Silver Dagger

      A                            
Don't sing love songs you'll wake 
 D
my mother,
               A              Bm
She's sleeping here right by my 
side,
           G                   
And in her right hand, a silver 
 Em
dagger
              Bm G             A
She says that I can't be your bride


            A               D
All men are false, says my mother,
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               A              Bm
They'll tell you wicked, lovin' 
lies.
             G                     
The very next evening, they'll 
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court another,
           Bm  G             A
Leave you alone to pine and sigh.

         A            D
My daddy is a handsome devil
            A             Bm
He's got a chain five miles long,
            G                 
And on every link a heart does 
Em
dangle
         Bm   G               A
Of another maid he's loved and 
wronged.

          A               D
Go court another tender maiden,
            A               Bm
And hope that she will be your wife,
          G                 Em
For I've been warned, and I've 
decided
         Bm   G           A
To sleep alone all of my life.