Silver Dagger Chords
by Dino Valenti
Silver Dagger by Dino Valenti is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, D, Dm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F C
D Dm F C
Dm D F D
Dm F
Don't sing me your love songs
C
you'll wake my mama
D C
she's sleeping here
F C
right by my side
D C F C
aww, in her left haaaaand a silver dagger
D G F
and she does swear
C
I not be your bride
Dm F C
All men are faaaallllsse so says your mama
D F C
They tell you eeeeevvvvil wicked lies
D Dm
The very next daaay
F C
They court another
Dm F
and leave you theeeeerrre
C
To lament and cry
Dm F C
F C
Dm F C
Dm F C
my dad he waaaas a handsome devil
Dm D F C
sportin' a chaaaaiiiin most five miles long
D F
on every liiiinnnk
C
one heart did dangle
D F
for some young maiiiden
C
he'd loved with and wronged
D
for some young maiden
F C
he'd loved with and wronged
Dm F
so go and find yourseeeeelf
C
another sweet lover
D F C
and hope that heeeeee will be for life
G D F
I have been waaaarned
C
and I've decided
D Dm F C C
to sleep aloooonnee all of my life
D Dm F C
I have been waaaarned and I've deciiiided
D Dm F C
to sleep alooonnne all of my life
D Dm F C
come all ye faaaaiiiir and tender maiden
D C F C
take good warn in howwww you court young men
Dm F C
they are like staaaars on a summer's morning
D Dm C F C
first they appeeeeaaar and then they're gone
C D Dm F C
Their just like staaars on a summer's mooooorniiiing
D F C
first they apppeeaaarr and then they're gone