Chords for Joan Baez - Silver Blade

[Fm] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [C#] _
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_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ I have myself a silver [D#] blade, the edge is sharp, the handle [C#] bone, little thing of silver made.
Now it's the only thing [A#] I [F]
own.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ Once I knew Lord Ling [D#] Fine, I heard him whistle as he [C#] rode, I was bold enough to call him mine.
Shoes upon his [Fm] horse were gold, [C#] shoes were gold.
[Fm] One look into my eyes and [D#] he bid me climb onto his horse, [C#] he asked if I'd as lady be
and come away [F] forevermore. _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ He spoke of love, songs in each kiss, [D#] and I who was a young girl [C#] then was promised every
young girl's bliss.
Got up and rode [Fm] away with him, _ _ _ [C#] away with him.
[Fm] He took me to his castle, [D#] tall with promises and [G#] jewels, until [C#] he led me through his castle
hall, then took my clothes and worked [A#] his will.
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And when he had and I lay [D#] there, formed my head with a silver [C#] blade, cut a lock of cold
black hair, and bid me dress and go [Fm] my way, [C#] go my way.
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_ _ [Fm] But while I marked the silver [D#] blade and where he set it, when he [G#] did [C#] and when his back was
turned I laid it buried deep [Fm] beneath his wings. _ _ _ _ _
I used my dagger as a [D#] spade where the thorns and the lilacs grow, [C#] cut the ground into a
grave in a place that even [Fm] God don't know. _ _ _
And every evening I [F] returned to the [Cm] place for him I [C#] chose, till his skin had turned
to worms, wild dogs scattered [G] round his _ _ [Fm] bones. _ _
And all I have, what I [D#] was, is the memory of a [Fm] maid [C#] who mistook a thief for love, but
who gained a [A#m] silver _ _ [Fm] blade, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] silver blade. _
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