Silver dagger (1987)     (video)

 

    Am - G - F - G (2x)

 

     Am                   G                            F             G

1. Driving in the wind and rain as the evening comes,

                      Am            F                         G

    longing to see him again, I‘ve been away too long.

                       Am                   G                    F                    G

    But in the moonlight I can feel my heart beating like a drum

                      C                    F                        E

    a wild suspicion flashes dark across my mind.

       C                      G                     Am               Em                 F

    Walking up the driveway, I can see another woman by his side,

                      C                    F                  E

    I held my hand out and this is what I cried :

 

               Dm     Am         E                     Am

Here‘s a silver dagger, present for the bride,

 Dm     Am         E                 Am

silver dagger, shining in the night,

   E       G        Am       E       G         F

shining in the night, shining in the night.

 

     Am                       G                F            G

2.        She offered me a cup of red, red wine,

Am                           F                  G

    said: Won‘t you try to have a good time,

                        Am                    G                        F               G

    I turned my eyes on to her face and I could read all the lines,

                       C                      F                              E

    I said: Whatever you try to do, you know he‘s mine.

        C                  G                      Am                        Em

    Walking up behind her, I could see her face grow cold,

                    F                      C                    Dm                     E

    I said: A gipsy‘s curse is on you and on everything you hold.

   

               Dm     Am         E                     Am

Here‘s a silver dagger, present for the bride,

 Dm     Am         E                 Am

silver dagger, shining in the night,

   E       G        Am       E       G        Am

shining in the night, shining in the night.

 

+  F - Dm - E ‑ Am   - F - E

 

               Dm     Am         E                     Am

Here‘s a silver dagger, present for the bride,

 Dm     Am         E                 Am

silver dagger, shining in the night.

 

               Dm     Am         E                     Am

Here‘s a silver dagger, present for the bride,

 Dm     Am         E                 Am

silver dagger, shining in the night,

   E       G        Am

shining in the night …

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Sally Oldfield)