Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Silver Dagger The Staves Cover Chords

This is not an original song by the Staves, but they definitely have a beautiful version. They also appear to play it slightly different from the traditional chords.

Chords used: C C7 F Bb Gm Dm 

C7                                                F
Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
                        C7                   Dm
She's sleeping here right by my side

             Bb                          Gm
And in her right hand a silver dagger,

                   Dm  Bb                 C     C7
She says that I     can't be your bride.

C7                                     F
All men are false, says my mother,

                   C7                 Dm
They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies.

                      Bb                          Gm
The very next evening, they'll court another,

               Dm   Bb                C      C7
Leave you alone    to pine and sigh.



                C7                  F
My daddy is a handsome devil

                C7                   Dm
He's got a chain five miles long,

                   Bb                      Gm
And on every link a heart does dangle
                Dm   Bb                     C          C7

Of another maid    he's loved and wronged.

(chords optional for last verse)

              C7                 F
Go court another tender maiden,

                    C7                   Dm
In hopes that she will be your wife,

                    Bm                   Gm
For I've been warned, and I've decided

              Dm  Bb               C
To sleep alone     all of my life.

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