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[Verse 1]
Em
Oh, I have a silver blade....
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The edges sharp, the handle bone.
Am
A pretty thing of silver made...
C
Now it's the only thing I own.
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Once I knew a lordling fine....
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I heard him whistle as he rode.
Am
And I was bold to call him mine....
C
The shoes upon his horse were gold.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
Em
One look in my eyes and he...
D
Bid me climb onto his horse.
Am
And asked if I'd his lady be...
C
And go away for ever more?
Em
He spoke of love songs at each kiss...
D
And I who was a young girl then,
Am
Was promised every young girl's bliss...
C
Got up and rode away with him.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
Em
He led me through his castle tall...
D
With promises and jewels until.
Am
He led me through his castle hall...
C
Then took my clothes and worked his will.
Em
And when he had and I lay there...
D
From my head with a silver blade.
Am
He cut a lock of my cold black hair...
C
And bid me dress and go my way.
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[Verse 4]
Em
But I marked well the silver blade...
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And where he laid it when he did.
Am
And when his back was turned away...
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I buried it beneath his ribs.
Em
I used the dagger as a spade...
D
Where the thorns and lilacs grow.
Am
I cut the ground into a grave...
C
In a place even God don't know.
[Verse 5]
Em
And every evening I returned...
D
To the place for him I chose.
Am
Until his skin had turned to worms...
C
Wild dogs scattered his bones.
Em
And all I have of what I was...
D
Is the memory of a maid.
Am
Who mistook a thief for love...
C
But who gained a silver blade.
[Solo]
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[Outro]
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Silver blade.
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