[intro] x2 Db Gb [Verse 1] Db Gb Don't sing love songs you'll wake my mother, Db Ebm She's sleeping here right by my side, B Abm And in her right hand, a silver dagger Ebm B Db B She says that I can't be your bride [Verse 2] Db Gb All men are false, says my mother, Db Ebm They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies. B Abm The very next evening, they'll court another, Ebm B Db B Leave you alone to pine and sigh. [Verse 3] Db Gb My daddy is a handsome devil Db Ebm He's got a chain five miles long, B Abm And on every link a heart does dangle Ebm B Db B Of another maid he's loved and wronged. [Verse 4] Db Gb Go court another tender maiden, Db Ebm And hope that she will be your wife, B Abm For I've been warned, and I've decided Ebm B Db B Db To sleep alone all of my life.