[Intro]
Em D C Em D C Am G/B C D
G C G C G C G
[Verse]
C G
Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
C G C G
She's sleeping here right by my side
D Em D G
In her right hand a silver dagger
D G C G
She says that I can't be your bride
[Verse]
D G C G
All men are fools, so says my mother
D Em
They'll tell you again, love and lies
G C G/B Am
And then they'll go and court some other
C G/B D
Leave you alone to pine inside
[Verse]
G C G
My daddy is a handsome devil
C G C G
He's got a chain five miles long
D Em D G
On every link a heart does dangle
D C D G
Of another maid he's loved and wronged
[Instrumental]
G D Em C G D G C
G D Em C G Em D C D
[Verse]
G C G
Go court another tender maiden
C G C G
In hopes that she might be your wife
D Em D G
For I've been warned, so I decided
D C D G
I'll sleep alone all of my life
[Verse]
D Em C G
Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
C D Em
She's sleeping here right by my side
G C G/B Am
In her right hand a silver dagger
G C D
She says that I can't be your bride
[Outro]
D G C G C G C G C G
D G C G C G