Silver Dagger

	  		
F                 C                     F 
Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother 
                 C               Dm 
She's sleeping here right by my side 
            A#                   Gm 
And in her right hand a silver dagger 
              Dm     A#             C 
She says that I     can't be your bride 
               C                F 
"All men are false", says my mother 
                   C             Dm 
"They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies 
               A#                    Gm 
The very next evening, they'll court another 
           Dm   A#             C 
Leave you alone to pine and sigh" 
          C              F 
My daddy is a handsome devil 
            C               Dm 
He's got a chain five miles long 
             A#                 Gm 
And on every link a heart does dangle 
           Dm   A#                C 
Of another maid he's loved and wronged 
           C              F 
Go court another tender maiden 
               C                Dm 
And hope that she will be your wife 
              A#                  Gm 
For I've been warned, and I've decided 
          Dm   A#         C 
To sleep alone all of my life