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.
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.