G C
[Verse]
F C
The colour of her hair was Chinese silver
Dm G
On a buttermilk mare she rode through town
F C
And the jealous girls would all avoid her
G
And the bachelor men would gather round
[Chorus]
F G C
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
F G C
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
E7 Am G F
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
G C
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love
[Verse]
F C
Her pa was a man named Wilmore Grady
Dm G
He ran the mill down by the creek
F C
And the light of his life was Chinese silver
G
He laid his soul down by her feet
[Chorus]
F G C
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
F G C
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
E7 Am G F
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
G C
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love
[Instrumental]
C F C Dm G F C G
[Chorus]
F G C
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
F G C
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
E7 Am G F
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
G C
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love
[Verse]
D G D
The buttermilk mare went in the Winter
Em A
Then Wilmore Grady passed away
G D
Well, the years rolled on and the men stopped singing
A
Chinese silver turned to grey
[Chorus]
G A D
But the wind still sings a song to Chinese silver
G A D
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
F#7 Bm A G
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
A D
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love
[Chorus]
G A D
And the wind still sings a song to Chinese silver
G A D
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
F#7 Bm A G
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
A D
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love
G A D G D
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love
