dagger D G C G She says that I can't be your bride D G C G All men are fools, so says my mother D Em They'll tell you again, love and lies G C G/B Am And then they'll go and court some other C G/B D Leave you alone to pine inside G C G My daddy is a handsome devil C G C G He's got a chain five miles long D Em D G On every link a heart does dangle D C D G Of another maid he's loved and wronged G D Em C G D G C G D Em C G Em D C D G C G Go court another tender maiden C G C G In hopes that she might be your wife D Em D G For I've been warned, so I decided D C D G I'll sleep alone all of my life D Em C G Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother C D Em She's sleeping here right by my side G C G/B Am In her right hand a silver dagger G C D She says that I can't be your bride D G C G C G C G C G D G C G C G